HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, May 18, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Victoria is sharing its innovation and expertise in digital technology to South East Asia with a new digital centre of excellence to be established in Vietnam.
Minister for Training and Skills, Steve Herbert, today officially opened the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology's (RMIT) Centre of Digital Excellence (CODE) in Ho Chi Minh City, which he said will build capacity in the country and connect government, industry and the education sector.
The centre will run a series of free public lectures on digital teaching and learning, launch a number of fully online graduate certificates and host professional development and digital best practice events.
Following its launch, CODE will collaborate with Vietnamese universities, work with primary and secondary schools and encourage industry affiliation with a focus on e-learning and technology geared companies.
Mr. Herbert said the success of RMIT, which is the biggest foreign owned university in Vietnam, was a great example of how Victoria's world class higher education sector was sharing its expertise with the world.
More than 13,000 Vietnamese students are currently studying in Victoria, making them the largest cohort of international students from the South-East Asian region to study in the state, after China and India.
The Minister also witnessed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signing between Swinburne University of Technology and International University HCMC for a partnered PhD double degree program in Biotechnology and Business Administration.
Minister Herbert also had a meeting with KOTO (know one, teach one) founder, Jimmy Pham. A social enterprise in Vietnam which has trained over 600 students in two training centres in Hanoi and Saigon, its hospitality courses and certification are provided by Box Hill Institute, a Victorian vocational education provider.
Quotes attributable to the Minister for Training and Skills, Steve Herbert
"This is a great example of the opportunities there are for Victoria's higher education sector to grow across our region and deliver the same high-quality service and innovation overseas that it delivers at home."
"Victoria is a leader in digital education and we produce more ICT graduates than any other Australian state and boast the country's biggest pipeline of digital talent."
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About the Victorian Government Business Office (VGBO)
Established in 2009, the Victorian Government Business Office (VGBO) in South East Asia is operated by the State Government of Victoria to help promote Victorian education, trade and investment in the region. Through a variety of programmes and business initiatives, the VGBO assists Victorian exporters and provides assistance to South East Asian regional companies and organisations to source products and services, business introductions and investment opportunities with Victoria. For information, please visit www.invest.vic.gov.au
Issued by Ceria Asia, Combined Energy Resources Sdn Bhd, on behalf of the Victorian Government Business Office South East Asia.
