DANISH EDUCATION MINISTER VISITED VIETNAM

Danish Minister of Education Christine Antorini paid an official visit to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh city from March 4th - 6th.

Focus for the visit will be on political consultations followed by meetings and seminars between the 20 strong Danish delegation from different edcational institutions and representatives of Vietnamese educational institutions, aiming at facilitating and further enhancing cooperation in education.

"The main purpose of my visit to Vietnam is to further strengthen the close cooperation within education between the two sides at the ministerial level and to facilitate concrete partnerships and cooperation between Vietnamese and Danish educational institutions," said Minister Christine Antorini, 50, before the visit.

Danish educational institutions have a strong tradition and position providing education and learning of unique international standards. There is a perfect match between the current challenges and needs in Vietnam and the unique Danish strongholds on vocational educational training, upper secondary business colleges, technical colleges and other areas.

In the comprehensive partnership agreement between Vietnam and Denmark, education was considered an important priority in the future cooperation.