‘Vietnamese YU Alumni Association’ held in Hanoi, Vietnam
Active in various sectors of Vietnam including college professors, public employees, and in national institutes and global companies
Participants donate funds to use for college development
[April 29, 2019]
In the afternoon of the 27th despite being a weekend, over 30 Vietnamese YU alumni working in different sectors in Vietnam gathered at the La Siesta Hotel in Hanoi. They took time out from their busy schedules to attend the ‘Vietnamese YU Alumni Association’.
They are leading the development of Vietnam in various fields such as public employees in central and local governments of Vietnam, college professors, major national institutes and public corporations, and companies like LG.
At the alumni meeting, key university figures including YU President Sur Gil-soo and External Affairs Cooperation Office Director Park Jae-hong were in attendance. Mr. Sur said in his congratulatory address, “YU alumni are doing tremendous things all around the world. Coming to Hanoi, the heart of Vietnam, I can really feel the power of YU alumni in Vietnam.” He added, “There are over 600 international students from Vietnam studying hard at YU. I believe that they will become leaders of Vietnam in the near future, just like their seniors present here today. I hope that the YU alumni association will become the central point as leaders of not only Vietnam, but the world.”
At this alumni meeting, Vu Dang Toan (43) was elected as the second alumni association chairperson following Huynh Sang (64, former professor of Korean language at Van Hien University) who served as the first alumni chairperson since 2011. Mr. Vu Dang Toan earned his PhD at the YU Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering and is currently employed at the Vietnam Agricultural Science Institute.
Chairman Vu Dang Toan said, “Becoming the second chairman instead of my seniors here who are highly active in Vietnam feels like a big burden. I will do my best to lead the Vietnam alumni association.” He added, “I will do my best so that it does not simply become a meeting of alumni in Vietnam, but will continue to interact with the alma mater and make close times among YU alumni.”
<Dr. Vu Dang Toan (right) who was elected as the second alumni association chairman of the ‘Vietnamese YU Alumni Association’ delivers development funds to YU President Sur Gil-soo (left).>
At this alumni meeting, the participating alumni gathered college development funds on site. They donated the funds to Mr. Sur Gil-soo and promised to meet again next year with more alumni. YU is planning to use the development funds to promote international student alumni associations and as scholarship funds to help with the academic progress of international students from Vietnam at YU.
