Vietnam Business Forum talked with Mr Van Khac Tuan, director of the Vietnam-American Overseas Study Company, a leading company in sending Vietnamese students to learn in the United States.
Would you mind introducing overseas study in the US and how Vietnam-American Overseas Study Company assists overseas students?
Vietnam-American Overseas Study Company started operations on November 13, 2000. The major market is the United States. Like overseas students in other countries, overseas Vietnamese students always choose the US as the best place to study. With modern practicing, studying and experimenting facilities, and teaching and study methods and materials, the qualifications in the US have high international value.
Excellent overseas students from poor families will be given fee discounts by the company and will be introduced to schools with affordable tuition.
Does security in the US affect overseas students who study in this country?
After the September 11 terrorist attack and a recent school massacre, several students were very concerned. The company always explains and gives official information about the educational, scientific and technological overview as well as political, economic and social life of the US in different stages. Of course, no country is able to avoid all intentional mass murders. This is not attributable to insecurity in the US.
How is the expanding Vietnam-US relationship bringing opportunities and challenges to education in general and the Vietnam-America Company in particular?
The better Vietnam-US relations together with the rapidly-improving economic life of the Vietnamese people have created an overseas study trend to the US. This is arguably an opportunity. However, the visa verification and granting policy the US applies to Vietnamese overseas students remains very prudent. This was raised with US President George W. Bush when he attended APEC Vietnam 2006 in Hanoi.
However, the situation has not improved. According to WTO commitments, Vietnam has opened education. At present and in the future, many universities in the US and other countries will apply for opening schools and overseas study agencies in Vietnam. This has created healthy competition in education in general and overseas study in particular. To adapt to the new situation, the Vietnam-America Company always improves its document process and trains its consultant experts as well. This effort has created a strong foothold and sustainable development for the Vietnam-America Company, which has become the top choice of Vietnamese parents. According to statistics from the education authorities, Vietnam-America is a well-performing company and brings the largest number of students to the US.
Quang Dai
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