New Zealand is becoming an attractive destination for many Vietnamese students and the two countries have great potential for cooperation in education, said Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem at the Vietnam-New Zealand Education Forum in Hanoi on December 4.

The Deputy PM emphasized that the Vietnamese government and people have always paid special attention to education development. The government has allocated 18 percent of its total budget for the education sector and the figure is expected to rise to 20 percent by 2010. International cooperation and assistance have also played an important role in improving education quality to provide highly qualified human resources for national modernization and industrialization when Vietnam integrates deeper into the region and the world.