A Memorandum of Understanding signing ceremony on education co-operation between Đà Nẵng City-based Đông Á University and Missouri State University, the US. Photo courtesy of Phương Chi

ĐÀ NẴNG — The central city-based Đông Á University and the Missouri State University (MSU) in the US have agreed on an internship scholarship programme for Vietnamese students.

They are offering accredited-certificates for manpower recruitment in computer science in the US.

It’s the first programme that the MSU has created up with a university in Việt Nam to expand educational cooperation.

The agreement has offered local students a two-year course in IT in the US after they qualify the from Đà Nẵng-Đông Á University.

Vietnamese local students will benefit from 75 per cent scholarships reserved for international students during the two-year internship course at the MSU, and qualified Vietnamese local students are eligible for a three-year employment in the US with a minimum salary of US$60,000 per year.

MSU is one of the top public universities in America, recognised by Forbes in its list of ‘Top Colleges in the US’.

Representatives of Đà Nẵng Đông Á University and Missouri State University talk with local students at the Đà Nẵng City-based University's library. The two universities have agreed to extend education cooperation. Photo courtesy of Phương Chi

The University, which enrolled over 27,000 students, including thousands of international students from more than 85 countries, has been achieved prestigious international accreditations including Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business and Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, higher learning commission – the leading accreditation body for higher education in the US; and extensive network of partnerships with businesses and universities worldwide.

Đà Nẵng Đông Á private University has signed educational cooperation deals with two other universities in the US, Walsh University and Angelo State University, and 45 other universities worldwide.

It has been one of high-quality human resources training centres network in central Việt Nam in supplying internship and post-graduated students for labour markets in Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Germany and China.

It had signed MoUs on internship and labour recruitment with nine prefectures and more than 80 businesses in Japan. VNS