AIT Renews Cooperation with Vietnam

From left: Ms. Nguyen Thu Le Hang, Head of the Education Management Section (EDS), AITCV; Prof. Tran Van Nhung, Vice Minister, Ministry of Education and Training (MOET); Prof. Mario T. Tabucanon, AIT Acting President and Ms. Do Thuc Uyen, Assistant Accountant, AITCV

AIT Renews Cooperation with Vietnam

Aimed to enhancing the capacity of scientific and technical staff needed for the industrialization and modernization of Vietnam, AIT and the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) have recently agreed to enter into a Memorandum of Agreement for a collaborative education program.

The AIT Acting President, Professor Mario T. Tabucanon, and Professor Tran Van Nhung, Vice Minister of MOET-Vietnam, signed the Memorandum of Agreement between MOET and AIT on 14 March 2005 at the AIT-Vietnam premises in Hanoi.

According to the agreement, MOET will provide 25 scholarships for the education of 25 Vietnamese students under the two-stage masters program in Industrial Systems Engineering, Information Technology and Environmental Technology and Management, as well as several scholarships to Vietnamese candidates who have passed the national examinations and have chosen AIT for their graduate programs.

From left: Prof. Tran Van Nhung, Vice Minister, Ministry of Education and Training (MOET); Ms. Do Thuc Uyen, Assistant Accountant, AITCV; Prof. Mario T. Tabucanon, AIT Acting President and Ms. Nguyen Thu Le Hang, Head of the Education Management Section (EDS), AITCV

From left: Dr. Do Huy Thinh, Director of SEAMEO RETRAC Vietnam; Mr. Tran Ba Viet Dzung, Director of the International Cooperation Department; Prof. Tran Van Nhung, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET); Prof. Nguyen Cong Thanh, AITCV Director; Prof. Mario T. Tabucanon, AIT Acting President; Prof. Pham Sy Tien, Former Director of Project 322, MOET; Mr. Do Trong Nhan, AITCV Deputy Director and Dr. Truong Duy Phuc, Deputy Director of Project 322, MOET

Seated from left: Prof. Mario T. Tabucanon, AIT Acting President Prof. Nguyen Cong Thanh, AITCV Director. Standing from left: Ms. Nguyen Thi Bich Hoa, Program Manager of ITIMS, AITCV and Ms. Lam Thu Thuy, Executive Assistant to AITCV Director

On the same visit, the AIT Acting President, Professor Mario T. Tabucanon, also signed Memoranda of Understanding between Petrovietnam and AIT, and between Project 300, Ho Chi Minh City and AIT. The objectives of these agreements are to provide opportunities in postgraduate studies and training for Petrovietnam and P300 staff in the fields of study available at AIT.