studying Korean receive valuable scholarships from Korean corporations such as Lotte, Kumho, Samsung, Daewoo, Miwan, Keb, LG, Posco, Booyang, Sellex and others. Many partnerships have been set up through the Japanese Foundation as well. The Japanese Foundation is an arm of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and has been active with ULIS with special guests and lectures, student trips, and short training courses in Japan. Other connections with Japan include University of Kumamoto Gakuen (considered a sister university to ULIS), Daikaku, Nagaoka, Tokyo Foreign Language University, as well as several agreements with various business firms from Japan. VNU-ULIS was the first institution in Vietnam to offer degrees in Japanese Language Teacher Education. VNU-ULIS is the only institution in Vietnam to have a bachelor program in German language teacher education. The joint ULIS-Southern New Hampshire University (USA) English program is one of the programs as is their intensive English studies program. When Former US President Bill Clinton spoke at Vietnam National University on November 17, 2000, he is most quoted as saying “While we cannot change our past, we can change our future” and that has been seen not only with this program in the US, but with many other similar partnerships. There are also other joint agreements where students can earn credit or a degree from various partner institutions such as the University of Picardie Jules Verne in France. Students can also spend two years at the ULIS campus and then another two years in China and receive degree credit from Shanxi Normal University, Huadong Normal University. Besides the various programs and international agreements, several training and research centers follow under the ULIS umbrella organization. These include the Centre for Foreign Language Education Research and Quality Assurance, Centre for Research and Application of Information Technology in Teaching and Learning Foreign Languages, Centre for Distance Training and Teacher Development, and the Centre for International Education. The university also has close ties with the Foreign Languages Specializing School (FLSS). This school, established in 1969 and affiliated under the ULIS administration, is considered to be one of the best high schools for foreign language study in Vietnam. The national public magnet institution, Foreign Languages Specializing High School is also a part of the VNU University of Languages and International Studies. References Universities in Vietnam Vietnam National University, Hanoi