The partnership between Sydney University and UEB has lasted 11 years
On February 2nd 2020, University of Economics and Business (UEB) - VNU hosted 16 students and 2 lecturers from Sydney University (Australia) to visit and work within the framework of program "Scaling social enterprises in Vietnam 2020" starting from February 2nd to February 14th 2020.
This
is an annual cooperative activity between Sydney University and UEB in Vietnam.
Students of Sydney University, with the support from School of Business
Administration (SBA), UEB - VNU, will participate in research in order to come
up with solutions for social enterprises to improve their business performance.
After the meeting, students will take part in a
field trip to some enterprises
Attending
the program were Mr. Jared Harrison - Director of Entrepreneurship &
Innovation, Dr. Nguyen Thuy Linh - University of Sydney's representative and 16
students from various majors of the University. On UEB's side, Assoc.Prof.PhD.
Nguyen Anh Thu - Vice Rector; Dr. Luu Thi Minh Ngoc - Head of Human Resource
Management of SBA; MA. Nguyen Duc Lam - Deputy Head of Research and Partnership
Development Office and many students from SBA attended at the meeting.
Assoc.Prof.PhD. Nguyen Anh Thu - Vice Rector of UEB
delivering welcome speech
Mr. Jared Harrison - Director of Entrepreneurship
& Innovation speaking at the meeting
Due to Corona virus, students wearing masks during
the meeting
Assoc.Prof.PhD.
Nguyen Anh Thu - Vice Rector of UEB - VNU delivered an opening speech to
welcome student delegation from Sydney University. This activity has set a strong
foundation for the sustainable partnership between the 2 universities.
Assoc.Prof.PhD. Nguyen Anh Thu wished the
delegation a lot of success in research and the cooperation of the two sides
would continue to develop in the future.
Mrs. Tran Thu Phuong,
representative of Center for Economic Development Studies, presenting about
social enterprises involved in Thriive Hanoi project
The
meeting also welcome the participation of organizations, social enterprises, Centre
for Social Initiatives Promotion (CSIP), NEU Center for Social Innovation and
Entrepreneurship, Thriive Investment Fund...
Questions and
discussion session of students
After
the meeting, students of UEB and Sydney University were assigned into 2 groups
for a field trip to social enterprises. On February 14th, 2020, the research
result on social enterprises will be presented.