There were 22 MBA Vietnamese graduates and eight BA Vietnamese graduates in these first classes receiving the degrees of the University of Bolton. The degrees are recognized by the Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training.

Speaking at the graduation ceremony, Deborah Clarke, British consul general in HCMC, said there would be plenty of opportunities for Vietnamese graduates as Vietnam’s economic success and integration into the global economy is fuelling demand for well-educated managers who are able to operate in a global market-place.

She added education is one of the five key pillars of the UK’s relationship with Vietnam and that the collaborative partnership between the two universities will help to create a critical mass of skilled professionals with an international outlook in Vietnam as well as further strengthen educational links between the UK and Vietnam and promote understanding between the two countries.

Working in partnership with HCMC University of Banking, the University of Bolton has delivered the programs in HCMC since 2006. The programs include Bachelor of Accounting, Bachelor of Business Administration, and transfer program for Bachelor of Business Administration and Master of Business Administration.

An enrolment seminar for these programs will be held at 8:30 a.m. on July 19 at Kim Do Hotel, 133 Nguyen Hue Boulevard, District 1, HCMC. For details, contact the Center for International Cooperation of the HCMC University of Banking (2nd floor, 39 Ham Nghi Boulevard, District 1, tel: (08) 821 4660, ext: 101).

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Kolkata, April 8. Faculty members of the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIM-C) are companies in their opposition to the Union Human Resource Development Ministry’s move to reduce taxes.

Prof. Asish K. Bhattacharyya, Dean (planning and management) of IIM-C and spokesperson of the Faculty, told Business Line, the Faculty of the opinion that the tax was cut under the autonomy of the Institute, which is registered by the association as a body independent, and not a hotel.

Professor Bhattacharyya said that there is an option of the Faculty, have resorted to legal measures. “We are considering all options. The judicial process is not a privileged, but we are obliged for such a measure as a major group of IIM-C,” he says. ”

“We also ask, Mr YC Deveshwar, president of the Governing Council on its draft resolution on reducing fees. IIM-C Faculty strongly believes that the Department of command on the subject was not a” mandatory “At the Institute. Approval for the new session at the IIM-C would begin in late May or early April.

Mr. Deveshwar, it is scheduled for April 16 Faculty.

In addition, the Supreme Court today directed all six IIMS to submit their comments on the issue of reducing costs by 16 April. The summit also court fixed the hearing of the public interest litigation on the subject, the same day. IIM-C response to the Supreme Court directive on the fee reduction would be completed early next week, according to the Institute of sources.

Prof. Bhattacharyya said: “We are discovering, through legal formalities, if we ever move the court”.

Regarding the issue of autonomy of the Faculty representatives pointed out that the memorandum of freedom of association and rules of IIM-C had clearly stated that “the general superintendence, direction and control over business of society (IIM-C-Gesellschaft) their income and property is vested benefits to the board of directors of the company, which bears the name “Board of Governors.”

The Faculty Council has estimated that the chairman of the Board of Governors, has been specially assigned by which they make, the resolution, Mr. Deveshwar could not as a “compromise” the autonomy of the committee. “The Institute of revenue, academic freedom, decisions concerning the students’ teacher-report and the curricula could not part of the area of the state,” he observed.

Prof. Bhattacharyya also pointed out that the IIM-C Faculty had a position paper of the Government in question to move in a reduction of taxes and the question of autonomy over a month ago, was the distribution to the officers.