The information was announced by Permanent Deputy Minister of Education and Training Banh Tien Long at the end of his four-day visit to Germany on September 27.

The scholarships are part of Ho Chi Minh City’s Germany-Vietnam University (GVU) project.

During his visit Mr Long met with Hessen State Minister of Sciences and Arts Udo Corts to discuss the establishment of the German-Vietnam university. They agreed that 80 percent of the faculty would be German and 20 percent Vietnamese.

The Vietnamese delegation also visited three German universities that are included in the GVU project - Justus Liebig Kiien, Kassel and Frankfurt.

A memorandum of understanding on the 3,000-student university project, which is scheduled to start next year, was signed last May.