Opening Ceremony of Course 46 - The first regular university course at UEH - Vinh Long Campus: Ready to become a key manpower in the digital transformation process of the Mekong Delta

30 Nov, 2020

Attending the ceremony, the school joyfully welcomed Ms. Nguyen Thi Quyen Thanh - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Vinh Long province; Mr. Le Chi Thanh - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Department of Agencies and Enterprises; Colonel, Dr. Phan Van Dien - Deputy Commander of the Provincial Military Headquarters; and Representatives representing departments, mass organizations in Vinh Long province: Office of the Provincial People's Committee; Office, Economic Committee - Provincial People's Council budget; Provincial Party Committee Propaganda Department; Department of Home Affairs; Financial Department; Department of Education and Training; Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs; Department of Planning and Investment; Department of Science and Technology; Department of Agriculture and Rural Development; Provincial Tax Department; Provincial State Treasury; Provincial Youth Union; Provincial Student Association; Provincial Confederation of Labor; Provincial police; Ward 8 Police; Cooperative Union, Provincial Association of Study; Our dear delegates represent Universities and Colleges in the province. Representatives representing more than 24 business units, banks inside and outside the province and schools are happy to welcome parents, representatives of the Rector Board of high schools in and outside the province.

Attending the ceremony, on the side of the University of Economics in Ho Chi Minh City, there were Prof.Dr. Nguyen Dong Phong - Secretary of the Party Committee, Chairman of the School Council; Prof.Dr. Su Dinh Thanh - Principal of the school; Dr. Bui Quang Hung - Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Vice Rector of the school, concurrently Director of Vinh Long Branch; Assoc.Prof.Dr. Phan Thi Bich Nguyet - Chairman of the Advisory Council; Dr. Bui Quang Viet - President of the School Union and the Teachers representing Leaders of the subordinate units at the main campus: Training Department, School Office, Human Resource Management Division, Office of caring and supporting students, International Training Institute, Marketing - Communication Department; Financial Accounting; Facilities Department; Economics; Faculty of Management; Faculty of International Business - Marketing; Faculty of Public Finance; Faculty of Finance; Banking Faculty; Accounting department; Faculty of Mathematics - Statistics; Faculty of Business Information Technology; Faculty of Political Theory; Faculty of Law; The Youth Union, the Student Association and the Board of Directors and lecturers - officers at Vinh Long Campus and the presence of 240 new students of Course 46 - Regular University, the first course to be opened at Vinh Long Campus.

The opening ceremony story began with the story of water - land - human being: A story about the challenges that people in Mekong Delta, possibly the family and the new students are facing: severe droughts, floods, mangrove area decreased, worries about the sea "gnaws" the shore, "swallows". Thus, students initially recognize and have thoughts and concerns about issues around them.

From the perspective of leadership of a province in the Mekong Delta, speaking at the opening ceremony, Ms. Nguyen Thi Quyen Thanh - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of Vinh Long Provincial People's Committee shared more deeply about the challenges that Mekong Delta is facing and the shortage of high-quality human resources, hope that UEH - Vinh Long Campus will contribute to training high-quality human resources for the Mekong Delta.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Quyen Thanh - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Vinh Long province spoke at the opening ceremony

Prof. Dr. Su Dinh Thanh - Principal of the school gave flowers to thank the leaders of Vinh Long province for their interest in supporting University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City and Vinh Long Campus during the past time.

From the perspective of the school leaders, with the passion to contribute to training high-quality human resources to become the key manpower to contribute to the development of the Mekong Delta, the opening speech of the course, Prof.Dr. Nguyen Dong Phong - Secretary of the Party Committee, Chairman of the School Council shared about the mission of training - research and consultation of UEH Vinh Long Campus: Vinh Long Campus of the school was formed to serve the socio-economic development in the Mekong Delta region through training of high quality human resources, with good knowledge, skills and flexibility to adapt to the continuously changing and integrated economy. At the same time, the campus also conducts research and scientific transfer in the economic and social fields, organizes the implementation of multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research programs and projects to address challenges related to economy, society, environment, water resources management, forests, farmer agriculture and rural areas in the Mekong Delta.

The campus also conducts research for enterprise development, start-up innovation. Implementation of management policy consulting, planning and development for different levels of organizations. Vinh Long campus is a university training institution of the University of Economics of Ho Chi Minh City, so it is recommended to use high-quality UEH training programs, faculty, quality assurance process, test programs, business relationships and former students to support training, research, and consulting. The school is committed to the quality of training at Vinh Long campus equivalent to the quality of learning at the university's city campus.

The professor congratulated 240 new students - potential human resources for 13 provinces in the Mekong Delta in the fields of Economics and Agricultural Business, Business Administration, International Business, Banking, Business accounting and e-commerce. He advises what needs to be done to help new students quickly adapt, achieve high results in study, remain stable in their expertise, have high competitiveness, actively reach out to the domestic and international labor markets.

Prof.Dr. Nguyen Dong Phong - Secretary of the Party Committee - Chairman of the School Council gave the opening speech of the course.

The story continues with the sharing from the new student representative of Course 46 - Regular university, Student Le Thi Kim Ngan, Faculty of Business Administration: I was born and raised in Tan Hoa commune, Lai Vung district, Dong Thap province. My family, my parents are all farmers and have huge difficulties in production. With my family's desire for the children to continue to study and with my dream of becoming a business in the future, I want to help parents to develop more in the family's profession and invest in development in service and management sectors. I aspire to rise and do not hesitate to grasp learning opportunities, becoming a student of the University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City Vinh Long Campus ... with the learning goals that I determined when entering University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City: “Learn to know, learn to do, learn to share live and learn to self-affirm”. And in the position of always ready, actively self-study, cultivating necessary soft skills, practicing English, grasping technology,... as well as raising awareness of the environment, community, learning literature and grasp the world situation. This is considered as the fastest "travel ticket" to help each student self-improve and integrate better...

Student Le Thi Kim Ngan - AD001 Business Administration Class K46 student - Regular University (2020-2024), representing New Student, spoke at the Opening Ceremony

From the perspective of UEH Alumni and business leaders with many enthusiastic contributions to the Mekong Delta, the guests: Mr. Huynh Van Thon - Chairman of the Board of Directors of Loc Troi Group; Ms. Cao Thuy An - Founder of Freco of An An Clean Food One Member Company Limited; Mr. Dao Manh Toan - Vice President of HOMEGROUP, Co-Founder of Hometravel Mekong Can Tho discussed and inspired the young generation on the topic "Ready to become key manpower in the digital transformation process of the Mekong Delta”.

Mr. Huynh Van Thon - Chairman of the Board of Directors of Loc Troi Group participated in the round table at the Opening Ceremony to inspire new students

Mr. Dao Manh Toan - Vice President of HomeGroup, Co-founder of Hometravel Mekong Can Tho; Ms. Cao Thuy An - Founder of Freco of An An Clean Food One Member Company Limited discussed and inspired the young generation on the topic "Ready to become a key human resource in the digital transformation process of Mekong Delta".

Roundtable exchange talks around the questions: How has the digital era changed us, especially in the Mekong Delta? What challenges are facing the Mekong Delta in the shortage of high quality human resources, especially digital human resources? What is the motivation for young people to choose to develop their businesses in the Mekong Delta? In the digital age, what are the qualities of a graduate student and the need of a business for young human resources? What skills do students need right now to keep up with the digital age?

Students participated in discussions and listen to speakers at the opening ceremony.

All together to create a living story, a special opening ceremony about a generation of UEH students - Course 46 who have the potential to become key mapower in the digital transformation process of the Mekong Delta.

Also at the Opening Ceremony, in order to encourage the new students to reach the top valedictorian of the course and support disadvantaged students who have excelled in their studies, the school held 51 scholarships. (including 34 admission scholarships with high scores in enrollment and 17 scholarships to support difficulties for new students enrolled), with a total budget of: 314,000,000 VND deducted from the school's budget and lobbying for banks and businesses.

Prof. Dr. Su Dinh Thanh - Principal of the school and Ms. Nguyen Thi Quyen Thanh - Vice Chairman of Vinh Long Provincial People's Committee awarded scholarships to new students K46

Dr. Bui Quang Hung - Vice Principal of UEH, concurrently director of Vinh Long Campus; MSc. Nguyen Thi Thuy Lieu - Vinh Long Campus Standing Deputy Director giving flowers and thank you letters to the banks for sponsoring scholarships to students

Some photos at the ceremony: