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| Mr. Murayama (first row, second from the left) | VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City-based Le Quy Don High School has inaugurated a Japanese training centre named after former Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama to provide free training for all 10th graders at the school.
Mr. Tomiichi Murayama, chairman of the Japan-Vietnam Council for Peace and Friendship, which sponsors the language centre, personally attended the opening ceremony on September 7.
All grade-10 students at Le Quy Don who want to study Japanese as their second foreign language are eligible to enroll. After 3 years of training, students from the centre can apply to vocational training schools or universities in Japan. At present, over half of the 10th graders at Le Quy Don have registered.
In an interview with Vietnamese reporters in HCM City, Mr. Murayama emphasised the importance of education in bringing about sustained development in Vietnam.
“You should invest more in education, enabling young people to access scientific and technological advances. This is the optimal solution, since it is human resources that will determine development,” he said.
In August 1994, Mr. Murayama became the first Japanese PM ever to visit Vietnam. Very recently, Vietnamese PM Nguyen Tan Dung presented him with the Friendship Order for his contributions to the promotion of relations between Vietnam and Japan.
(Source: Tuoi Tre) | 
