{"id":217391,"date":"2024-06-04T08:47:44","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T12:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=217391"},"modified":"2024-06-04T09:44:21","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T13:44:21","slug":"dominican-republic-seeks-to-boost-educational-ties-with-cuba-and-vietnam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2024\/06\/04\/dominican-republic-seeks-to-boost-educational-ties-with-cuba-and-vietnam\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominican Republic seeks to boost educational ties with Cuba and Vietnam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/MESCyT-y-Vietnam-afianzan-lazos-cooperacion-MESCyT-1024x680.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-217358\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/MESCyT-y-Vietnam-afianzan-lazos-cooperacion-MESCyT-1024x680.png 1024w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/MESCyT-y-Vietnam-afianzan-lazos-cooperacion-MESCyT-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/MESCyT-y-Vietnam-afianzan-lazos-cooperacion-MESCyT-768x510.png 768w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/MESCyT-y-Vietnam-afianzan-lazos-cooperacion-MESCyT-1536x1019.png 1536w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/MESCyT-y-Vietnam-afianzan-lazos-cooperacion-MESCyT-2048x1359.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><figcaption>Jaime Yorquis Francisco Rodr\u00edguez and Franklin Garc\u00eda Ferm\u00edn \/ MESCyT<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Dominican Republic&#8217;s Ministry of Higher Education (MESCYT) is making strides to strengthen educational and research collaboration with Cuba and Vietnam, according to Higher Education Minister Franklin Garcia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On 3 June 2024, Minister Garcia met with his Cuban counterpart, Walter Baluja, in Santo Domingo. Discussions focused on potential areas of cooperation, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Exchanging best practices in teacher training<br>Implementing innovative educational technologies<br>Developing joint scientific research projects<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A press release issued by MESCYT highlighted the initiative as a means to address shared challenges and promote knowledge-based sustainable development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On 24 May 2024, Minister Garcia received the Dominican ambassador to Vietnam, Jaime Yorquis Francisco Rodriguez. &#8220;Our goal is to connect Dominican universities with their Vietnamese counterparts,&#8221; Garcia stated. &#8220;Vietnam&#8217;s significant advancements in higher education, science, and innovation make this partnership crucial.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ambassador Francisco Rodriguez echoed this intention, emphasizing the desire to establish a &#8220;strong and fluid relationship&#8221; between the Dominican Republic and Vietnam. He pointed to the &#8220;remarkable human, social, and commercial development&#8221; of both nations, along with their commitment to high-quality education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Francisco Rodriguez stressed the importance of Dominican youth having access to high-level training opportunities in Vietnam, with MESCYT&#8217;s support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MESCYT currently maintains partnerships with over 50 universities across 15 countries. During the 2024 international scholarship competition, students were granted access to 549 academic programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiohc.cu\/en\/noticias\/nacionales\/356340-cuban-minister-of-higher-education-begins-visit-to-the-dominican-republic\">Radio HC Cuba <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prensa-latina.cu\/2024\/06\/02\/ministro-de-educacion-superior-de-cuba-inicia-visita-a-dominicana\">Prensa Latina <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/mescyt.gob.do\/noticias\/mescyt-y-vietnam-trabajan-en-afianzar-lazos-de-cooperacion-en-materia-de-educacion\/\">Ministry of Higher Education<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4 June 2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dominican Republic&#8217;s Ministry of Higher Education (MESCYT) is making strides to strengthen educational and research collaboration with Cuba and Vietnam, according to Higher Education Minister Franklin Garcia. On 3 June 2024, Minister Garcia met with his Cuban counterpart, Walter Baluja, in Santo Domingo. Discussions focused on potential areas of cooperation, including: Exchanging best practices &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2024\/06\/04\/dominican-republic-seeks-to-boost-educational-ties-with-cuba-and-vietnam\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[330,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217391"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217391"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":217446,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217391\/revisions\/217446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}