At the meeting, Mr. James Shipton introduced the cooperation programs and projects in Can Tho City of the British Council, as well as the British Embassy. Accordingly, the British Council operates in three main areas: literature - arts, education and English teaching.

Among the cooperation projects, there is the project “Youth adaptation to climate change in the Mekong Delta” for the period 2022-2025, which is being implemented by the British Council in Vietnam in cooperation with Can Tho University, bringing practical results. The British Council cooperates with Can Tho University and other universities in the region to carry out 8 research projects on rice varieties, climate change, building smart cities, cooperation models between universities to improve training quality, solve employment problems for students after graduation...

Speaking to the delegation, Ms. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Diep extended her best wishes to Mr. James Shipton, the new Country Director of the British Council in Vietnam, for a successful tenure and memorable time in Vietnam. On the occasion of his first working visit to Can Tho, Ms. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Diep shared some basic information about the city. She also expressed her gratitude to the British Council in Vietnam for their support in facilitating and arranging the working session between the city's leaders and the British Council in London during their working trip to the UK in June 2024. After this trip, the city coordinated with the British Council in Vietnam and The Research Institute for Climate Change, Can Tho University to implement a program to enhance climate change response skills for youth people in the Mekong Delta region. Specifically, the Department of Foreign Affairs coordinated with the O Mon District Youth Union to organize training classes for core personnel within the framework of the project “Climate Skills - Seeds for Transition”. These activities have helped Can Tho youth gain more relevant knowledge and skills related to climate change, thereby spreading messages about environmental protection to young people.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Diep hopes that in addition to cooperation in the field of climate change response, with its strengths in education, particularly in teaching English and the arts, the British Council is considering supporting the dispatch of English language teaching volunteers to teachers, students, and pupils in schools; offering English language training courses for the city's officials and civil servants; and coordinating the implementation of teacher and student exchange programs between universities and high schools in Can Tho with schools in the UK...

Ms. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Diep affirmed that the city always creates all conditions and coordinates with the British Council in Vietnam to implement programs and projects in Can Tho City. The city's leaders believe that in the coming time, there will be many opportunities for cooperation between the two sides, especially in the fields of education, youth, climate change, and English teaching.