Two agreements on tertiary education cooperation between Vietnamese and Swiss universities were signed in Hanoi on August 5 in the presence of visiting Swiss President Pascal Couchepin and Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Education Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan.

Under the agreements, the Ho Chi Minh City University of Technologies and the Hanoi National University will cooperate with the Lausanne University and the Geneva University, respectively, in exchanging lecturers and students, granting scholarships, conducting research activities and organising conferences and seminars.