The Association of the Vietnamese Students in Queensland (AVSQ) successfully organized the Future Queenslanders project from January to March 9 in an effort to help Vietnamese students better integrate into the life in Australia, VNA reported.

Designed with three milestones, the project aimed at providing Vietnamese students, especially new comers to Australia, with necessary knowledge and skills while studying in the country.

Vietnamese students engaged in the Future Queenslanders. Photo: VNA

According to Quan Nguyen Quynh Anh, head of the project, the AVSQ expected to give the students a better insight into the life of the overseas students in Australia, and help them get connected with each other.

The Milestone 1 event, called Queensland Know All, was arranged in Vietnam to give the participants an overview of Queensland state and Brisbane city in particular. Meanwhile, the Milestone 2, named “AVSQ O-week”, was organized in the Australian city to share experience and information related to healthcare, finance and learning methods with the Vietnamese students who set their foot in the city for the first time.

The Milestone 3 event brought together 40 Vietnamese in Australia for several traditional games, helping strengthen connectivity within the Vietnamese community.

Established on June 18, 2021 with the support of the Vietnamese Embassy in Australia and the Vietnamese General Consulate in Sydney, the AVSQ is a non-profit organization that focuses on skill development and career orientation programmes for Vietnamese students in Queensland and Australia as a whole.

In the coming time, AVSQ will continue to organize events to support skills development and connect the Vietnamese international student community in Queensland. The association's goal is to become a solid support on the path of studying abroad in Australia for Vietnamese students.

Last week, as part of his official visit to Australia, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on March 8 (local time) visited the Australian National University (ANU) and attended an education forum in Canberra.

Australia is one of the most favorite destinations of Vietnamese students, he said, noting many of them have gained successes and made significant contributions to national development as well as bilateral relations after returning home.

Chinh commended the establishment of a joint working group by the two countries’ ministries of education and training to support Australian universities to open their branches in Vietnam.

He also suggested raising the volume and quality of cooperation programs between educational institutions of the two countries, with more attention to science-technology research, development, and application, and such areas as AI, big data, green energy, and biotechnology, which are Vietnam’s needs and Australia’s strengths.

More than 80,000 Vietnamese students have studied in Australia so far, and over 200 Vietnamese and Australian educational institutions have engaged in cooperation programs.

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