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Free training center

In Kaysone Phomvihan town, Savannakhet province, Laos, there is a Vietnamese Language Center built with investment from the city of Da Nang since 2005. The center includes a 2-story building with a library, staff offices, a common room, and a dining room, equipped with all necessary equipment to serve teaching and learning activities.

Lao teachers and students at the Vietnamese Language Center in Savannakhet province. Photo: Aling Svt

Since then, the center has provided free training for hundreds of students each year. Beyond local teachers, the center also receives Vietnamese instructors each year to ensure the highest quality of education.

The Vietnamese Language Center in Savannakhet province not only meets the need to learn Vietnamese for the children of overseas Vietnamese in particular and Lao people in general, but it is also a place for cultural exchange between the young generations of the two countries. Through learning and practicing Vietnamese, students here will better understand the image of Vietnam, its culture, and its people. This helps the young generations of the two countries understand each other better, and strengthen the traditional friendship, special solidarity, and comprehensive cooperation between Laos and Vietnam.

Sending teachers to teach Vietnamese

Every year, the Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training announces the recruitment of Vietnamese teachers to teach in Laos. Under the project "Improving the quality and effectiveness of Vietnam-Laos cooperation in education and human resource development for the period 2021-2023," in April 2024, the Ministry of Education and Training announced the recruitment of 22 Vietnamese teachers to teach Vietnamese in Laos.

In addition to sending teachers to teach, the Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training also sends education experts to help Laos compile teaching materials, train local systems, provide support in terms of documents and books, and expand training forms in many localities in Laos, contributing to training and improving the cultural level of children of ethnic groups in remote and mountainous areas of Laos.

Besides that, provinces bordering Laos such as Da Nang, Quang Tri, Quang Binh, Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Thanh Hoa also grant scholarships to Lao students to study Vietnamese, send teachers to teach Vietnamese at Vietnamese language centers. They support delegations of officials, teachers and students of Vietnamese language centers in provinces to practice and conduct field research at schools in the province.

Establishing Vietnam Studies Center

With an area of about 50 square meters, located on the campus of Osaka University, Japan, the Vietnam Studies Center is a collaborative research and in-depth training facility for teaching Vietnamese, providing data and multidimensional knowledge about Vietnam. The center contributes to promoting understanding and good cooperation between Japan and Vietnam.

Professor Shimizu Masaky, head of the Vietnamese Department, Faculty of Foreign Languages, Osaka University, expressed his desire to strengthen cooperation agreements between the Vietnamese Department and some Vietnamese universities in the future. This activity aims to exchange students, experts, scientists, and lecturers between the school and Vietnamese partners in studying, researching, teaching, and working on a limited basis. The cooperation will play a bridging role to connect the Vietnam Research Association in Japan with Vietnam studies experts more deeply and comprehensively.

Vietnam Studies Center at Udon Thani Rajabhat University. Photo: Mai Xuan Hung

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