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PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc welcomes Harvard professor Thomas J. Vallely, Government Headquarters, April 13, 2016. Photo: VGP
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Professor Thomas J. Vallely is the senior advisor for Mainland Southeast Asia and the former director of the Viet Nam Program.
The Government chief affirmed that he attaches importance to the Viet Nam Executive Leadership Program (VELP) as it is an important forum for the country’s leaders to exchange and update global governance information, contributing to the public policy making process.
Viet Nam will continue accelerating the strategic priorities, including modern infrastructure development, workforce quality enhancement, institutional improvement, and foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, diversification and multi-lateralization of international relations and active international integration, PM Phuc said.
Expressing his pleasure at the robust development of the Viet Nam-US relations, PM Phuc reiterated that the US is one of the top partners of Viet Nam.
He aslo appreciated the role of professor Vallely in beefing up the Viet Nam-US relationship in general and education cooperation in particular, regarding him as a close friend of Viet Nam.
Professor Vallely said Harvard university expects stronger research cooperation with Viet Nam while continuing its assistance for the country’s deployment of socio-economic development strategy.
Mr. Vallely draws on the Program’s experience designing and developing innovative educational initiatives in Viet Nam to pursue a dialogue about higher education reform with Vietnamese and international stakeholders.
He highlights the central importance of governance to achieving better outcomes in higher education and believes that international universities must revise current paradigms of academic exchange in order to effectively support institutional innovation in Viet Nam./.
By Hai Minh
