VietNamNet Bridge
March. 4th, 2010

Attracting more Vietnamese students to the university is a top priority of Texas Tech, said Chancellor of the Texas Tech University System, Kent R. Hance, at a meeting with Le Dung, Vietnamese Consulate General in Houston in late February 2010.

He revealed that lecturers have been encouraged to exchange views, knowledge and learning with Vietnamese partners. One of the top priorities of the Texas education system is to attract more Vietnamese students, especially students studying agriculture, business administration, communication, medicine and law. Students of Vietnamese and Texas institutions have also been encouraged to make exchanges under present cooperation programs.

According to Hance, Texas Tech, home to the Vietnam Center and Archive, has signed an education cooperation agreement with the Ministry of Education and Training.

Many TTU alumni hold important posts in the state government and in big US corporations.

Hance has visited Vietnam and he wishes to promote multilateral relations between the US and Vietnam, especially in education and human resource training.

Consulate General Le Dung expressed his willingness to make the MOU a reality. He wants the two sides to move ahead with plan and to seek financial support to create the best conditions for more Vietnamese students to study at Texas Tech.

Le Dung and his team met in a working session with David Miller, Vice Chancellor for Technology Commercialization, and Stephen Maxner, Director of the Vietnam Center at TTU, and Sandra L. Crosier, TTU’s Director of the Office for International Issues.

Alumnus Ginger R. Davis, now a history instructor at Vietnam National University in Hanoi, explained that Texas Tech has focused on educational exchanges with Vietnam for almost two decades. She maintains that TTU’s Vietnam Center is one of the most extensive centers for research on Vietnam.

Texas Tech houses the largest archive on Vietnam in the US. The university additionally boasts some 28,000 students from across the US and 90 other countries. The university offers 90 university training curriculums, more than 100 higher education training programs, and 50 doctoral programs.

The university is about 900 kilometers northwest of Houston.