EXPORT-Import Bank of Malaysia (Exim Bank) witnessed the official opening ceremony of British University Vietnam (BUV) Ecopark Campus which the bank financed under its Overseas Project Financing Facility.
Vietnamese Education and Training Minister Phung Xuan Nha officiated at the event which was attended by officials from the Vietnam government, BUV board members and Exim Bank representatives.
Among them were Education and Training Deputy Minister Nguyen Van Phuc, BUV chairman Sir Graeme Davies, BUV board member Datuk Loy Teik Ngan and Exim Bank president and chief executive officer Norzilah Mohammed.
The university is located in Hung Yen Province about 10km from Hanoi’s city centre. This state-of-the-art campus took three years to build and accommodates up to 3,000 students.
At BUV, students will be exposed to teaching methodology and learning experiences structured according to British standard format and programmes, ensuring quality graduates for the markets.
According to Norzilah, BUV is another milestone for Exim Bank in penetrating the global education market in support of Malaysian investors and exporters.
“In 2017, Exim Bank extended its credit support of RM16.2bil for financing and insurance to 12 primary key sectors under the national key economic areas.
“We also extended RM2.05bil in financing and insurance to support the small-and-medium enterprises (SME) segment,” she said.
Exim Bank was incorporated in August 1995, and is wholly-owned by the Malaysian government.
According to a report on Thestar