Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Property developer Vingroup today signed a strategic cooperation agreement with two of the top 20 leading universities in the world, US-based Cornell and Pennsylvania (Penn). The agreement, signed 28 days after the group announced its intention to join the higher education field by establishing VinUni University (VinUni), is part of efforts to create a breakthrough in higher education quality in Việt Nam. “The agreement aims to realise our commitment to building VinUni as a non-profit private Vietnamese university built on par with international standards, integrating with the elite model of higher education in the world,” said Vingroup Vice Chairman and CEO Nguyễn Việt Quang at the signing ceremony. “We wanted to create a breakthrough in the quality of higher education in Việt Nam, contributing to the country’s socio-economic development in coming years,” said Quang. Under the framework … [Read more...] about Vingroup signs cooperation deal with Cornell, Penn universities
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University student creates green electricity-powered bicycle
VietNamNet Bridge - A bicycle created by a university student uses two kinds of clean energy, the first of its kind in Vietnam. Nguyen Huu Trung and his bicycle It can run 60 kilometers after every charge and can charge while someone is riding it. Trung’s bicycle operates with two sources of energy – solar energy and energy from electromagnetic induction. He said this is the first vehicle in Vietnam running with two kinds of energy. Solar energy is the most commonly used source of renewable energy. It allows a vehicle to run without maintenance and noise. The energy from electromagnetic induction acts as an electricity generator to charge the vehicle when running to offset the consumed energy. RELATED NEWS Green infrastructure: Solution to many urban problems The green economy needs the right kind of FDI: gov't Mai Thanh … [Read more...] about University student creates green electricity-powered bicycle
Vingroup inks cooperation deal with US universities
Under the framework of the agreement, the developer’s VinUni University (VinUni) and Cornell will comprehensively work together in developing strategy and brand, and building an overall university management system. Cornell will help VinUni in various activities such as infrastructure assessment, human resource recruitment and designing education programmes. The US university will also support VinUni with research cooperation and the evaluation of its first graduates from business and technology education classes. Meanwhile, as a leading clinical hospital system in the US, Pennsylvania State will support VinUni in recruitment and developing the professional abilities of lectures and students in the field of health sciences. Pennsylvania State will work directly with VinUni and Vinmec Medical System to develop training programmes for physicians and clinical residents and will develop a bachelor of science in nursing programme following local and international requirements … [Read more...] about Vingroup inks cooperation deal with US universities
Vingroup signs cooperation deal with Cornell, Pennsylvania universities
Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Property developer Vingroup today signed a strategic cooperation agreement with two of the top 20 leading universities in the world, US-based Cornell and Pennsylvania State. The agreement, signed 28 days after the group announced its intention to join the higher education field by establishing VinUni University (VinUni), is part of efforts to create a breakthrough in higher education quality in Việt Nam. “The agreement aims to realise our commitment to building VinUni as a non-profit private Vietnamese university built on par with international standards, integrating with the elite model of higher education in the world,” said Vingroup Vice Chairman and CEO Nguyễn Việt Quang at the signing ceremony. “We wanted to create a breakthrough in the quality of higher education in Việt Nam, contributing to the country’s socio-economic development in coming years,” said Quang. Under the framework … [Read more...] about Vingroup signs cooperation deal with Cornell, Pennsylvania universities
More universities hire leaders with business backgrounds
VietNamNet Bridge - A junior college in Vietnam, after experiencing tough years because of low enrollment, is now thriving after hiring the sales manager of a phone distribution chain as the head of its enrollment division. A debate on the rise of university leaders with ‘non-traditional backgrounds’ began following an article in a local newspaper citing a report that more than half of colleges in the US now have leaders who are not from academia, but are former businesspeople or officials. In most universities in Vietnam, leaders are those who were either prestigious lecturers with high academic titles in the past or high ranking state officials. However, more and more high-ranking university leaders have come from business. Nguyen Thanh Nam, for example, who was CEO of the FPT Group, one of 13 founding members of the largest information technology corporation, is now holding the post of vice rector of FPT University, and founder & rector of Funix … [Read more...] about More universities hire leaders with business backgrounds