Austria is keen to cooperate with Vietnam to strengthen and modernize the overall capabilities of its foreign affairs officials.

Within the framework of the cooperation agreement between the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam and Austria, the ambassador proposed that the Austrian Diplomatic Academy strengthen its cooperation with the Vietnamese Diplomatic Academy in terms of research, organization of seminars, exchanges of students and experiences in the training of diplomats. He also invited Austria to send representatives to participate in major forums hosted by Vietnam, such as the ASEAN Future Forum, the Mekong Forum and the International Conference on the South China Sea.

Dr. Martin Eichtinger expressed admiration for Vietnam’s socio-economic and foreign policy achievements, while recognizing that the need to train and continually improve the quality of foreign officials plays a role. decisive.

Dr Martin said the Austrian Foreign Service Academy has four faculties: international relations, international history, international economics and international and European law. It currently trains students from 64 countries around the world, offering certificates in international relations, master’s degrees in international studies, environmental technology and international relations, digital international relations, and doctorates in international studies.

The Austrian Diplomatic Academy wishes to cooperate with the Vietnamese Diplomatic Academy, promoting the joint organization of ASEAN seminars, training activities, capacity building of foreign affairs officials of the two countries, as well as student and faculty exchanges.