Japan to help train 1,000 Vietnamese doctoral students

Tokyo (VNA) - Japan plans to receive more than 1,000 students from Viet Nam to help them earn their doctorates at Japanese universities in a project funded through official development assistance (ODA) in the next 13 years from fiscal 2008, local media reported.
Japan and Viet Nam are expected to conclude a formal agreement on the project costing Japan more than 20 billion yen (close to 180 million USD) during a visit to Japan by Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Thien Nhan in late March, the Asahi newspaper said.
Viet Nam expects the students to major in engineering and other science disciplines. Viet Nam is placing priority on advanced technologies in the fields of information technology, mechanical engineering, materials and nanotechnology, as well as agriculture, shipbuilding and medicine.
Japan accepts about 25 students a year from Viet Nam funded by Japanese government grants, and the government plans gradually to expand that number from fiscal 2008.
The Vietnamese doctoral students will be invited to attend the University of Tokyo , Kyoto University , Waseda University , Keio University , Ritsumeikan University and the Nagaoka University of Technology, among other schools, the newspaper reported.