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THE QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER OF NHA TRANG UNIVERSITY - JUNE 2014
Vol.2-2014
Meeting Protests Against China’s Illigal Action in East Seas of Vietnam
UJEP Students on a Field Trip
THE QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER OF NHA TRANG UNIVERSITY - june 2014
Vol.2-2014
EXTERNAL COLLABORATION
CONTENTS:
External Collaboration (p.1-3)
- The First Review Meeting of VLIR Network Project
- Institute of Aquaculture Visits the Central
Vietnam
- Short Courses for International Students
- Strengthen Cooperation with the Fisheries Training Programme, United Nations
University
- Extend Collaboration with Ohio University, U.S.
Research & Creative Activities (p.4)
- International Conference on Advanced
Mariculture Technology
- EzRAD Training
- Hybrid Car Model
Events (p.5)
- Meeting Protests Against China’s Illigal
Action in East Seas of Vietnam
- Vietnam’s Seas and Islands Week 2014
The First Review Meeting of VLIR Network Project
May 8th, 2014: at Hue University, NTU leaders and members of the VLIR Network
Project participated in a meeting to review activities of the first year and discuss the
second year’s plan. During the first year of the 6-year project, participants have succeeded in exchanging postgraduate programs among members; exchanging internship
students; organizing short courses for graduate students; sending 14 faculty members
to join 3-week training courses in Belgium; sending faculty members to attend the scientific conferences. In addition, leaders of Universities/ Institutes signed a cooperation
agreement Annex enabling credit transfer among institutions.
The VILR Network is a joint project between Vietnamese Universities/ Institutes
and partner universities in Flanders, Belgium through the financial support of VLIROUS. Vietnamese network includes Can Tho University (Coordinator), Research Institute of Aquaculture 2, Nha Trang University, Hue University, Hanoi University of Agriculture. The Belgium partners consist of University of Gent (Coordinator) and University
of Leuven. The main objective of the project is to develop research-based joint graduate training programs in Food Technology (Project 1) and Aquaculture (Project 2). The
project’s main activities include training graduate students, improving faculty capacity,
upgrading facilities and creating a network forum of related partners. The project will be
carried out over 6 years (from Arpil 1st, 2013 to March 31st, 2018).
Earlier, on April 16th - 18th, 2014, at Nha Trang University, the food technology component also held its first annual review meeting and discussed the second year plan.
Prof. Marc Hendrickx, University of Leuven, component advisor, participated in the
meeting. At the same time, a network forum meeting was organized with the participation of International University, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology.
Student Activities (p.6)
- Student Association and Youth Union
Congress
- Recruitment Day
- Career Orientation Day
- Cultural Gala with Thai and Laotian Students
News in Brief (p.7)
- Michigan State University (U.S.) Visits
Nha Trang University
- Seminar on ”Promoting Scientific and
Technology Research”
- Cooperation with Tongwei Vietnam Co., Ltd
- Seminar on “How to Teach English Metaphors and Idioms”
- MoU Signing with Guangxi Academy of
Sciences, China
- German Scholarship Information Session 2014
Contact us
Cover Page (p.8)
- The Institute for Marine Science & Fishing Technology
- Upcoming Events
Department of External Affairs
Nha Trang University
Address: 02 - Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street,
Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa, Vietnam
Tel: (84) 58.2471303
Fax: (84) 58.3831147
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.ntu.edu.vn
June 2014, Nha Trang University
Assoc. Prof. Trang Si Trung, Vice-Rector of NTU (left edge), at the first review meeting
at Hue University
Institute of Aquaculture Visits the
Central Vietnam
April 14th - 20th, 2014: To promote
scientific research and technology
transfer, the Institute of Aquaculture
has sent a delegation to Central provinces of Vietnam such as Phu Yen,
Binh Dinh, Quang Ngai, Quang Nam,
and Da Nang to obtain practical experience and discussed cooperation possibilities with local aquaculture professionals. At the working sessions, the
Departments of Agriculture and Rural
Development, Departments of Science and Technology from these provinces requested
that the Institute implement research projects, short-term training courses and aquaculture technology transfer on a number of high economic value aquatic species with
replicability for local communities.
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EXTERNAL COLLABORATION
Short Courses for International Students
In recent years, international students from many countries such
as Rwanda, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Thailand have come to attend short courses or degree programs at NTU. In early 2014, NTU
received two groups of students under the student exchange programs
with international partners. They are 9 students from the University of
Jana Evangelista Purkyne - UJEP (Czech Republic) and 30 students
from Udon Thani Rajabhat University - UDRU (Thailand).
The graduate students of UJEP, attended the International Summer Program (I-Summer) from February to June 2014 with subjects
such as Environment, Marine Biology, Coastal Management, Business Economic, Cultural, Tourism and Arts of Vietnam. The credits
(at least 20) accummulated from these courses will be added to their
study program at UJEP.
The student exchange program with UJEP started in 2009. Courses and student services have been improved to better match students’
needs. Czech students have always showed positive feedback about
the program.
For Thai students, this is the first student exchange course implemented after the signing of the MoU in 2011. The course started in
March and ended in June 2014 with four subjects, 12 credits, focusing on the theme of culture and tourism in order to provide practical
knowledge for Thai students who major in Vietnamese Language for
Tourism at UDRU.
During their time at Nha Trang University, the international students participated in many cultural activities with Vietnamese students. NTU also organized field trips to different areas such as Hoi An,
Da Nang, Hue, and Da Lat, as well as visiting local businesses to help
students improve their professional knowledge, and enhance their understanding of the socio-economic and cultural life of Vietnamese.
The short training courses are evidences of the growth and increasing capacity of NTU staff in the way of integration and development, enhancing mutual understanding between Vietnamese students and International students, making an important contribution to
strengthening the position of NTU in Vietnam and in the world.
UJEP students on field trips
Thai students wearing Ao Dai at the closing ceremony
June 2014, Nha Trang University
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EXTERNAL COLLABORATION
Strengthening Cooperation with the Fisheries Training Programme, United Nations University
At the end of March 2014, an NTU delegation led by
Rector Vu Van Xung visited and worked with the Fisheries
Training Programme, United Nations University (UNU-FTP)
in Iceland. This trip aimed at strengthening our existing co-
Rector Vu Van Xung (center) and Dean of Food Technology
Faculty – Dr. Vu Ngoc Boi (left) at the United Nations University
operation which started in 2001.
Annually, UNU-FTP granted
short training programs for one
or two NTU faculties in Fishing
Technology, Sustainable Aquaculture, Quality Management
and Aquatic Product Processing, Aquatic Resource Assessment and Fishery Planning and
Policies. UNU-FTP has also
graduated two PhDs for the
Faculty of Food Technology
of NTU. The collaboration be- Ms. Phan Kim Lien, lecturer of Economics
Faculty, participated in the short training
tween UNU-FTP and NTU has
program in Iceland
been formally approved through
an MoU signed in May 2013. Accordingly, within five years (2013-2018), UNUFTP will provide NTU faculties with two yearly scholarships for attending short
training programs in Iceland for 6 months; support NTU in holding workshops
on Aquaculture and Food Processing Technology; and, support NTU in training masters and Ph.Ds.
During the visit, the delegation also worked with Icelandic Food and Biotech R&D (Matis) to discuss research and training activities in the field of food
technology.
Extending Collaboration with Ohio University, U.S.
The international business consulting project, a cooperation between the Faculty of Economics - Nha Trang University and the Global Leadership Center (GLC) - Ohio University (U.S.), took place at NTU from May 10th to May 25th,
2014. This annual activity commenced in 2009, The Faculty
of Economics students and GLC students practiced providing consulting services to a number of businesses in Vietnam
(i.e.Harley Davidson Company, Unigen Corporation, and
Sunrise Hotel, this year). The Ohio University team including 19 students and 6 faculty members had taken field trips
to enterprises with lecturers and students of the Faculty of
Economics, NTU. After two weeks of hard and efficient work,
students reported their research results with the participation
of business representatives, staff and students. At the project
closing meeting, certificates were awarded to the participants
by NTU and GLC leaders.
This year cooperation between
NTU and Ohio University aslo expanded
through the project of Fulbright alumni
“Bilateral Economic Growth, Development and Trade” sponsored by the
U.S. Embassy in Hanoi. The two sides
held two seminars “Entrepreneurship in
Transitional Economies: Vietnam and
Ohio, US” in Nha Trang and Hanoi. At
the seminar, Dr. Jeff Wiseman and Dr. Greg Emery presented and discussed
issues related to business idea formation and technology transfer, operating
models, fund seeking for business incubators, and shared efficient experience of Edison Biotechnology Institute, Ohio University regarding technology
transfer and commercializing scientific research results. The two seminars attracted nearly 150 attendees who are lecturers, scientists, students, business
representatives, researchers in Nha Trang and Hanoi.
Project participants (OU and NTU students and faculty) at the project closing ceremony
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RESEARCH & CREATIVE ACTIVITIES
International Conference on Advanced Mariculture Technology
June 18th-19th, 2014: The second biennial Vietnam - Taiwan Conference on
Advanced Mariculture Technology was held at Nha Trang University. This collaborative activity between Nha Trang University and National Taiwan Ocean University (NTOU) attracted scientists from various institutions besides NTU and NTOU.
This year, we welcomed participants from Vietnamese fisheries universities/ institutes, fisheries management agencies, and representatives of Taipei Economic
and Cutural Office. The conference was sponsored by Vietnamese and Taiwanese
fisheries companies such as Uni-President Co.,Ltd., Thang Long Co.,Ltd., Long
Sinh Co.,Ltd, and Nutriad Co.,Ltd.
Eleven scientific presentations covering topics such as biological features, nutrition, processed food, feeding system, management of marine species such as cobia, pompano (Trachinotus blochii), lobsters, etc., were presented at the conference.
The second day of the workshop was dedicated to conducting fieldtrips to salt-water
farms of Nha Trang University, and Long Sinh Co.,Ltd.
Prof.Ching - Fong Chang, President of NTOU,
gave a speech at the conference
In particular, Prof. Chinh-Fong Chang,
NTOU President, participated in the conference together with NTU’s leaders. NTU
- NTOU’s collaboration began in 2005
and many NTU staff have come to pursue
M.Sc. and Ph.D. studies at NTOU. Professors of NTOU have also been invited to
teach graduate classes and conduct workshops at NTU.
EzRAD Training
In the framework of
PEER project between
Old Dominion University,
The U.S. and the Institute
of Biotechnology and Environment, Nha Trang University, Ms. Ellen Biasact
came to lead an ezRad
technical training course at
the Laboratory of Molecular
Biology.
During 2 weeks (April
20th – May 4th, 2014), Ms.
Ellen guided staff, master
students and undergraduate students in performing ezRAD techniques. This is a technique applying the
next-generation sequencing method developed at University of Texas, The U.S.
Ms. Ellen and the course participants tested various DNA extraction methods to
obtain DNA genome with best quality. At the same time, they also used the Illumina kit to collect genomic libraries for applications in population genetic studies.
Hybrid Car Model
A hybrid two-seater car model has been
manufactured based on theoretical calculation methods and inherited experience
from existing models. This model will be
added to equipment collection for teaching
and will be used for training engineers in
automotive engineering and mechatronic
engineering.
The hybrid two-seater car model has full
forward-back feature and can run at a maximum speed of 40 km/h on flat terrain, able
to climb steep up to 18% slope. The hybrid
power source is a combination of gasoline
engine and battery power.
The course helps improve participants’ laboratory skills which benefit them as
they are preparing for their future research work at graduate levels at the institute.
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EVENTS
Meeting Protests Against China’s Illigal Action in East Seas of Vietnam
Approximately 10,000 staff, faculty and students representing the more than
20,000 staff and students of NTU participated in meetings (at the main campus
in Nha Trang on May 15th and NTU campus in Kien Giang on May 17th) to protest
against Haiyang Shiyou 981 oil rig of China infringing upon Economic Exclusive
Zone (EEZ) of Vietnam.
In May 1st, 2014, China unilaterally placed Haiyang Shiyou 981 oil rig in Vietnam’s marine territory, seriously violating the United Nations Convention on Law
of the Sea 1982. A letter with statements of the Party Committee and other staff/
student unions strongly opposed the wrongful act of Chinese authorities and confirmed absolute trust and support for Vietnam’s Government and law enforcement
forces in protection of Vietnam’s sovereignty. At the same time, the meeting also
demanded that China to withdraw immediately and unconditionally its oil rig, ships
and planes out of Vietnam’s waters.
At the meeting, 120 million VND was raised to contribute to the fund of “Uniting Efforts to Protect Vietnamese Sovereignty over the East Sea”.
Vietnam’s Seas and Islands Week 2014
June 7th, 2014
morning: Responding
to the World Environment Day 2014 and the
Vietnam’s Seas and Islands Week 2014 with
the theme “Raise your
voice, not the sea level”,
the Youth Union of Institute for Biotechnology
and Environment held a meeting to launch the campaigns
“Turn awareness into action”, and “Small action for brighter
tomorrow” The meeting helped promulgate environmental
protection through reports, research on environmental issues, climate change, introduction to equipment made
from waste materials, etc. After the meeting, the Institute’s
Youth Union members tidied up Nguyen Dinh Chieu street
and Hon Chong beach.
Also acting on efforts to clean up the environment, on
June 5th, 2014, the Student Association members collected
garbage, bottle, plastic bags on Pham Van Dong street
(from Hon Chong tourist area to Mai Xuan Thuong street).
More than 600 students from different faculties and institutes of NTU participated in the campaign.
June 2014, Nha Trang University
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THE QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER OF NHA TRANG UNIVERSITY - june 2014
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STUDENT ACTIVITIES
Student Association and Youth Union Congress
April 27th, 2014: the Student Association Congress was held
to review activities of the term 2011-2014. Excellent achievements including the completion of a project that worth 25 million VND and various contests (Knowledge Wave, School Star,
NTU’s got Talent, Miss NTU, etc.), events (Career Day, Open
Day, etc.). The Congress also discussed an action plan for the
term 2014-2016 focusing on student rights, facilitating collaborative relationships with businesses, and, supporting vocational
activities. A new Executive Committee consisting of 23 members
was elected for the new term. Mr. Nguyen Huu Manh is the new
Chairman.
May 30th, 2014: At the Youth Union Congress, youth activities implemented in the term 2012-2014 were summarized. The
Youth Union has succeeded in organizing many meaningful activities for the community such as mobilizing students to donate
over 4,000 units of blood, donating a home worth 20 million VND
to a veteran, donating gifts (worth 10 million VND) to soldiers
on the Spratley Islands. The Congress also discussed plans for
the term 2014-2017 aiming at improving the quality of activities,
strengthening and expanding cooperations with local organizations. A new Executive Committee consists of 29 members elected, chaired by Mr. Le Cong Lap.
Recruitment Day
More than 1,000 students
participated in the Recruitment Day held at NTU on
May 30th, 2014. Representatives from 6 enterprises (JSC
Garment Nha Trang, Amiana
Resort Nha Trang, Big C Nha
Trang; Metro Cash & Carry
Vietnam Co., Ltd., Southeast Asia Commercial Joint
Stock Bank, and Prudential
Vietnam Finance Co., Ltd.) offered career orientation advice, interviewed and employed more than 330 graduates-to-be for parttime positions at their companies.
Career Orientation Day
March 21st, 2014: In the Career Orientation Day “Start up with
Starwood Corporate” at Sheraton Hotel Nha Trang, Inter Continental Hotels Group (IHG) introduced to students their Group,
programs, career orientation, application steps, internship opportunities, recruitment criteria, and remunerations. The students
then were aided to visit and observe work and services at the
hotel.
Cultural Gala with Thai and
Laotian students
April 14th, 2014 evening: On the occasion of Thailand’s traditional Songkran and Laos’ traditional Bunpimay (new year), NTU held a party for 10 Laotian students
(undergraduates) and 30 students from Thailand’s Udon
Thani Rajabhat University, who are taking a 4-month training course on “Vietnamese Culture and Tourism at NTU.
Laotian and Thai students practiced the custom of tying a
string around the wrist and splashing water for good luck
to the NTU’s staff and students. The cultural exchange
among the three countries helps enhance the mutual understanding and solidarity in the community of international
students of NTU.
Earlier, on May 4th, 2014, Tourism and Travel Management students of Nha Trang University had held a cultural
gala night with students from Udon Thani Rajabhat University. The music performances at the gala showed the
cultural identity of each country, the history of each Universities and the friendship, solidarity between students of the
two Universities as well as those of Vietnam and Thailand.
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NEWS IN BRIEF
Michigan State University (U.S.)
Visits Nha Trang University
May 19 , 2014: A delegation from College of Education, Michigan State University with 2 professors and 13 Ph.D. students
led by Prof. John Dirkx visited Nha Trang
University. This is an annual activity of the
College of Education to create opportunity
for Ph.D. students to visit and exchange
experiences with educational institutions in
Vietnam. At NTU, delegates discussed issues relating to education reform (transfer
from year-based to credit-based), teaching methodology, teaching quality, student
affairs, etc. After the meeting, the Ph.D.
students from MSU also had an informal
discussion with students from the Faculty
of Foreign Languages.
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Seminar on “Promoting Scientific
and Technology Research”
May 16th, 2014: On the occasion of
Vietnam Science and Technology Day
(May 18th), NTU organized a seminar on
“Promoting scientific and technology research and fostering leading scientists”.
NTU’s staff with Ph.D. or higher degrees
met to share, exchange their experiences
and propose solutions to promote scientific
and technological activities and improve
the quality of training and fostering leading
scientists of NTU in the time coming.
Cooperation with Tongwei Vietnam Co., Ltd
April 1st, 2014: The Institute of
Aquaculture, NTU signed an MoU
with Tongwei Vietnam Co., Ltd.
Tongwei Vietnam Co., Ltd. (100%
owned by Tongwei Limited Company, China). This company specialises in aquaculture feeds. NTU and
Tongwei Vietnam will cooperate in
training and conducting research in
areas of interests, providing employment for graduates as well as creating internship and fieldtrip opportunities for undergraduate, master and Ph.D. students.
Seminar on ”How to Teach English Metaphors and Idioms”
At the workshop on May 9th,
2014, Mrs. Amanda Dawn Hilliard,
MA in Teaching English (TESOL)
shared her knowledge, methods
and experience in teaching metaphors and idioms with participants
who are English instructors and
graduate students from NTU and
other colleges and schools in Nha
Trang.
On this occasion, the Fulbright Program staff also gave useful advice on
studying in The U.S. to NTU’s teachers and students through Fulbright scholarship programs, educational exchange programs funded by The U.S. Government and other financial sources.
MoU Signing with Guangxi Academy of Sciences, China
During the visit of the leaders
of The Faculty of Electronic and
Electrical Engineering (NTU) to
the Department of Applied Physics, Guangxi Academy of Sciences, China from May 26th to 30th,
2014, the two sides signed a cooperation agreement to facilitate
cooperation in developing technology for LED lighting and solar
power, technology for solar power in independent and on-grid systems, as well
as some faculty exchange between the two institutions.
German Scholarship Information Session 2014
April 29th, 2014: Mr. Reimar
Müller - Head of the DAAD Information Center (German Academic
Exchange Service) and colleagues
came to NTU to introduce to NTU
staff and students a wide range of
the DAAD scholarship programs
from summer courses, short internships to graduate scholarships
such as DLR – DAAD or Leibniz
- DAAD. More information of the
program can be found at: http://
www.daadvn.org/vi/17143/index.
html.
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THE INSTITUTE FOR MARINE SCIENCE & FISHING TECHNOLOGY
The Institute for Marine Science & Fishing Technology (formerly the Faculty of Fishing
Technology and Navigation) is one of the seven
first faculties of Nha Trang University (formerly
University of Fisheries). The Institute undertakes
teaching at all levels of training, conducting scientific research and technology transfer in the
field of fisheries and marine science. The Institute consists of 3 units: the Department of Fishing
Technology, the Department of Navigation and
the Crew-training Center, with a staff body of 24
members including 6 Ph.Ds and 16 Masters. In
addition, the Institute owns a fishing gear manufacture lab, a fishing work lab, various modernequipped training ships to serve teaching and
learning with efficience.
The Institute has implemented a variety of
subjects and projects with high applicability such
as: “Research to improve traditional traps to improve the efficiency of fishing in Ninh Thuan Province” (2010-2011); “Research to build an artificial
fish breeding ground in Ninh Thuan to protect,
regenerate and develope aquatic resources”
(2012-2013); “Preliminary process and preservation of marine products - using Polyurethan (PU)
for storage on fishing vessels” (2011-2014); “Apply solar power on purse seiners in Quang Nam”
(2014-2015); and so on. Through these works, the
Institute has proved its important role in fisheries
in the whole country as a leading unit in training
as well as conducting research and technology
transfer. Strengths of the Institute lie in fishing gear
manufacture technique; fishing technique; navigation technique; navigation laws; ship safety; fisheries oceanography; navigation electric machine and
radio; ship control, fisheries management; ship
management, etc.
The Institute currently maintains and develops cooperation with many domestic and foreign
partners such as: General Department of Fisheries, Department of Exploitation and Protection of
Aquatic Resources, National Center for Agriculture, Branches of Exploitation and Protection of
Aquatic Resources, Port Authorities of provinces in
the country, University of Kaohsiung (Taiwan), University of Tromso (Norway), Australian Maritime
College (AMC), Iceland, Thailand, Asian Fisheries
Science Journal, POSMA (Denmark), and “Francophonie Sun” Association”.
Fishing Gear Museum
Simulation Lab - Crew-training Center
University Entrance Examination 2014 (March 4th, 2014 - March 10th, 2014)
VILR Network Project’s training course for masters and Ph.D.s (August 2014)
Closing ceremony of the international master class for Rwandan students (August 2014)
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