Agreement Signed Between Saskatchewan and Vietnam

Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Advanced Education, Employment and Labour, and Minister responsible for Immigration, Rob Norris, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Government of Vietnam that will formalize collaborative relations between Saskatchewan and Vietnam. The memorandum is focused on immigration, education and entrepreneurship. Vietnam is one of three sites for the Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology’s (SIAST) overseas “skills passport” project, which focuses on skills assessment to facilitate foreign credential recognition for specific skilled workers. This agreement builds on the educational and research agreements that the University of Saskatchewan, University of Regina and SIAST have established with Vietnamese post-secondary institutions. It comes out of the Memorandum of Intent that Saskatchewan and Vietnam signed in April 2009 that was aimed at increasing mutual understanding and closer economic and technological co-operation.