Strengthening Korean language teaching in Vietnamese high schools

The Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training and the Korean Ministry of Education have just signed a supplementary agreement to promote and enhance Korean language teaching in high schools in Vietnam.

The Ministry of Education and Training said the above agreement was signed during the visit of General Secretary To Lam and his wife and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation to Korea.

Accordingly, the Korean side will encourage and support Korean language classes at high schools in Vietnam that have applied Korean as a regular subject, including after-school classes.

In the presence of General Secretary To Lam and President of the Republic of Korea Lee Jae Myung, Deputy Minister of Education and Training Hoang Minh Son and his counterpart from the Korean Ministry of Education , Ms. Choi Eun-ok signed a supplementary agreement to the memorandum of understanding on educational cooperation - PHOTO: MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING

The Vietnamese side will support schools that have adopted Korean as a regular subject to ensure that Korean language teaching is carried out smoothly, based on students' needs, schools' capacity and local government regulations.

To improve the quality of Korean language teaching in Vietnam as part of the school's official curriculum, the Korean side will send Korean language teachers to high schools that already use Korean.

To the extent possible, the Vietnamese side will actively support essential issues related to the entry and stay of dispatched Korean language teachers, including visa issuance and work permit exemption, in accordance with relevant laws and regulations in Vietnam.

The number of Korean language teachers to be sent to Vietnam will be decided annually through discussions between the parties.

About 43,000 Vietnamese students in Korea

According to information from the Department of International Cooperation (Ministry of Education and Training), in the 2024-2025 school year, the Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training will support the procedures to receive 9 volunteer teachers to teach at a number of high schools in Hanoi, Bac Giang and Hai Phong.

The Korean side has supported the completion of documents and textbooks for grades 3 and 4 (for foreign language 1) and documents from grades 6 to 10 (foreign language 2). At the request of the Korean Education Office, the Ministry of Education and Training is studying the need for Korean language teachers to send as volunteers for the 2025-2026 school year.

There are currently approximately 50 universities offering Korean language courses. Universities with Korean language departments are attracting many students to apply and effectively implementing exchange and communication activities with Korean educational institutions.

According to information from Korea, the number of Vietnamese students studying abroad is currently about 43,000 people, mainly studying Korean and enrolling at the university level.

Every year, about 21,000 candidates take the TOPIK exam. Korea offers hundreds of university and graduate scholarships to Vietnamese citizens (both government and school scholarships).

The Ministry of Education and Training said that in addition to signing a supplementary agreement on the memorandum of understanding between the Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training and the Korean Ministry of Education on educational cooperation, it is expected that within the framework of General Secretary To Lam's visit, higher education institutions of the two countries will also sign specific cooperation agreements to further promote cooperation in higher education and science and technology between Vietnam and Korea.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/tang-cuong-day-tieng-han-trong-truong-pho-thong-viet-nam-185250811172951493.htm