Welcome to the New Year 2024: Multicultural Festival for International Students at VNU

Saturday - December 30, 2023 08:10

On the evening of December 28, 2023, VNU organized a meeting with international students and a New Year's Eve 2024 celebration.

This is an annual activity of VNU, with the hope that the international student community in particular and VNU students in general have the opportunity to exchange and strengthen solidarity and friendship. The meeting is also an opportunity for VNU leaders to directly listen to the thoughts, aspirations and sharing of international students from many countries around the world studying at VNU's training units.

Attending the program were VNU Vice President Pham Bao Son; Head of Cooperation and Development Department Nguyen Thi Anh Thu; Director of Student Support Center Vu Van Thang; Secretary of Youth Union Hua Thanh Hoa; President of Student Association Tuong Van Thuan and representatives of leaders of training units in VNU.
Speaking at the program, Vice President Pham Bao Son expressed his joy at meeting and interacting with international students studying and researching at VNU. In 2023, VNU continued to maintain stability, successfully completing the set goals in each field of work, affirming its role as a leading multidisciplinary and multidisciplinary university center in Vietnam, increasing its indexes and rankings in the international arena. This year can also be said to be a successful year for VNU when many policies to support lecturers, scientists and learners were issued, creating motivation and contributing to attracting a team of highly qualified scientists to work at VNU. "These successes are thanks in no small part to the contributions of you - the international students of VNU" - he shared.
Vice President Pham Bao Son also expressed his hope that the international student community at VNU will join hands with the Vietnamese student community to develop the VNU student community with its own style and mark, contributing to creating a good impression of a traditional training institution of the country. He also expressed his hope that through this community, VNU will be known to international friends and become a destination in the near future for students from all over the world.
In recent years, the internationalization of higher education has become a policy of the Party and the State, in which attracting international students is considered one of the important factors to improve the internationalization level of higher education institutions, contributing to building reputation and influencing the rankings of higher education institutions on international rankings. According to statistics, VNU currently has about 2,000 international students studying short-term and long-term courses at training units. VNU always values and pays much attention to international students, because when they come to VNU, they will also become "ambassadors" contributing to the continuous increase of VNU's reputation and brand in the international community.

At the ceremony, Okabe Chikara from Japan, a 4th-year student of the Faculty of Vietnamese Studies and Language, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU, on behalf of international students studying at VNU, expressed his gratitude to the Board of Directors, staff and lecturers of VNU. In 2023, Okabe Chikara's group won first prize in two Vietnamese speaking contests for international students in the North and international students nationwide. "During that process, I received everyone's attention and had many opportunities to practice Vietnamese language and culture such as being an MC for some programs, participating in Vietnamese speaking contests, playing an experiential character on VTV4 television in the program 'Hello Vietnam'" - Okabe Chikara shared.
After 6 years of studying and living in Vietnam, Okabe Chikara always feels satisfied and proud of his decision to study at VNU. “The University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU is a school with a tradition of nearly 65 years of teaching Vietnamese to foreigners. With a 55-year history of establishing the Faculty of Vietnamese Studies and Vietnamese Language, where I study and experience, this is truly a leading prestigious address in Vietnam for honoring and promoting Vietnamese language and culture”. Okabe Chikara also hopes that international students at VNU will have a good time studying, have many beautiful memories in Vietnam as well as hope that the international student community will be ambassadors promoting Vietnamese culture and friendly, hospitable Vietnamese people in their homeland as well as friends around the world.

Also within the framework of the program, representatives of VNU leaders, Vice President Pham Bao Son and Head of the Development Cooperation Department Nguyen Thi Anh Thu presented 27 gifts to Vietnamese students with disabilities and those in especially difficult circumstances living at Me Tri Dormitory. These are gifts from the sponsor Rang Dong Light Bulb and Vacuum Flask Joint Stock Company and kind-hearted individuals to share, encourage and support students before the new year 2024.
Some pictures at the ceremony: