Localities expand educational, AI workforce cooperation with China's Guangxi

The MoU was signed during the 2026 Education Work Exchange Conference between the Departments of Education and Training of Quang Ninh, Lang Son, Tuyen Quang, Cao Bang, and Hai Phong, and the Education Department of Guangxi.

The event was attended by the Director of the Guangxi Education Department, the Educational Counselor of the Chinese Embassy in Vietnam, and leaders of the educational departments of the participating Vietnamese localities.

Themed "Promoting digital transformation and high-quality human resource training cooperation for sustainable development in the artificial intelligence era between five Vietnamese provinces and cities and China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region," the conference aimed to continue realizing the common perceptions reached at the 2026 Spring Meeting Program between party secretaries of the participating localities, while building upon cooperation results achieved at the 2025 conference.

Speaking at the event, Director of the Quang Ninh Department of Education and Training Nguyen Viet Dung emphasized that amid scientific developments and labor market shifts, localities need to step up cooperation in high-quality human resource training linked to science, technology, and digital transformation. He called for promoting collaboration in digital transformation, artificial intelligence, and educational innovation, while continuing to expand educational exchanges and strengthen connectivity between educational institutions.

Director of the Education Department of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Han Liu proposed prioritizing scholarship programs in artificial intelligence and digital technology. He stressed that localities on both sides must continue to focus on the theme of promoting digital transformation and high-quality human resource training in the AI era to meet sustainable development requirements. On the basis of trust and mutual benefit, both sides should consolidate traditional cooperation models while expanding into new fields, promoting higher quality, efficiency, and innovation in educational ties. He noted that education should serve as a bridge to improve public welfare for the peoples of both countries and generate fresh momentum for regional connectivity, thereby contributing to building a strategically meaningful China-Vietnam community with a shared future.

Over the past year, the Vietnamese localities and Guangxi actively implemented their cooperation MoU, highlighted by ASEAN scholarship programs, local government scholarships, teacher-student exchanges, summer camps, and university training partnerships.

Delegates focused discussions on sharing experiences and proposing practical solutions to elevate educational cooperation. Proposals included establishing a periodic online exchange mechanism between educational management agencies of the five Vietnamese localities and Guangxi, enhancing direct linkages between vocational institutions and universities, intensifying vocational teacher training in AI, digital technology, green energy, and smart logistics, while studying the implementation of 2+1 vocational training models and expanding university-level scholarships.

Some delegates suggested strategic focus areas such as developing 2+2 and 3+1 joint training models, boosting student and faculty exchanges, forming joint research teams, and expanding scholarships for Chinese students.

At the conclusion of the conference, the parties signed the 2026 Memorandum of Understanding, agreeing to maintain and enhance the efficiency of the Education Work Exchange Conference mechanism, expand bilateral scholarship policies, step up high-quality human resource training cooperation in artificial intelligence and digital transformation, promote higher education integration, and smart school development.

Under the rotation mechanism, the 2027 Education Work Exchange Conference is scheduled to take place in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China.

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