1. Mr. Phan Thanh Binh Director Centre for International Education Consultancy (CIEC) Vietnam International Education Development (VIED) Ministry of Education and Training 05 May 2016

2. 1.Overview: VIED’s Scholarship Projects & Programs 2.Policy updates 3.Collaboration opportunities

3. o General department of international education under MoET. Established 2008. 150 employees (Second largest among 22 Departments under MOET) Functions: Policy advisory body on international education; manage international education and provide public services in the field of international education in Vietnam. Responsible for out-bound and in-bound students and teachers, mainly scholarships students. (6,000 Vietnamese students in 47 countries and nearly 4,000 foreign students in Vietnam) Managing around 75 million USD per year on scholarships for MoET, MARD, MoIT, MoCST. Overseeing over 460 international education programs in Vietnam (appraising, licensing and monitoring). Subsidiaries: Centre for International Education Consultancy (CIEC); Centre for International Professional and Technological Cooperation and Exchange (CEPECE), International Student Center (ISC); Puskin Sub-Institute.

4. CIEC: Public services providing arm of VIED. International education focused management consultancy organisation. Establish Feb 2014, more than 40 partners from US, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, France, Italy, about to expand to Japan, Korea, Canada in 2016. Many are highly ranked business schools or triple accredited. International Education promotion services: Market Approaching: Market updates and market integration strategies, recruitment strategies, U2U: Universities bridging and partnership development. Student placement and recruitment (both Government funded and private) Branding services for International HEIs in Vietnam: Education fairs, tailored online and offiline campaigns, traditional marketing and communication activities.

5. Scholarships managed by VIED Funded by Vietnamese government (Project 911, Project 599, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ministry of Industry and Trade… Funded by foreign nations in the field of Government Bilateral Agreements Funded by foreign nations to Vietnam (AAS, MEXT, DAAD, VEF, Fulbright, IDEAS, NZAids…

6. 2010 – 2020 23,000 PhD: 10,000 in country; 10,000 overseas 3,000 sandwiched 2012 – 2020 1,650 Master's 150 Bachelors 400 Masters sandwiched 2008 – 2013 700 PhD and Master's overseas and sandwich 3,500 study tour 1,000 intensive foreign languages 2000 – 2014 5,000 PhD and Masters Project 322/356 Project 165 Project 911 Project 599 Government scholarship

7. A return air-ticket Visa Application fee Health insurance (single) (up to US$ 300 p.a.) Tuition fees (up to US$ 15,000 p.a. ~ AUD$ 20,000) or full tuition fee scholarships with partner universities Living allowance, plus top-up stipend with partner universities Scholarship Benefits

8. 1330 scholarships per year (1000 PhD; 300 Master and 30 Bachelor) Priority sectors: Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery Natural Sciences Science Technolog y Pharmacy Economic manageme nt Arts, Sports Technolog y, Social Sciences

9. In Asia and Australia Australia New Zealand Japan Korea Hong Kong Taiwan China The Philippines In Europe United Kingdom Austria Belgium Germany Russia France Sweden Italy In Americas United State Canada

15.  Law on Higher Education, approved by the National Assembly on 18 June 2012 and effective as 1 January 2013. 1 Chapter on International Cooperation (Chapter VI with 6 Articles).  Decree No. 73/2012/ND-CP on Foreign Cooperation and Investment in Education, providing stipulations on Foreign Cooperation and Investment in Education, including (1) joint training, (2) educational establishments with foreign investments and (3) foreign educational representative offices in Vietnam.  Decision No. 05/2013/QD-TTg on overseas study of Vietnamese citizens dated 15 Jan 2013.  Circulation No. 10/2014/TT-BGDDT – Regulations on managing Vietnamese citizens studying overseas

16.  Vietnamese students to study business related courses overseas: ◦ Scholarship students: advisory service, cost-sharing through various Vietnamese Government Scholarship Programs ◦ Private students: Through CIEC under VIED.  International students to Vietnam: Student and staff exchange programs. Study abroad programs in English-based programs delivered by Vietnamese universities. Joint training programs with Vietnamese universities Public Private Partnerships in higher education.

17. Thank You for your time Any inquiry: binh@ciec.vn