On 20 Apr 2011, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany to Viet Nam organized an annual press trip on the topic of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) to Hung Yen University of Technology and Education (Hung Yen UTE) – one of the TVET institutes that benefited from Vietnamese-German cooperation in the area of TVET. Vietnamese journalists (print media, radio and TV) as well as representatives from German Embassy to Viet Nam and GIZ discussed with the institute about achievements of the Vietnamese-German projects.

The mission was warmly welcomed by the university principal, head of Research management and International relations department, representatives of different departments and students. The mission visited facilities and workshops supported by Vietnamese-German projects to get a picture of the progress made. According to Associate Prof. Dr. Tran Trung – the university principal, the Vietnamese-German projects have brought its valuable benefits to the university; the competences of teachers have been considerably improved, as a result, students are trained more practice-oriented, with new training methodologies, up-to-date training materials and modern training equipments.