More State employees to study overseas

The Prime Minister has approved a project to send 1,800 State employees abroad for further training from 2013 to 2020, using State funding.

The Prime Minister has approved a project to send 1,800 State employees abroad for further training from 2013 to 2020, using State funding.

Of the total, 1,650 eligible candidates will attend master’s degree programmes, with those from the tertiary education sector making up 60 percent, military and police 10 percent, and research institutes and other State agencies the remainder.

University scholarships will be granted to 150 International Olympiad winners and special gifted students.

The training will be carried out in two forms: full-time overseas, and part-time overseas and locally combined.

Priority will be given to such training areas as basic science, technology, economics, agriculture, forestry, the environment, public administration, and social sciences and humanities.

Primary destinations will be in the UK, Canada, Germany, the USA, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Russia, the Republic of Korea, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan (China), India and Singapore.
The project is estimated to cost VND2.07 trillion sourced from the State budget.