US university pledges cooperation with HCM City in human resources training
Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong on May 26 received Jefferey S. Goss, Associate Vice Provost at the Arizona State University (ASU) of the US, who is paying a working visit to the city.
Leaders of HCM City and the Arizona State University pose for a photo at the meeting on May 26 (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh CityPeople’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong on May 26 received Jefferey S. Goss,Associate Vice Provost at the Arizona State University (ASU) of the US, who is payinga working visit to the city.
Highly valuing the ASU’s standing and prestige in the fieldsof research and innovation, Phong applauded its cooperation activities inVietnam to help the country improve training and human resources quality,noting that these programmes have helped HCM City reform training to providethe local manpower with work readiness and soft skills.
Discussing cooperation orientations, he welcomed Goss’s visionand idea to work with HCM City to turn the city into a centre for training anddeveloping high-quality human resources.
The cooperation ideas match the city’s target of developinginternational-standard human resources equipped with sufficient knowledge andskills to meet job requirements in a global work environment and the FourthIndustrial Revolution, Phong said.
For his part, Goss affirmed that the ASU will doits utmost in cooperation activities with HCM City.
The ASU, in coordination with US partners and enterprises inHCM City, has carried out programmes to connect universities with businesses,bringing about positive outcomes in training and research and also contributingto local development.
It owns sufficient resources, experience, as well as stronginternational partners, to help carry out the city’s world-standard humanresources training project, he noted, adding that his university pledgescontinued cooperation with and support for HCM City in training high-qualityhuman resources and will soon work out concrete cooperation programmes to implementthe project.
At the meeting, the two sides discussed and reachedconsensus on comprehensive solutions in the international-standard humanresources training project of HCM City.
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Leaders of HCM City and the Arizona State University pose for a photo at the meeting on May 26 (Photo: VNA) 
