HANOI, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- The Vietnamese government will set up a national scholarship fund and increase budget spending on education to achieve a strategic breakthrough in human resource training, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said Tuesday.
He made the remarks at a national conference on the dissemination and implementation of four resolutions from the Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam, attended by more than 1.2 million party members, local media VnExpress reported.
The prime minister said the fund would be financed by the state budget and other lawful sources to provide scholarships, promote learning and sponsor overseas studies.
It will also seek to attract and nurture talents, with priority given to doctoral programs in basic sciences, engineering and technology, he said.
