Du Qunyang (L, rear), deputy president of School of Economics and Management under Zhejiang University of Technology, addresses a signing ceremony in Vietnam's capital Hanoi, on Sept. 6, 2017. China's Zhejiang University of Technology on Wednesday signed a contract with Vietnamese partners to deliver the Master of Business Administration (MBA) course and a bachelor program in Vietnam. (Xinhua/Le Yanna)
HANOI, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- China's Zhejiang University of Technology on Wednesday signed a contract with Vietnamese partners to deliver the Master of Business Administration (MBA) course and a bachelor program in Vietnam.
Vietnamese University of Business and Technology has been chosen to be the first school to host the programs which are taught in Chinese. Later on, the model will be introduced to other universities nationwide via the Association of Vietnam Universities and Colleges (AVU&C).
"This will be the inception of China-Vietnam MBA transnational education, bringing fresh vitality to Vietnam's business and technology environment," said Du Qunyang, deputy president of School of Economics and Management under Zhejiang University of Technology at the signing ceremony.
In particular, the MBA program by Zhejiang University of Technology started to call for enrolment in 2003 in China. Last year, it was accredited with the international AMBA certificate which represents the highest standard of achievement in postgraduate business education.
Meanwhile, students under the bachelor program will spend three years in Vietnam before going to China to complete the fourth year there.
Le Khac Doa, Head of AVU&C's Institute for Research and Human Resource Development assessed that educational cooperation between the two countries have several advantages, namely the cultural, economic and legal similarities.
"China hosts numerous of world's prestigious universities. Partnering with one of those, Zhejiang University of Technology will be surely beneficial to Vietnamese students and business people in general," noted Pham Chi Cuong, Deputy Director of International Cooperation Department under the Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training, adding that cooperating with foreign institutes is associated with national directives to upgrade education methods.
Amid the rapid-growing trade, economic and cultural exchanges between China and Vietnam, the ministry is considering attaching Chinese language classes to high schools curriculum.
"We hope that after years of learning Chinese in Vietnam, our students can confidently communicate with Chinese friends and be qualified for programs like those held by Zhejiang University of Technology," Cuong said.
