[UEH 50] UEH Organizes the UEH Visiting Lecturer Conference 2026: Connecting Knowledge, Co-creating a Sustainable Academic Ecosystem

22 Aug, 2026

On August 22, 2026, University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City (UEH) organized the UEH Visiting Lecturer Conference 2026, one of 22 key activities heading toward the 50th anniversary of UEH. Under the spirit of "Embracing Academic Excellence", the conference gathered over 200 visiting lecturers, practical experts, scientists, managers, and corporate leaders from home and abroad, alongside leaders from UEH and its academic units.

Over the years, 907 visiting lecturers, collaborating researchers and industry experts have accompanied UEH, making important contributions to the University’s academic ecosystem in their role as UEH Visiting Faculty.

For the first time, at the momentous milestone of UEH’s 50th anniversary, the UEH Visiting Faculty Conference 2026 served as a forum dedicated to the UEH Visiting Faculty community. The event was not only an occasion to gather and express appreciation in this 50th anniversary year, but also marked a shift in how UEH connects with and develops academic resources beyond the University.

An overview of the conference held at UEH Campus B

The conference was attended by: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bùi Quang Hùng - Secretary of the Party Committee, President of UEH; Prof. Dr. Nguyễn Khắc Quốc Bảo - Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Vice President of UEH; Dr. Đinh Công Khải - Vice President of UEH; Prof. Dr. Nguyễn Đông Phong - Chairman of the UEH Development Strategy Council; Prof. Dr. Sử Đình Thành - Chairman, UEH Academic and Scientific Council and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Asian Business and Economic Studies; Assoc. Prof. Dr. Phan Thị Bích Nguyệt - Chairwoman of the UEH Alumni Executive Board.

Above all, the conference welcomed more than 200 visiting lecturers and industry experts from Vietnam and abroad - scientists, specialists, managers and business leaders who have accompanied and continue to accompany the University.

Working towards the goal of “Embracing Academic Excellence”, as it enters a new stage of development, UEH continues to pursue standards of excellence in training, research and governance, in line with its positioning as a multidisciplinary, sustainable and internationally integrated university. Delivering the opening remarks, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bùi Quang Hùng - President of UEH emphasized: “Over the past 50 years, alongside generations of lecturers, staff and learners, the companionship of academic collaborators from outside UEH has contributed a great deal to the quality of our teaching and research, our connection with practice and our academic reputation. Each of you came to UEH at a different moment and in a different role. But for UEH, all of you share one thing in common: you are part of the ONE UEH academic community”.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bùi Quang Hùng delivers the opening remarks of the programme

Bringing practice into the classroom for the long term through a network of trusted experts

At the conference, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bùi Quang Hùng presented the UEH Strategy Report, setting out an important message for the period ahead: the relationship with visiting lecturers and experts will not stop at an invitation to teach a course, join a research project or take part in a single professional activity. “Put simply, it is the journey from being a Visiting Faculty member to becoming a Key Academic Partner of UEH”, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bùi Quang Hùng shared.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bùi Quang Hùng shares the UEH strategy and development orientations for Visiting Faculties

Under this orientation, experts can engage more deeply in the UEH ecosystem through co-teaching, co-designing curricula, mentoring learners, supervising projects, conducting applied research, transferring knowledge and developing innovation initiatives.

An ecosystem for co-creating value and sustainable impact

As part of the event, MSc. Dương Minh Mẫn - Head of the Department of Organisational and Human Resource Development presented the paper “UEH Visiting Faculty: Current Status, Collaboration to Date and Development Orientations”. The presentation highlighted the strong growth of the UEH Visiting Faculty from 216 lecturers in 2020 to 789 in 2025, of whom 73% hold a master’s degree or higher - evidence of growth in both scale and professional quality. In addition, a Visiting Faculty Lifecycle model comprising five stages - Attract - Onboard - Contribute - Recognize - Connect - was proposed to enhance the experience and engagement of this community.

On that basis, UEH is orienting itself towards expanding its expert network in strategic fields such as AI, the green economy and digital transformation, together with accompanying programmes to attract and retain high-quality human resources.

MSc. Dương Minh Mẫn presents the paper “UEH Visiting Faculty: Current Status, Collaboration to Date and Development Orientations”

Panel discussion “From the visiting teaching experience to an academic community accompanying UEH”

The conference featured a panel discussion on “From the visiting teaching experience to an academic community accompanying UEH” moderated by MSc. Đặng Thị Bạch Vân - Deputy Head of the UEH Department of Organisational and Human Resource Development.

The panel brought together the following speakers: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyễn Phong Nguyên - Rector of UEH College of Business (COB), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Trịnh Thùy Anh - Rector of UEH College of Technology and Design (CTD), Dr. Trần Khánh Lâm - Vice President and Secretary General of VACPA, and Mr. Nguyễn Vũ Nhất Huy - Industry Expert, UEH School of Communication Design.

An overview of the panel discussion “From the visiting teaching experience to an academic community accompanying UEH”

Centred on four discussion pillars - spaces for connection, co-creation of knowledge, a diverse academic ecosystem and long-term collaboration mechanisms - the panel focused on finding answers to a strategic question: “What will UEH and its Visiting Faculty create together next?”.

From the perspective of connection and knowledge co-creation, Mr. Nguyễn Vũ Nhất Huy and Dr. Trần Khánh Lâm emphasized the value of creating regular “professional touchpoints”, helping experts move beyond the sense of simply teaching an assigned course to becoming true colleagues.

Mr. Nguyễn Vũ Nhất Huy and Dr. Trần Khánh Lâm propose a mechanism for updating curricula in line with practice trends

From the University’s side, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Trịnh Thùy Anh and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyễn Phong Nguyên affirmed their readiness to put in place mechanisms enabling full-time lecturers and experts to jointly integrate industry knowledge into international accreditation standards, as well as to broaden the range of roles beyond classroom teaching. In parallel, they proposed standardizing the title “Senior Visiting Lecturer” to provide fitting recognition, while emphasizing that optimizing technology infrastructure is a key operational enabler.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Trịnh Thùy Anh and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyễn Phong Nguyên discuss the direction for expanding the academic ecosystem together with industry experts

The panel concluded with agreement on four priority actions: launching a substantive UEH Visiting Faculty Network; expanding the co-creation of learning materials and curricula; diversifying academic roles alongside fitting recognition; and optimizing operations (teaching schedules, technology, information) to create the most favourable environment for this community.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bùi Quang Hùng presents flowers and takes a commemorative photo with the speakers

Fifty years of gratitude for a shared journey, opening new connections

The UEH Visiting Faculty Conference 2026 presented tokens of appreciation to outstanding visiting lecturers and experts, representing the community of those who have accompanied the University in teaching, research and knowledge connection. Each token presented is a mark of the recognition and appreciation UEH wishes to extend to all of its Visiting Lecturers and Industry Experts, who have helped the University create knowledge value over the years.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bùi Quang Hùng presents tokens of appreciation to MSc. Phạm Thị Thanh Tâm, Visiting Lecturer, School of Business Information Technology; MSc. Lê Hữu Thanh Tùng, Visiting Lecturer, School of Business Information Technology; Mr. Nguyễn Vũ Nhất Huy, Industry Expert, School of Communication Design; MSc. Huỳnh Kim Tôn, Visiting Lecturer and Industry Expert, School of Communication Design; Dr. Trần Thị Thúy Nga, Visiting Lecturer, Institute of Intelligent and Interactive Technologies; Dr. Nguyễn Anh Tuấn, Visiting Lecturer, Institute of Smart City and Management; MSc. Ngô Hiếu Trường, Visiting Lecturer, Institute of Innovation; Dr. Nguyễn Hồng Quang, Visiting Lecturer, Institute of Innovation; Dr. Hồ Điệp, Visiting Lecturer, Institute of Innovation; Assoc. Prof. Dr. Phạm Quốc Thuần, Visiting Lecturer, School of Accounting; Dr. Trần Khánh Lâm, Visiting Lecturer and Industry Expert, School of Accounting; Dr. Nguyễn Ngọc Hòa, Visiting Lecturer and Industry Expert, School of International Business - Marketing

Prof. Dr. Nguyễn Khắc Quốc Bảo presents tokens of appreciation to MSc. Nguyễn Chí Trung, Visiting Lecturer, School of Banking; MSc. Phạm Quang Thịnh, Visiting Lecturer, School of Banking; MSc. Đặng Thanh Hùng, Visiting Lecturer, School of Management; Dr. Phạm Hùng Đức, Visiting Lecturer, School of Management; Mr. A V Govindan Kutty Menon Manoj, Visiting Lecturer, School of Management; MSc. Nguyễn Ngọc Duy, Visiting Lecturer, School of Finance; Dr. Nguyễn Hữu Tuấn, Visiting Lecturer and Practitioner Expert, School of Finance; Dr. Nguyễn Trọng Ý, Visiting Lecturer and Practitioner Expert, School of Finance; Mr. Peter Michael Saram, Visiting Lecturer, School of Business Honours; MSc. Huỳnh Thị Kim Cúc, Visiting Lecturer, School of Economics; Dr. Hồ Trần Quốc Hải, Visiting Lecturer, School of Economics; MSc. Võ Hữu Khoa, Visiting Lecturer, School of Economics; Ms. Phạm Thị Bình, Industry Expert, School of Economics; Dr. Thái Thị Tuyết Dung, Visiting Lecturer, School of Law

Dr. Đinh Công Khải presents tokens of appreciation to Dr. Lương Thị Thu Hương, Visiting Lecturer, School of Government; Dr. Trần Phạm Khánh Toàn, Visiting Lecturer and Industry Expert, School of Government; MSc. Nguyễn Ngọc Tịnh, Visiting Lecturer, School of Public Finance; MSc. Nguyễn Kim Bản, Visiting Lecturer, School of Mathematics and Statistics; Dr. Huỳnh Hồng Ngọc, Visiting Lecturer, Centre for Physical Education; MSc. Nguyễn Văn Trúc, Visiting Lecturer, Centre for Physical Education; MSc. Huỳnh Thanh Dử, Visiting Lecturer, UEH Mekong; MSc. Lê Thị Hồng Lĩnh, Visiting Lecturer, UEH Mekong; Assoc. Prof. Dr. Đỗ Hương Giang, Visiting Lecturer, Institute of Political and Social Sciences; Dr. Nguyễn Thị Thanh Hà, Visiting Lecturer, Institute of Political and Social Sciences; Dr. Đào Tuấn Hậu, Visiting Lecturer, Institute of Political and Social Sciences; Dr. Nguyễn Văn Trọn, Visiting Lecturer, Institute of Political and Social Sciences

After 50 years, for UEH the story is no longer simply about how large its network of academic collaborators has become, but about how 907 individuals with different expertise, experience and networks can connect and create value together. From the classroom to the enterprise, from research to real-world problems, from individual collaborations to a ONE UEH community, the journey from Visiting Faculty to Key Academic Partner is opening up a new approach: the university is not merely a place for transmitting knowledge, but becomes an open space where many resources come together to create knowledge, develop learners and generate value for the community./.

Delegates take a commemorative photo

Other photos from the discussion session and the gatherings at individual units

Pillars: Training, Research, Community

News, photos: Department of Communications and Partnership Development, Department of Organisational and Human Resource Development