United States President Joe Biden said in no uncertain terms last week during the first trilateral summit with Japan and the Philippines that its commitment to the country’s defense was “ironclad,” and had even sought $128 million from the US Congress to execute projects for the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement sites. Now the Philippines is seeking the same level of firm commitment from the US government in trade and commerce. This through the revival of the US
The Second Congressional Commission on Education (EdCom II) recently visited Vietnam to learn its best practices in education and literacy. We were intrigued by how our Asean neighbor outperformed other countries in the Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) despite being in a similar economic level as our country. One of the key issues we looked into was reading literacy, focusing on the primary years. What was clear from our discussions with the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) was that Vietnam prioritizes primary education. While government investments in education seem similar between our two countries, Vietnam actually spends more on
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