Vietnam, UK ink MoU on vocational training cooperation
VOV.VN - Vietnam and the United Kingdom on April 5 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to create a legal framework for promoting vocational training cooperation between the two countries.
The document was penned by Vietnamese Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung and British Ambassador to Vietnam Gareth Ward.
Under the MoU, the two sides agreed to share experience in improving the quality of vocational training, encourage businesses to get involved in vocational training, and enhance the capacity building of vocational training schools in Vietnam, among others.
The same day, Minister Dung held a reception for Graham Stuart, the British Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, who is currently in Hanoi for a visit.
Dung highly appreciated the UK support in recent years, especially in the field of vocational training through the British Council. Cooperation activities span short-term training courses to improve the quality of teachers on business knowledge, capacity-based vocational training methods, English training for key international and ASEAN vocational teachers along with developing a quality assurance system at 21 colleges.
Both sides also shared information on a number of cooperation activities related to supporting victims of human trafficking, as well as child care and protection.
Both host and guest agreed that Vietnam and the UK will further strengthen cooperation in the field of vocational education – a British strength, contributing to the development of human resources in Vietnam in future.