70 Thai students get grants to study in Tianjin

BANGKOK - A total of 70 Thai students have gained full government scholarships from China's Tianjin Municipal Education Commission to study in dozens of vocational colleges for three years in the northern Chinese city.

The Maritime Silk Road Confucius Institute in Thailand, along with other partners recently held an orientation for the 70 selected Thai students at the Office of the Vocational Education Commission in Bangkok.

Song Ruoyun, first secretary of education affairs at the Chinese embassy in Thailand, congratulated the students and encouraged them to learn on their majors and the Chinese language, and make new friends as people-to-people bonds are an important part of the Belt and Road Initiative.