Deputy PM welcomes Harvard professor
(VOV) - Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has suggested adviser of the Harvard’s Vietnam Programme, Professor Thomas Vallely greatly help boost Vietnam-US education and training cooperation.
At a March 31 reception for the US guest in Hanoi, Phuc spoke highly of the contributions of Prof. Vallely as well as Vietnam Executive Leadership Programme (VELP) staff, which is a collaborative initiative of the Vietnamese Government, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Vietnam Programme at the Harvard Kennedy School.
He praised the VELP for providing a forum for Vietnamese senior policymakers as well as business leaders to participate in research-based dialogue on policy challenges confrontingVietnam and the world.
Prof. Vallely also applauded Vietnam’s efforts to preserve cultural and education values and its renewal achievements in socio-economic development over the past years.
He said will do all he can to improve the quality of Vietnamese teaching at US universities as a contributions to enhancing the education partnership between the two countries.