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March 2008 | |
Dear colleagues
Warm greetings from Vietnam!
Another year of the EducationUK Partnership is coming to a close. We are very proud and privileged to have worked with you during the last 12 months to increase the UK's market share for international education in Vietnam. Through working with all 80 of you this year, 28 from further education and 52 from higher education, we have been able to give Vietnamese students a variety of choices, either via the FE Touring Exhibition, the annual EducationUK Exhibition, through our PR and promotion campaigns or via your own marketing activities in Vietnam.
HESA data suggests a 16% increase in the number of Vietnamese students in the UK in 2006/2007, reaching a total of 1,700. This number is expected to further increase this year as visas granted by the British Embassy for students in 2007 reached 1,735, an increase of 24% compared with 2006.
The year ahead is full of challenges and opportunities for growth. GDP growth for Vietnam in 2008 is projected at 8%; high-level bilateral agreement on education has been made between the UK and Vietnamese Governments; and increased funding is available at both central and provincial government levels for masters and PhD training overseas, including the UK. All in all, we anticipate that these will open up further opportunities for you to succeed in this exciting and growing market.
Significant investment in Ho Chi Minh City will be one of our priorities this year. A TV programme will be broadcast for six months from August to increase interest from students in a market which is believed as "the US market"; and a market research will be conducted in April to identify target groups to guide our marketing strategy for HCMC.
Please read on for further details about the ever-changing Vietnam market, and we hope to see you all at the next meeting with members of the Vietnam Partnership on 4 June in London.
Best wishes from all of us,
The EducationUK Vietnam Team
 General market updates |
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We report on the growth in student visas to the UK and the Vietnamese Prime Minister’s visit to the UK. We also provide information about new initiatives to allocate over £660 million to education, and immediate, radical measures to improve higher education in Vietnam. International collaborations between Vietnamese universities and overseas institutions are rising, and there is an exciting new development in HCMC with the construction of a new university campus. |
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 NEWS ON COMPETITORS |
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Overseas scholarships feature heavily this issue with large corporations and foundations such as Fulbright offering a wide range to Vietnamese students. Australia celebrates 35 years of diplomatic ties with Vietnam with a series of educational and cultural events to mark the occasion. Meanwhile, Japan is set to launch its own cultural centre in Hanoi this Spring, with a series of activities also planned. More>> |
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 BRITISH COUNCIL NEWS AND EVENTS |
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We report on a scoping visit to Vietnam by UK consultants to help future PMI bids for the vocational education sector. We have compiled and updated profiles on local educational agents as well as profiles on universities and colleges, and we give you some very useful feedback from our meetings with UK Corner Coordinators. We look forward to the launch of the second on-line training course for educational agents in April and an engineering and technology lecture tour by the Sterling Group in May. |
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 PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES |
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We have details from Haiphong of their scholarship scheme and a visit by their selection board to the UK in April. In addition, there are a number of opportunities for partners to sponsor BC events in Vietnam. |
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 'DID YOU KNOW' SERVICE TIP |
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We offer an exclusive service to members of the Vietnam Partnership in arranging meetings with Vietnamese Government scholarship schemes. Also this issue, we advise you how you can use our revamped educationUK website to showcase your institutions events and activities in Vietnam. |
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