On 9 June 2020, Prof. Trinh Minh Thu – President of Thuyloi University held a reception to welcome Ms. Arum Primasty, the Second Secretary of Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia.
This was the first official visit of the Second Secretary to the TLU. At the beginning of the meeting, Mrs. Arum Primasty expressed her pleasure to listen to the brief introduction of Prof. Trinh Minh Thu on the history and the development of TLU, as well as the university’s goals in education and research in the future. She shared about the Indonesian Government’s policies for improving and developing the education and training, expanding international cooperation network, in order to provide human resources for the Industry 4.0.
Visit of the Second Secretary of Embassy of Indonesia to the TLU
In addition, the Second Secretary introduced free-of-charge Indonesian language courses in Hanoi to promote Indonesian culture, people and landscape to international friends, especially Vietnamese. Non-degree scholarships and degree scholarships for international students wishing to attend at prestigious universities in Indonesia were also briefly presented by Ms. Arum at the meeting. The diverse training disciplines including Economics, Law, Engineering, Biotechnology, Creative Industry, etc. many of which are taught entirely in English. (For details of scholarships provided by the Government of Indonesia, please visit: www.kemlu.go.id/hanoi, or email to: hanoi.kbri@kemlu.go.id.)
President Trinh Minh Thu highly appreciated the representative of the Indonesian Embassy for kind offer of cooperation in education, training and scientific research between the two sides as well as between the Government of Vietnam and the Government of Indonesia. He applaused the idea of setting up a cooperative network through the MOUs with universities in Indonesia, which will surely increase the opportunities for TLU lecturers, students and young researchers to access the education and research in the ASEAN region.
Group photo
Due to the prolonged Covid-19 epidemic, international cooperation in many fields was postponed. The visit of Ms. Arum Primasty to TLU shows the flexibility, changing diplomatic ways so that cooperation activities are still carried out through official representative organizations in Vietnam. She offered to be a bridge connecting TLU and Indonesian universities so that future collaborative activities can be carried out soon, such as lecturer and student exchange, joint seminars and conferences and joint research. This meeting has set a good foundation for the relationship between TLU and the Embassy and contributes in the promotion of the cooperation between the two countries in education, training and scientific research.
Hà Ngân – International Cooperation Department