HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF RUSSIAN-VIETNAMESE COOPERATION IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION IN THE PERIOD OF 20-21 CENTURIES
This paper gives an analysis of historical background of academic cooperation between Russia and Vietnam. The authors show the events of 20th century which form the grounds of Russian-Vietnamese friendship relations and academic mobility of Vietnamese students. In the result hundreds of Vietnamese scientists, state officials, and people of art graduated from USSR universities. The existing regulatory framework of intergovernmental agreements is described. This regulatory platform made it possible to bring the international relations to the level of integral strategic partnership. The authors characterize the reasons which contributed to weakening of cooperation between Russia and Vietnam as consequences of political events in the end of last century and modern trends on the market of educational service in Vietnam. The paper gives a case study of Kazan National Research Technological University (KNRTU) and Viet Tri University of Industry experience. Establishment of representative office of the Russian university in Vietnam is represented as a mechanism of successful intensification of academic cooperation.