Visang Education's Korean Language Education Solution 'Class' Adopted by Majority of Vietnamese Universities

Lee Young-geun, Head of Visang Education Vietnam Corporation (fourth from the left), and Nguyen Phu Khan, President of Phenikaa University (fifth from the left), are posing for a commemorative photo after signing the smart Korean language education solution supply contract at Phenikaa University recently.

[Asia Economy Reporter Choi Donghyun] Visang Education announced on the 10th that 26% of the 53 Vietnamese universities offering Korean language majors have adopted and are using the smart Korean language education solution 'klass.'

Visang Education recently signed supply contracts for 'klass' with Phenikaa University and Dalat University. With this contract, the number of universities operating Korean language education courses using klass has increased to 14. Among the 53 Vietnamese universities with Korean language departments, 14 universities, accounting for 26%, are using klass.

This contract was concluded as part of the Inclusive Business Program (IBS) promoted by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) for partner countries. Visang Education was selected as a partner company for the IBS program in 2019 and is responsible for strengthening digital Korean language education capabilities in Vietnam.

Visang Education currently supplies klass to major universities across Vietnam, including Thang Long University in northern Hanoi, Hue University of Foreign Languages in central Vietnam, and Ho Chi Minh University of Finance and Economics in the south. Klass, along with the textbook 'Visang Korean,' has established itself as a key solution in Vietnamese Korean language education.

As the leaders of Korea and Vietnam agreed last year to elevate bilateral relations to a comprehensive strategic partnership, the importance of the Korean language in cooperation and exchange between the two countries has been emphasized. Additionally, with Vietnam adopting Korean as the first foreign language in 2021, the influence of Korean in public education is growing. Accordingly, Visang Education plans to accelerate the spread of Korean in Vietnam based on edutech.

Phenikaa University in Hanoi, which signed a contract with Visang Education, is a private university under Phenikaa Group, Vietnam's largest edutech company, equipped with excellent educational infrastructure and an advanced Learning Management System (LMS). It has about 15,000 enrolled students, with approximately 500 majoring in Korean. Dalat University, a national university representing Lam Dong Province, has about 20,000 students enrolled, with around 500 majoring in Korean.

Lee Younggeun, head of Visang Education's Vietnam branch, said, "Although Korean is spreading as a public education subject in Vietnam, including elementary, middle, and high schools, there is still a shortage of teachers and content. Along with klass, which has already established itself as a major Korean language solution at universities, we will contribute to solving the shortage of Korean language teachers in Vietnamese elementary, middle, and high schools by connecting Korean teachers through the advanced remote education platform Master K."

Meanwhile, during the COVID-19 shutdown policy in Vietnam, which caused issues with remote education and a decline in educational quality at universities, Visang Education provided free online Korean language courses to help Korean language major students continue their studies smoothly. More than 3,200 students from 19 universities took Visang Education's online Korean courses. Additionally, the cumulative number of Master Korean members currently stands at about 22,800, and the cumulative number of klass course participants is about 2,600.

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