UrFU Alumni Association Office to Open in Vietnam

10:40, February 21, 2020

Consul General Phuong Ngi praised UrFU for its efforts in cooperation with Vietnam

A constituent meeting was held at the Ural Federal University to create a representative office of the Alumni Association of UPI, USU, and UrFU in Vietnam. The meeting was attended by university management, leaders of student associations, students and graduates who take their interest in constructive cooperation on major joint projects with Vietnam.

Speaking to students and graduates, the Consul General of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in Yekaterinburg, Phuong Ngi, noted that the representative office of the UrFU's Alumni Association in Vietnam will further reveal the capabilities of our countries, strengthen cooperation between the two peoples and will strengthen the scientific and educational collaboration.

“Today we are opening a new page in our cooperation,” said Phuong Ngi. - Using the potential of graduates of UPI, USU and UrFU, we will be able to achieve new successes in the implementation of projects important for both countries. Thirty years ago, I myself studied in the Soviet Union at this university. Our countries have been strategic partners for many years and are interested in cooperation in such fields as economics, culture, education, science, tourism. Our friendship and long-term attachment are based on a common goal and interests, including those related to the training of highly qualified personnel.”

Phuong Ngi praised the potential of the Ural Federal University in international cooperation in the educational and scientific fields. The university successfully interacts with many universities in Vietnam, with which you can implement many interesting projects.

“We consider the promotion of the language and Russian culture, joint scientific and educational projects with the support of both countries to be the most relevant areas for developing cooperation between Vietnam and UrFU organizations through the use of the potential of graduates,” said Phuong Ngi. “And, of course, the key event for graduates this year will be the 100th anniversary of the university that has become our hometown for all of us.”

The representative office of the Alumni Association of UPI, USU and UrFU in Vietnam is already the eighth representative office of the university abroad. In addition, there are representative offices in Mongolia, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, Tajikistan and Afghanistan. There are seven such representative offices in Russia - in Moscow, Nizhny Tagil, Kamensk-Uralsky, Noyabrsk, Nevyansk, Bogdanovich and Alapaevsk.

Alexandr Ponomarev, Executive Director of the Alumni Association of UPI, USU and UrFU, expressed confidence that the new association would be successful and encouraged him to join its ranks.

“It is very important that our initiative to create a representative office was enthusiastically received by graduates from Vietnam,” said Alexander Ponomarev. - We appreciate this, support their desire to unite and are always ready to provide them with comprehensive support. It is good that the graduates do not lose touch with their native university and they are not indifferent to the direction in which it is developing.”

In turn, UrFU Vice-Rector for International Relations Sergei Kurochkin also thanked students and graduates of the university from Vietnam for their help in creating a representative office and expressed confidence that this would open up a lot of opportunities and give a lot of positive results.

“The student family is not divided into different countries,” said Sergei Kurochkin. - Yes, as we graduate from the university, we are sometimes forced to leave for different cities and countries, but we still want to continue to keep ties with each other and with the university. The new representative office is the platform where all this is possible. We are all interested in the Russian language being promoted in Vietnam and that as many students from this beautiful country study as possible. Students are our treasure. The university is ready to give them a world-class education.”

Ha Hui Man, a graduate of Ural Power Engineering UrFU, was elected the Chairman of the Board of the Vietnam Representative Office. Before that, for three years he was the head of the Vietnam Student Union in Yekaterinburg, also Man is the founder the Vietnamese Students Association of UrFU.