VNA reported that on the morning of March 31, working with a delegation of 21 leading prestigious universities in the US attending the 2025 International Academic Exchange (IAPP) in Vietnam, Politburo member and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh suggested that universities of the two countries promote cooperation in education and training with specific projects and cooperation plans, long-term, sustainable, practical and effective, helping Vietnam train human resources in emerging industries and to effectively exploit marine space, aerospace, and underground space.
The Prime Minister said that after 30 years of establishing diplomatic relations, Vietnam - US relations have achieved many outstanding achievements, becoming each other's top partners. In particular, cooperation in the fields of education, training, science, technology and innovation is identified as one of the important pillars, achieving many results. Currently, there are about 30,000 Vietnamese students studying in the US, ranking 5th in the number of international students in the US. After training, many people have worked very successfully in agencies and enterprises across the country.
Vietnam has issued a number of important documents and policies on the development of education - training and science and technology to fundamentally and comprehensively innovate education and training; create breakthroughs in the development of science, technology, innovation, national digital transformation, and hope for sharing and cooperation with the US in the development of education and training.
US Ambassador to Vietnam Marc E. Knapper and representatives of US universities highly appreciated Vietnam's development strategy, especially in the field of education and training; said they are ready to cooperate and stand side by side with Vietnam in implementing socio-economic development strategies, especially in education, training, science, technology, innovation, improving the quality of human resources, contributing to deepening the Vietnam - US Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
At the IAPP 2025 program, 21 American universities and 30 Vietnamese universities exchanged many cooperation contents, focusing on the fields of STEM, digital transformation, green transformation, ICT, semiconductors, microchips, AI, automation, biotechnology, advanced materials. Recently, major US corporations such as Intel, NVIDIA, Apple... have come to learn and invest, expand the ecosystem, the Prime Minister suggested that universities of both sides proactively discuss to have specific cooperation programs, especially in the fields of high technology, AI, semiconductors, and high-quality human resource training.
The Prime Minister said that Vietnam clearly recognizes and understands the interests and priorities of the current Donald Trump administration; is making efforts to resolve trade balance between the two countries, maintain sustainable economic development through many solutions such as reducing taxes on US key products such as wood and agricultural products; increasing imports of products such as aircraft, liquefied natural gas (LNG), high-tech products; creating conditions for US businesses to invest and expand in Vietnam.
With the viewpoint of "respecting intelligence, time and decisiveness", "it was good and then it had to be better, it was effective and then it had to be more effective", Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh believes that Vietnam - US education and training cooperation in the coming time will be deeper and more effective, contributing to the development of each country and people, the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the two countries, as well as for peace, cooperation and development in the region and the world.
