Yeungnam University organizes Vietnam Alumni Association in Ho Chi Minh
Opened Korean Language Institute Ho Chi Minh Campus, and local office
[December 18, 2011]

 
 The ‘Yeungnam University Vietnam Alumni Association’ began activities in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam.

 
 Lee, Hyo-soo, president of Yeungnam University, attended the launching ceremony of the ‘Yeungnam University Vietnam Alumni Association’ held recently in Ho Chi Minh, and congratulated them while presenting an alumni flag that he brought from Korea.

 This event was the first time that the about 40 Vietnamese students who graduated from Yeungnam University gathered in one place. Most of them teach Korean in colleges and educational institutes or work at Korean companies in Vietnam, and are acting as bridges between Korea and Vietnam. At this meeting, they were able to express their love for their school, Yeungnam University and strengthened their friendship with other alumni. In particular, three alumni of the Yeungnam University College of Engineering, who are working as professors of the Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, played key roles in establishing sisterhood relations between Yeungnam University and the Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology during Lee’s visit.

 Huan Sang (56), who is a professor in the Korean Language Department at the Ho Chi Minh Van Hien University, after completing his PhD at the Yeungnam University Graduate School of Korean Language and Literature from 2003 to 2005, was selected as the first president of the alumni association. Upon his appointment, he said, “We should be the bridge that connects Korea and Vietnam, and always be proud alumni of Yeungnam University.”

 President Lee said in his congratulatory address, “Our university will also provide support so that Yeungnam University Alumni Associations are organized in other countries such as China, Indonesia, and the Philippines so that we can make a pan-Asian Yeungnam University Alumni Association, which will maintain an active relationship with the university.” He also added, “Please be active in our cause for the Korean Wave (Hallyu) that has begun with TV drams and K-pop to extend to interest and love for the Korean society and the Korean language.

 Meanwhile, Lee, Hyo-soo, president of Yeungnam University visited Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam from the 11th to the 16th to pave the foundation for promoting Korean language education in Vietnam and attracting Vietnamese students to study at Yeungnam by opening the Korean Language Institute Ho Chi Minh Campus, opening the Ho Chi Minh office, signing an MOU with the Ho Chi Minh Office of Education on educational cooperation, and attracting a high school principles learning group.

 As of December, 45 Vietnamese students are studying at Yeungnam University and exchange is being made with 10 Vietnamese universities.

 
 Signing an MOU with the Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (from front left to right – Lee, Hyo-soo, Vu dinh Thanh)

 
 Photograph with principles of 10 high schools in Ho Chi Minh City after signing MOU with the Ho Chi Minh Office of Education