The Visit of University of Irrigation to Tra Vinh University (TVU)

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In the morning of April 20th, 2011 at Meeting Room 1, TVU, the delegation of the University of Irrigation led by Associate Professor Dr. Trinh Minh Thu – Vice Rector had a meeting with Mr. Nguyen Tien Dung, Vice-Rector of TVU, Director of Linkage Training Center, Dean of Faculty of Technology and Engineering. Other important guests included Mr. Tran Van Dai – Head of Training Affairs Office, under Tra Vinh Internal Affairs Service, Mr. Bui Van Mung – Director of the Center of Tra Vinh Running Water and Rural Environment Sanitation.

The visit of Irrigation University aimed at exploring, exchanging, and discussing potential training cooperation between the two institutions in future. At the meeting both sides discussed and came up with some agreements on opening a new program code – water supply and drainage at a university level. The major potential learners for the proposed program were staffs and workers who have been working at provincial organizations with the financial support from Tra Vinh People Committee. That was one of the activities to develop human resources for the province. According to the plan, TVU and Irrigation University would work together to open preparatory courses for the entrance university examination in August 2011 and organize the entrance exam in September 2011 for the areas of Tra Vinh province.

At the end of the meeting, both universities signed a cooperation memo in some issues regarding to linkage training in the coming time, creating more learning opportunities for communities in Tra Vinh as well as bordering provinces.

Thanh Son