19 Jun, 2015
On June 17, 2015, University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City (UEH) held the signing ceremony of MOU for cooperation with the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants UK (CIMA).
The ceremony was attended by Andrew Harding - CIMA Director; Mrs. Irene Teng - Regional Director of South East Asia and Oceania; Venkkat Ramanan Kumaradasan - Regional Director of South East Asia; Mr. Michael Yii – In charge of Developing Nations; Ms Winnie Ng – In charge of enterprises; Nguyen Thi Thanh Ha - CIMA Chief Representative in Vietnam. On the UEH’s side, there was the participation of Prof. Nguyen Dong Phong - President; Assoc Prof. Nguyen Trong Hoai – Vice President along with leaders and lecturers of UEH’s schools, institutes, departments and centers.
The cooperation agreement between UEH and CIMA provides opportunities for UEH’s students to gain CIMA certificates in accounting, finance and international management. The institute will accredit learning results of some subjects in UEH bachelor programs and this helps students gain CIMA Operational Certificate (Operation Level) without participation in any external training course.
Addressing the event, Andrew Harding - Director of CIMA expressed thanks to UEH and hoped that under the cooperation agreement, the two sides would expand partnership relations in undergraduate and postgraduate programs, enabling learners to gain CIMA’s international certificates in management accounting.