via CAAI News Media
23-01-2010
PHNOM PENH— Viet Nam wanted to expand its co-operation with Cambodia to the fields of education and training, culture, music and sports, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan said in Phnom Penh yesterday.
Nhan said at the end of his two-day visit that the new fields would be in addition to the existing co-operation in air services, banking and telecommunications.
During the visit, he paid a courtesy call on Cambodian Prime Minister Hunsen.
The two leaders discussed measure to accelerate co-operation between the two countries, particularly the establishment of an architecture faculty affiliated to the Ho Chi Minh Architecture University in Phnom Penh.
Nhan offered to train Cambodians in circus, dancing, culture and arts.
In his meeting with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Youth and Sports Im Sathy, Nhan pledged Viet Nam would grant 120 scholarships annually to Cambodians over the next five years.
He also proposed the nations’ respective ministries of education should organise rotating meetings between their youths to further consolidate the friendship between the two nations.
In addition, the education services between HCM City and Phnom Penh and neighbouring provinces should help each other advance.
Nhan announced Viet Nam’s decision to build a high-quality primary school and high school for Phnom Penh in recognition of their traditional friendship.
Im Sathy thanked Viet Nam for helping his country, in particular the building of many boarding schools in its northeastern provinces.
"Cambodia wants to learn more about Viet Nam’s educational policies so that it can achieve the target ‘education for all’", Im Sathy said.
He said he wanted to see diverse forms of educational co-operation, including scholarships for private students in tertiary education.
Nhan said an education agreement between Viet Nam and Cambodia was expected to be signed before February 15.
There are 553 Cambodians studying in Viet Nam and 84 Vietnamese studying in Cambodia. — VNS
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