The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) wants to open two training
courses in urban management and agricultural business administration in
the Mekong Delta, which it said are very useful for the region.
At a working session on May 26 with the Steering Committee for the
South-western Region, Director of AIT Vietnam Fredric William Swierczek
said the institute decided on these two subjects after discussing with
officials of Can Tho City, the biggest city in the Mekong Delta, and the
Can Tho University, a leading university and agricultural research
centre in the region.
According to Swierczek, the
institute has run an urban management training programme in Ho Chi Minh
City for two years, while the business administration post-graduate
programme jointly operated by AIT and Can Tho University will recruit
students for the fourth course this year.
Deputy head of the steering committee Nguyen Phong Quang said he fully
supports the AIT proposal, adding that the steering committee will ask
regional localities to send their officials to attend the AIT’s training
courses once they are opened.
AIT Vietnam was
established in 1993, and since then, the institute has graduated more
than 3,000 Masters and PhD holders, and 20,000 professionals in Vietnam.
It has three main offices in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Can Tho,
according to the institute’s website.-VNA