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JUNE 2008 | |
Dear colleagues
We were very pleased to see so many of you again last month in London. We have brought back with us a lot of your valuable recommendations on how we can work together to increase student numbers and to facilitate your collaboration with Vietnam partners.
Full information about the meeting and handouts is available at http://www.britishcouncil.org/eumd-vietnam-meetings-and-surveys.htm.
On behalf of the Vietnam team, I’d like to send my great thanks to Queen Mary who kindly offered to host the event this year.
We will revise the Vietnam Marketing plan to include a market development plan for HCMC, taking on board your recommendations during the focus groups, and will keep you informed in due course.
The Vietnamese economy is facing its utmost challenge for the first time since the start of the open door policy in the early 1990s. Will it have any impact on foreign direct investment? Will it be able to maintain its forecasted growth rate of 8%? This issue will provide you with a positive look at the economic downturn in Vietnam.
Read on for highlights of the Vietnam HE renovation agenda, our recent and upcoming exhibitions/missions, and meetings with our team members and don’t forget to support our UK Alumni activities.
We hope you will enjoy this e-newsletter and please let us have your comments on how we could make it even more interesting and useful to you by emailing to EducationUK.Partnership@britishcouncil.org.vn.
On behalf of the Vietnam Education UK Team
 GENERAL MARKET UPDATES |
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We report on the student visa statistics to the UK during the first half of 2008 and present the prospects for the Vietnamese economy from a senior economist’s viewpoint. Vietnam HE renovation is setting ambitious goals to be achieved by 2020, which represents great potential for development of the education market. The quality of current advanced programmes and another project which is about to be submitted to the Government request more collaboration with foreign education providers. |
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 NEWS ABOUT COMPETITORS |
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Local newspapers recently featured a series of articles on an emerging trend of collaboration between foreign invested enterprises and local education institutions to deliver training programmes. Not only traditionally strong competitors but also emerging Asian countries are offering a variety of educational, research and professional development opportunities. We also provide details of a number of activities recently carried out by the US. |
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 BRITISH COUNCIL NEWS AND EVENTS |
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We are looking forward to the following events:
We report on the recent events carried out by the Council
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 PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNTIES |
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We report on the successful PMI2 bidding results recently achieved and British Council’s role in partnering relationship between UK and Vietnamese institutions. We also present about the UK Alumni Vietnam and invite you to sponsor the association's events and activities. |
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 ’DID YOU KNOW’ SERVICE TIP |
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We have recently introduced a new service so that we can certify your documents as true copies, and adjust the time frame and fee for the web showcasing service for Education UK Partnership. Click the link below to find out how the Menu of Services is being updated. |
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 STAFF NEWS |
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We say goodbye to some long-standing colleagues and welcome some new faces to our Education UK team. Read on to get a clearer picture of who does what in our current team. |
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