Hanoi, March 2 -- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh expressed his hope for further collaboration between China's Tsinghua University and Vietnamese educational and research institutions while hosting a reception in Hanoi on March 2 for Prof. Dr. Qiu Yong, Secretary of the Tsinghua University's Party Committee and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

The focus should be placed on increasing scholarships for Vietnamese lecturers, students, scientists and experts to pursue studies at the Tsinghua University, PM Chinh told Qiu, who is also an alternate member of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee.

He affirmed Vietnam always regards the development of friendly and cooperative relations with China as a consistent pol...