Xinhua | 2013-7-17 18:59:38
By Agencies
The Germany-based Goethe Institute will be opened in Myanmar in six months to introduce initiatives for bilateral cultural and educational cooperation and to conduct language proficiency courses, official media reported Wednesday.
The cultural cooperation was agreed between the Ministry of Culture of Myanmar and the Goethe Institute, said the New Light of Myanmar.
The institute works for Myanmar-Germany cooperation in promoting the sports sector through mutual exchange, conducting courses for youths and seminars of experts on the German language, sending Myanmar scholars to Germany, cultural exchange of musicians and cultural troupes and media exchange.
The Goethe Institute has opened about 150 branches in 95 countries, offering Germany's culture and arts and conducting paper-reading sessions on German culture.
Scholarship programs for Myanmar students would be granted in March 2014.
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