An agreement to this effect was signed in Hanoi on January 10 by Administrator of the International Francophone Organisation (OIF) Clement Duhaime and representatives from Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Wallonia – Brussels, Canadian state of Quebec, France, and Francophone University Agency.
Initiated by Cambodian, Lao and Vietnamese ministries of education and training in 2006, the agreement is part of a strategy to popularise the French language and diversify cultures and languages among OIF member countries.
The first phase of the six-year project (2006-2011) helped enhance universities and educational foundations’ capacity in carrying out French language-related courses with the improvement of lecturers and students in both quality and quantity.
