VN, Wallonie-Brussels agree to boost cooperation
VGP – Việt Nam and Belgium’s French-speaking Brussels-Wallonie region have agreed to beef up cooperation on tertiary education, bio-technology, pharmaceutical chemistry, bio-chemistry, medicine, foodstuff, aviation and space, cultural heritage, and vocational training.
November 13, 2009 6:00 PM GMT+7
The two sides reached the agreement on November 12 in Hà Nội
at the 7th session of the Joint Standing Committee for Việt Nam
At the session, the Wallonie-Brussels
side pledged to offer over US $2 million to fund more than 30 cooperation
programs in the 2010-2012 period.
Besides, over €2 million
will be supplemented to a technical and vocational training program.
The two sides acknowledged that most of the cooperation
projects in the period of 2007-2009 were fruitful and have met the pre-set targets.
By Ngọc Vân
