Vietnam is a priority focus of Australia's international education sector.

On October 2, Vietnamese Ambassador to Australia Pham Hung Tam had a working session with Acting Deputy Minister of Education of Australia Karen Sandercock at the headquarters of the Vietnamese Embassy in Canberra.

Ambassador Pham Hung Tam (second from right) met with Acting Australian Deputy Minister of Education Karen Sandercock (third from right) at the Vietnamese Embassy in Canberra. Photo: VNA

According to a VNA correspondent in Australia, at the meeting, Acting Deputy Minister Karen highly appreciated the results of educational cooperation between Australia and Vietnam in recent times; acknowledged and thanked the Embassy for its support and coordination with the Australian Ministry of Education in promoting educational cooperation between the two countries, including the activities of RMIT University in Vietnam; and updated the Australian Government 's new policies for international students, including raising the international student enrollment ceiling by an additional 250,000 by 2026.

Ms. Karen said that Vietnam is always a priority focus of the Australian Government and international education sector, accordingly, Australian Education Minister Jason Clare is expected to visit Vietnam, expected in late 2025. The visit will focus on exchanging and sharing experiences in the field of higher education, employment opportunities for students as well as vocational training and developing cross-border education models.

For his part, Ambassador Pham Hung Tam congratulated Ms. Karen on being assigned the role of Acting Deputy Minister of Education of Australia, emphasizing that education and training has always been one of the six pillars in cooperation between the two countries since Vietnam and Australia upgraded their relationship to Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in March 2024.

The Ambassador shared that during the recent visit of Australian Governor-General Sam Mostyn to Vietnam, education was also a matter of concern and was highlighted.

Based on the proposal of Acting Deputy Minister Karen, the Ambassador provided information on Resolution 57-NQ/TW of the Politburo of Vietnam regarding breakthroughs in science, technology, innovation and national digital transformation and Resolution 71-NQ/TW of the Politburo of Vietnam on breakthroughs in education and training development. Thereby, Ambassador Pham Hung Tam expressed his hope that Vietnam and Australia will create breakthroughs in educational cooperation in the fields of science, technology and human resource development in the coming time.

Source: https://baotintuc.vn/giao-duc/viet-nam-nam-trong-trong-tam-uu-tien-cua-nganh-giao-duc-quoc-te-australia-20251002191314578.htm