The Deputy Minister of Culture and Information Tran Chien Thang made the remark on January 18 at a ceremony for the signing of a cooperation agreement in the above-mentioned areas.

Under the agreement signed by Deputy Minister Thang and the Spanish Secretary of State for International Cooperation, Leire Pajin, Vietnam and Spain will increase cooperation in theatre, music, opera, ballet, film making, museum works, and protection of intellectual property and copyright.

Regarding education, both nations will boost the exchange of teaching programmes, particularly Spanish language teaching programmes, and visits by experts between schools, universities and research institutes.

In the educational area, they agreed to increase the sharing of information on scientific and technological policies and to facilitate meetings of the two countries’ scientists.