President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc had talks with Kambiz Ghawami, President of World University Service (WUS) of Germany late Monday. — VNA/VNS Photo Thống Nhất

HÀ NỘI — President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc hosted a reception in Hà Nội for Kambiz Ghawami, President of World University Service (WUS) of Germany, during which the State leader hailed the former's contributions to promoting educational cooperation between Việt Nam and Germany in general and Hessen state in particular over the years.

President Phúc noted that WUS had conducted various specific cooperation activities with many universities and education establishments in Việt Nam, including the Vietnamese-German University.

The organisation held many activities for scientists and officials of Việt Nam and Germany to share experience, thus contributing to the development of science and technology and other sectors of Việt Nam.

For his part, Ghawami said that he was always keen on promoting cooperation between the two countries in education and training.

Ghawami said that during his ongoing visit, he had worked with a number of leading education establishments in Việt Nam. Through the organisation, Hessen state of Germany presented a number of scholarships to Vietnamese students, he added.

Earlier, in the southern province of Bình Dương, the Ministry of Education and Training held a ceremony to inaugurate the campus of the Vietnamese-German University, a project based on the cooperation between the ministry, the Ministry for Science and the Arts of Hessen state, and Germany’s Ministry of Education and Research. — VNS