On 22 of January, Ambassador Prasanna Gamage met with President Associate Professors Bui Anh Tuan, and Vice President Pham Thu Huong and other senior officials of the Foreign Trade University (FTU) of Viet Nam in Ha Noi, to discuss and explore possibilities of future cooperation between the FTU and higher education institutions in Sri Lanka.
The FTU, which was established in 1960, is a highly reputed public higher education institute in Viet Nam. It has three campuses in Viet Nam, currently with 19, 000 students and 18 undergraduate and post graduate academic programmes. The FTU also has 22 very rich and attractive international joint academic programmes with universities from Australia, Japan, South Korea, UK, USA, Singapore, India, France, Germany, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Canada and Thailand etc. Another of the most striking features of the FTU is its international student exchange programme, which is attended by approximately 600 students annually.
Ambassador Gamage and Associate Profs. Tuan and Houng had a comprehensive communication on the education systems of the two countries and possibilities for future cooperation in the form of student exchanges and joint programmes. The FTU academics stated that they would be extremely glad to establish such initiatives with Sri Lankan higher education institutes. Both Ambassador Gamage and Associate Prof. Tuan agreed to place the processes regarding such cooperation as a matter of priority.
Deputy Directors of International Office of the FTU Dr. Bui Duy Linh and Dao Ha assisted Associate Profs. Tuan, Huong, Third Secretary/Commercial Prasadi Boomawalage, and Interpreter of the Embassy Hoa Dang accompanied Ambassador Gamage during the meeting.
Embassy of Sri Lanka
Ha Noi
26 January 2021
