Promoting educational research cooperation between Vietnam and MERCOSUR countries

Delegates at the meeting (Photo: baoquocte.vn)

According to Professor Bartesaghi, according to an agreement signed between UCU and Foreign Trade University of Vietnam in December 2021, a MERCOSUR-ASEAN Research Center will be established at Foreign Trade University to enhance research exchange and teaching on topics of mutual interest, such as economic industrialization and modernization strategies, issues to overcome the middle-income trap, as well as measures to promote import and export between MERCOSUR and ASEAN in general and with Vietnam in particular.

The Professor also announced that Uruguay will restart short-term student exchange activities with Vietnam and wishes to welcome Vietnamese students on field trips in Uruguay.

The Vietnamese Ambassador expressed his delight at the progress in the cooperation between the two universities, considering this a necessary step to contribute to the enhancement of in-depth knowledge between Vietnam and MERCOSUR in order to better exploit the cooperation potential of the two sides.

He welcomed the initiative of UCU to organize Vietnam Week at its campus in the first quarter of 2023 to introduce the culture, country and people of Vietnam to students of Uruguayan universities within the framework of activities celebrating the 30th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Uruguay (1993-2023).

The Catholic University of Uruguay, founded in 1985, ranks top in Uruguay and is a prestigious university in the world./.