Education links are a key feature of New Zealand’s relationship with Viet Nam.
Viet Nam is now the eleventh largest source of international students studying in New Zealand, averaging 2000+ per year in the past two years (a 90% increase on 2008). Tertiary education linkages are also strong, with a number of New Zealand institutions, including Victoria University, Auckland University of Technology and Massey University, now operating joint programmes in Viet Nam. Victoria University also has a campus at the National Economics University in Ho Chi Minh City.
New Zealand company Academic Colleges Group also owns the Australian International School in Ho Chi Minh. New Zealand is also providing 150 fully funded post-graduate scholarships for Viet Nam over the period 2011 – 2016 and continues to provide English language training for officials, with over 420 Vietnamese officials having spent time in New Zealand participating in the programme to date.
Davi Nguyen
