Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a 2 trillion VND (96 million
USD) plan to train officials and young talents abroad in the next seven
years.
Under the plan, Vietnam aims to have
1,650 officials earn Master’s degrees and 150 others graduate from
university abroad between 2013 and 2020.
Sixty percent of
the MA trainees will be selected among college lecturers at higher
education institutions while the remaining quota will be given to
research institutions, government ministries and other state agencies.
The
country will also send young people with special talents for science
and other specialisations to undergraduate programmes in foreign
countries.-VNA