On Tuesday, the Da Nang People’s Committee Vice Chairman, Mr Nguyen Xuan Anh, held a reception for leaders from Australia’s Queensland State, and representatives from some of the state’s universities.

The Australian Deputy Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City, Mr Sean Riley, remarked that the purpose of the visit was to enhance the bilateral educational cooperation between his locality and Da Nang, and their universities in particular.  The focus will be on granting more scholarships from the Queensland government for participants of the Da Nang High-quality Human Resources Development Project (Project No 922).  In addition, many meetings and exchanges between Da Nang and Queensland universities will be held to seek cooperative opportunities.

Vice Chairman Anh and Australian visitors

Vice Chairman Anh spoke highly of the remarkable achievements from the bilateral cooperation in many aspects, but especially in education.  He said that his city wants to further strengthen the bilateral ties with Queensland State.

The city leader added that top priority would also be given to boosting bilateral cooperation in tourism.

So far, 143 trainees from Da Nang’s Project No 922 have been sent to Australia, 43 of whom have studied in Queensland State.  Their majors focus on tourism and hotel management, event organisation and management, economics, biotechnology, and health care.  At present, 20 bachelor degree graduates and postgraduates are working at city-based agencies and departments.