Speaking at the ceremony, Mr. Nguyen Van Khoi - Vice Chairman of Soc Trang Provincial People's Committee - said that after many surveys, Soc Trang province and Can Tho University decided to choose Area A and Area B of Soc Trang Community College as the location for the branch and together promote the implementation of procedures to establish Can Tho University Branch in Soc Trang province.
The province has prepared documents and procedures to request the relevant ministries and agencies to transfer assets in Area A and Area B of Soc Trang Community College to Can Tho University. The value of the transferred assets according to accounting books is about 121.5 billion VND (about 2 hectares of land and some classrooms, administrative buildings, and other auxiliary works).
According to the Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Soc Trang province, the locality currently has no university or university branch. Therefore, the establishment of Can Tho University Branch in Soc Trang province aims to solve the need for on-site learning, shortening the travel distance for students, people and officials, civil servants and public employees in the province when participating in university and postgraduate training classes. The number of students after graduating from high school will have more opportunities to study at university, contributing to increasing the proportion of highly qualified resources for the province.
Associate Professor Dr. Tran Trung Tinh - Rector of Can Tho University - said that they will continue to invest and speed up the progress to soon approve the establishment of a branch, while prioritizing the promotion of human resource training to meet the socio-economic development needs of Soc Trang province in accordance with the commitment signed with the locality.
The school closely coordinates with departments and branches of Soc Trang province to propose training programs, scientific research and technology transfer suitable for each development stage of the province, in order to contribute to improving the innovation index and promoting the sustainable development of the province.
In April, the Ministry of Education and Training approved the policy of establishing Can Tho University Branch in Soc Trang province. According to the plan, when it comes into operation, Can Tho University Branch in Soc Trang will train masters in the fields of Information Technology, Agricultural Systems - specializing in climate change and sustainable tropical agriculture, Crop Science - specializing in smart agricultural engineering. In the 2025 school year, the branch is expected to train full-time university students, with 3 majors: Accounting, Law, Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
