On September 17, Deputy Prime Minister of Viet Nam Mai Van Chinh, whois in attendance at the 22nd China-ASEAN Expo and the22ndChina-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit, visited Guangxi University and toured the former site of the original Nanning Yucai School (Vietnamese Central SchoolZone). Xiao Jianzhuang, Vice Presidentof Guangxi University, accompanied the visit.

AtGXU’sGrand Hall(formerly theteaching building of Nanning Yucai School), Mai Van Chinh and his delegation listened to an introduction about the historyof Nanning Yucai School, viewed a photo exhibition titled “Bond by Yucai, AffectionofGXU”, and learned about theGXU’s effortstocarry forward the traditional China-Vietnam friendship, activelypromoteexchanges and cooperation with Vietnamese universities, andthetrainingof Vietnamese international students atGXU. Mai Van Chinh stated that Guangxi University was rebuilt on the former site of Nanning Yucai School, which creates a uniquehistoricalconnection between Guangxi University and Vietnamese universities. He expressed hope that more Vietnamese universities wouldexpand exchanges andcooperation with Guangxi University in the future and looked forward to Guangxi University’s development into aworld-class institution .

Mai Van Chinhalsowarmly met with representatives of Vietnamese students studying atGuangxi University, encouraging them to studydiligently andcontribute totheir homeland andChina-Vietnam friendshipafter graduation.

Nanning Yucai School was founded in the early 1950s at the request of President Ho Chi Minh and with the approval and support of Chairman Mao Zedong,whichallowedVietnam toset upa school in Guangxi. The school was established in 1951 in Jiudongpo, Hede Village, XinxuTown, Xixiangtang District of Nanning, and was relocated to the current site of Guangxi University in June 1954. In the summer of 1958, the students and faculty returned to Vietnam, and the school was formally closed. Over its years of operation, Nanning Yucai Schoolcultivated nearly 7,000 Vietnamese students, many of whom continued their studies after returning to Vietnamandbecame key figures in Vietnam’s revolution and socialistdevelopment.Nanning Yucai School witnessed the profound “comrades plus brothers” friendship between the Parties and peoples of China and Vietnam,andrepresentsacherishedchapter in the history of China-Vietnam relations .