Dutch-funded educational cooperation project for sustainability
A ceremony was held in Hanoi on April 10 to launch a project on educational cooperation for sustainable changes in Vietnam’s deltas, attracting the participation of the project’s Vietnamese and Dutch partners.
Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management Cora van Nieuwenhuizen speaks at the event (Photo: baotainguyenmoitruong.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – A ceremony was held in Hanoi onApril 10 to launch a project on educational cooperation for sustainable changesin Vietnam’s deltas, attracting the participation of the project’s Vietnameseand Dutch partners.
Vietnam as a country heavily suffers from the impact ofclimate change, with its major Red River and Mekong Deltas facing various waterresource challenges, like the management of resources, flooding, and salineintrusion.
Funded by the Dutch government, the project will run between2019-2021. Its Vietnamese participants are the Hanoi University of NaturalResources and Environment, Thuyloi University, and the Institute of NaturalResources and Environment Training. Participants from the Netherlands include theDelft University of Technology, the University of Twente, and UtrechtUniversity.
The project revolves around tertiary and higher education onclimate change adaptation and water resources management, with a focus onpractical skills, internships, career orientation, and personnel capacitybuilding. It will increase the quantity and quality of students studying in thewater resources sector and ensure their future employment.
Speaking at the launching ceremony, Deputy Minister ofNatural Resources and Environment Vo Tuan Nhan praised the collaboration ofparticipating universities.
He noted that education plays an important role in forming ahigh-quality workforce on sustainable water resources management, who arecapable of dealing with challenges facing Vietnam in the current context.
Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management Coravan Nieuwenhuizen said Vietnam and the Netherlands have to tackle similarchallenges, in terms of climate change, urbanization, and industrialisation.
A good education system ensures the efficient use of waterresources, she stressed. –VNA
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Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management Cora van Nieuwenhuizen speaks at the event (Photo: baotainguyenmoitruong.vn) 
