Cambodia, Vietnam boost education cooperation

Minister of Education and Training Pham Vu Luan and Cambodian Minister of Education, Youth and Sports Hang Chuon Naron were agreed to support overseas students, the development of their training programmes and the evaluation system for education quality.

They said closer cooperation in education and vocational training will benefit each country’s people and contribute to strengthening understanding, traditional friendship and solidarity between the two nations.

Luan, in his capacity as Chairman of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organisation (SEAMEO) Council asked for Cambodia’s engagement in the council’s activities to raise the quality of education and personnel training.

He expressed his willingness to help the country set up its SEAMEO centres to make it easier for educational cooperative activities between regional countries, moving towards establishing an ASEAN Community in 2015.

Minister Hang Chuon Naron said over the past years the Cambodian Government has paid special attention to the education sector, noting that reform programmes have been carried out at several levels.

He accepted an invitation to attend the council’s upcoming conferences and aceremony to mark its 50^th founding anniversary.

During his stay, Minister Luan visited the Royal University of Phnom Penh and met with overseas Vietnamese students and Vietnamese Embassy staff.