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Friday, February 25, 2011

Vietnam enters top 10 countries of studying abroad in US

(VOV) - Vietnam continues to lead the Southeast Asian region in the number of university and college students studying in the US, according to the Institute of International Education (IIE).

In recent decades, the number of Vietnamese students in the US has increased by six times.

In the IIE’s annual Open Doors 2010, Vietnam is placed 9th in the world’s ranking list (with 13,112 students) and the 2nd position in colleges.

The IIE’s Director in Vietnam, Helen Huntley, said the US has 72 universities in the world’s top 200.

This year, the institute will exhibit US education in Rex Hotel, Ho Chi Minh City on March 3 and in Melia Hotel, Hanoi on March 4 for Vietnamese students and their parents to have direct exchanges with representatives from US universities and colleges.

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