Vietnam and Switzerland signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on education and training cooperation during a four-day visit by President Nguyen Minh Triet that will end today. The MoU will lay an important legal foundation for both sides to beef up ties in the field especially between the two countries’ leading universities, research institutes, and to create favorable conditions for Vietnamese students to study in Switzerland, the Vietnamese Government said on its website May 18. Swiss President Doris Leuthard welcomed President Nguyen Minh Triet’s first visit to her country at the time when the two countries’ ties are growing well and the 40th anniversary of diplomatic ties is approaching. The two leaders agreed that the friendship and multi-faceted cooperation between the two countries are growing strongly in the fields of politics- diplomacy, trade-investment, development cooperation, education-training and humanity.
