According to data from the Department of International Cooperation - Ministry of Education and Training, currently, Belgian government support for Vietnam is mainly through scholarship programs managed by the VLIR ( Dutch -speaking Belgian Community) and ARES (French-speaking Belgian Community) organizations.
It is estimated that there are currently around 450 Vietnamese students studying in Belgium with various funding sources. Among them, there are 15 PhD students studying in Belgium under Project 89.
Previously, the Ministry of Education and Training sent 84 Vietnamese students to study in Belgium using funds from Project 911. Currently, 12 Belgian students are studying at Hanoi University of Education and the University of Education - Da Nang University.