US pledges US$140m to support Vietnamese education
 

US pledges US$140m to support Vietnamese education

(EXCERPT) About 100 Vietnamese will be able to study in the United
States each year as part of a US$140 million American
Government-Vietnam Education Foundation agreement. Minister of
Education and Training, Nguyen Minh Hien and US Education Foundation
chairman, Herbert Allison, signed to the new programme in Hanoi on
Tuesday.

Attending at the ceremony, Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem said
the programme would further enhance education co-operation between the
two countries.

The Foundation’s director Pham Duc Trung Kien, said the funds would be
use...

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