First Vietnamese studies centre opens in northeast Thailand
A centre for Vietnamese studies was opened in Udon Thani province, northeastern Thailand, on November 1. The facility will provide in-depth training on Vietnam, data and multi-dimensional knowledge about the S-shaped country while contributing to promoting the understanding and sound cooperation between the two countries.
First Vietnamese studies centre opens in northeast Thailand on November 1 (Photo: VNA)
Bangkok (VNA) – A centre for Vietnamese studies wasopened in Udon Thani province, northeastern Thailand, on November 1. The facility will provide in-depth training onVietnam, data and multi-dimensional knowledge about the S-shaped country while contributingto promoting the understanding and sound cooperation between the two countries.
Speakingat the ceremony, rector of Udon Thani Rajabhat university Dr KhanisaraThansunthornsakun, affirmed that the launch of the centre in this yearreflects the importance of the relations and cooperation betweenThailand and Vietnam, especially whenthe two countries celebrate the 47th anniversary of diplomaticties and 10 years of their strategic partnership, as well as theuniversity marks its 100 founding anniversary.
Currently,Vietnamese language is becoming popular in Thailand. Many localuniversities and ꦏhigh schools have had academic exchanges withVietnam, and more than 30 schools in the northeastern region have taughtVietnamese.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Thailand Phan Chi Thanh (C) cut the ribbon to open the centre (Photo: VNA)
Vietnamese Ambassador to Thailand Phan ChiThanh highlighted the significance of the opening of the centre, sayingthat it marks obtainments in educational cooperation that the twosides have built over the past decades.
With more than 700investemtn projects in Vietnam, Thailand has a high demand for personnelwho can speak Vietnamese and understand culture and society. Therefore,the centre has thepotential to open up many opportunities for cooperation with Vietnameseuniversities, he said.
On the occasion, the Vietnamese Embassy presented dozensof tiles of Vietnamese-language books, newspapers, and publications to the university. Theselected documents are diverse in type and content, from Vietnamese languagetextbooks, research books, to magazines, newspapers, among others.
As a prestigious and long-standing educationalinstitution in the northeastern region, Udon Thani RajabhatUniversity has so far signed memoranda of understanding (MOUs) on academiccooperation and personnel and student exchanges with many Vietnamese universitiessuch as Quang Binh University, the Da Nang University of Foreign Language Studies, ThaiNguyen University, Tan Trao University, among others.
After the opening cere🐈mony of the centre, the Thaiuniversity also signed a MOU with Vietnam's Hue Academy of Music./.
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First Vietnamese studies centre opens in northeast Thailand on November 1 (Photo: VNA) 
Vietnamese Ambassador to Thailand Phan Chi Thanh (C) cut the ribbon to open the centre (Photo: VNA) 
