More than 30 senior leaders of businesses participated in the workshop "Developing the model of association between UEH and businesses"

01 Oct, 2020

The workshop was attended by more than 30 senior leaders from businesses with long-term, enthusiastic cooperation with UEH such as: Ms. Cao Thi Ngoc Dung - Chairman of the Board of Directors of Phu Nhuan Jewelry Joint Stock Company (PNJ); Mr. Nguyen Hieu Truong An - Senior HR Director of Suntory PepsiCo Vietnam Beverage; Mr. Nguyen Khac Nguyen - Director of Human Resources Division, Asia Commercial Bank (ACB); Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Hoa - Chairman of HFIC's Members' Council; Mr. Lam Nguyen Hai Long - Director of Quang Trung Software City Company Limited; Ms. Huynh Kim Thu Thuy - Human Resources Director of Saigon Co.op; Mr. Pham Manh Khoi - Human Resources Director of L’Oreal Vietnam; Ms. Truong Do Minh Huong - Deputy Manager of Brand Communications Department - Unilever Vietnam; Mr. Ha Than - General Director of Lac Viet Company; Mr. Ha Duy Binh - General Director of Steam and 4C Company...

In terms of UEH, there are Prof.Dr. Nguyen Dong Phong - Chairman of UEH Council ; Prof.Dr. Su Dinh Thanh - President; Prof.Dr. Nguyen Trong Hoai - Vice President with leaders of units: Administration Office, Department of Marketing - Communication, Centre for Student Assistance, Youth Union - Student Union...

On giving the opening speech, Prof.Dr. Nguyen Dong Phong – Chairman shared his happiness to see a large number of businesses participating in discussions about the cooperation model of schools and businesses. "Promoting the UEH model - Businesses and partners" is one of the nine key projects in the school development strategy for the period 2020-2025. In recent years, schools and businesses have cooperated in training, especially the business semester; businesses contribute comments on training programs, teaching soft skills and expertise; UEH participates in research and consultancy, brand development cooperation, recruitment for businesses.

At the workshop, leaders representing 03 of the typical businesses with many contributions to the unviersity: Ms. Cao Thi Ngoc Dung - Chairman of the Board of Directors of Phu Nhuan Jewelry Joint Stock Company (PNJ), Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City Women's Business Association; Mr. Nguyen Khac Nguyen - Director of Human Resource Division, Asia Commercial Bank (ACB); Mr. Nguyen Hieu Truong An - Senior Human Resources Director of Suntory Pepsico Beverage Vietnam Co., Ltd. made a presentation on the sustainable cooperation relationship between businesses and the school.

Ms. Cao Thi Ngoc Dung proposed solutions of signing annual strategic cooperation program and action program; have personnel to monitor and evaluate specific implementation; cooperated with the Ho Chi Minh City Businesswomen Association to organize forums. As a UEH Alumni, she is particularly interested in developing the UEH Alumni network.

According to statistics, UEH students currently account for the largest number of ACB bank (19.73%) compared to other schools, 25% of the total staff holding managerial positions at ACB bank used to learn at UEH, 86% of UEH students were rated above expectations for the past three years. UEH is a sustainable strategic partner in many aspects of ACB. ACB also gives many privileges to UEH students in recruiting and training young human resources programs. I also propose project-oriented coordination and interaction with measurable results, specific action plans for the year, exchange of academic resources between businesses and schools...” Mr. Nguyen Khac Nguyen - Director of Human Resource Management Division Asia Commercial Bank (ACB) said.

Mr. Nguyen Khac Nguyen - Director of Human Resource Division, Asia Commercial Bank (ACB) was giving a speech

Mr. Nguyen Hieu Truong An - Senior Human Resources Director of Suntory PepsiCo Vietnam Beverage shared about the cooperation programs between UEH and the company, notably the Dynamic competition, nationwide with 14 participating schools and other activities to support the young generation of the corporation. Currently, 36% of management trainees at Suntory Pepsico are UEH students. The company wishes to continue to accompany Dynamic and programs to support the young generation, connect and introduce career opportunities through Job Fair, career seminars and internships,...

Mr. Nguyen Hieu Truong An - Senior Human Resources Director of Suntory PepsiCo Vietnam Beverage was sharing his opinion

Business leaders have discussed and contributed many opinions around proposing business-specific cooperation items to UEH and suggesting some solutions for UEH and businesses to properly implement cooperation in the future.

Representatives of businesses were contributing comments

Prof.Dr. Nguyen Trong Hoai - UEH Vice President agrees with the comments of businesses. The school wants businesses to share more about their limitations to find solutions to promote a sustainable cooperative relationship; at the same time, give suggestions on building practical lecturer model, linking the school with businesses, promoting the academic strengths of the university and the practical side of businesses.

Prof.Dr. Nguyen Trong Hoai - Vice Principal of UEH was sharing

Prof.Dr. Su Dinh Thanh - President of UEH emphasized the importance of the relationship between the university and businesses, contributing to bringing practical values to businesses and helping UEH to be in the Top 500 of QS Asian Universities.

Prof.Dr. Su Dinh Thanh - UEH President was sharing

On closing the Workshop, Prof.Dr. Nguyen Dong Phong – Chairman of UEH Council sincerely thanks the enthusiastic, specific and meaningful contributions of businesses. Professor is very pleased with the positive business assessment of UEH students with their abilities being promoted in businesses. The university assigns the task of the leading business relationship to the Department of Marketing - Communication. In addition, Professor also agreed on the contents of cooperation to be promoted in the coming time in the fields: Practical training, research, highly applicable consulting, mutual brand development cooperation, recruiting human resources, developing the UEH Alumni network….

Prof.Dr. Nguyen Dong Phong – Chairman of UEH Council gave a summary speech

The workshop "Developing a model of association between UEH and businesses" contributes to the successful construction of the project "Promoting UEH model - Businesses and partners". This is one of the nine key projects in the university development strategy for the period 2020 - 2025. The university welcomes and highly appreciates the contributions and supports from businesses that bring many values to partners and contribute to making UEH a research-oriented and internationalization university.