Deputy Prime Minister Lê Thành Long had a meeting with President and Co-Founder of The Việt Nam Foundation (VNF) Phạm Đức Trung Kiên in Hà Nội on May 12. — Photo from the Việt Nam Government Portal

HÀ NỘI — Deputy Prime Minister Lê Thành Long on Monday received Phạm Đức Trung Kiên, President and Co-Founder of The Việt Nam Foundation (VNF), a US-based non-profit educational organisation operating in Việt Nam with the mission of improving the quality of life for Vietnamese people through education.

Kiên informed the official on the foundation’s implementation of a number of free educational initiatives, including the Việt Nam Open Educational Resources (VOER) programme, support for the visually impaired through audiobook libraries, scholarship schemes for students, and the free online learning platform Khan Academy Việt Nam (KAV).

The VNF representative expressed his hope that more individuals, organisations, and local departments of education and training in Việt Nam would gain access to the foundation's educational programmes. The VNF wishes to contribute feedback during the formulation of Vietnam’s education development policies, he said.

Deputy PM Long welcomed the VNF’s proposals, particularly its plan to strengthen and expand cooperation with Vietnamese localities and schools to deliver more educational and training programmes. He recommended the organisation continue ensuring and enhancing the quality of its initiatives,.

He assigned the Ministry of Education and Training to work directly with the VNF to implement these proposals, thereby contributing to the country’s ongoing fundamental and comprehensive education reform.

As of the end of 2024, Việt Nam had recorded over 2 million registered users on the KAV platform, making it the second-highest globally in terms of usage time. Currently, 5,300 schools nationwide have adopted the KAV-open-school model, with 25,000 teachers trained in using the platform as part of their teaching. — VNA/VNS