Deputy Minister of Education and Training Bui Van Ga had a meeting with President of the Swiss Council of States Ivo Bischofberger on March 30 in Hanoi to compare notes on information on education cooperation between the two countries.
Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Minister ofEducation and Training Bui Van Ga had a meeting with President of the SwissCouncil of States Ivo Bischofberger on March 30 in Hanoi to compare notes oninformation on education cooperation between the two countries.
Deputy Minister Bui Van Ga spoke highly of Swiss education and cooperationbetween the two countries the past years.
He briefed Bischofberger about Vietnam’s higher education system and thefields that need support from other countries, including Switzerland.
The deputy minister expressed his hope to promote a bilateral education andtraining cooperation deal expected to be signed in 2018.
In addition, he suggested the Swiss side provide support to build a“Swiss made” training model in Vietnam in 2018 in the fields of hotel-tourismand banking – finance which are strengths of the European country.
Vietnam also wants Switzerland to create more incentives for outstandingVietnamese students to access scholarship channels of the Swiss government aswell as Swiss educational facilities, he added.
For his part, Ivo Bischofberger, who is on an official visit to Vietnam fromMarch 28-31, acknowledged the suggestions, saying that the information isuseful to the both countries’ cooperation, especially in education andtraining.
He appreciated opportunities for cooperation between the two countriesas Vietnam has a young, enthusiastic and thirsty – to – learn labour force.-VNA
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At the meeting (Photo: VNA) 
