YU Saemaul Research Center invites public officials from Dinh Hoa District of Thai Nguyen Province of Vietnam for Saemaul training
MOU signed between Cheongdo-gun and Dinh Hoa District to pursue Saemaul project village in Dinh Hoa
[August 29, 2016]
YU has been receiving good responses from emerging nations by operating Saemaul development training programs to spread the Saemaul Undong in rural areas of emerging countries that have exchange and cooperation relations with Korean provincial organizations.
The YU Saemaul Research Center (Director Choi Wae-chul), together with Cheongdo-gun, held the 'Saemaul Development Project for Vietnamese Leaders' from the 22nd to the 29th. This training program scheduled for eight nights and nine days was joined by 10 people including public officials from Dinh Hoa District of Thai Nguyen Province of Vietnam. They received training on understanding the Korean Saemaul Undong and sharing its experiences, the Saemaul spirit and Saemaul education, how to exercise the Saemaul Undong, roles of leaders and resident participation, and on the agricultural industry and cooperatives of Korea. They then discussed plans to apply the Saemaul Undong suitable to Vietnam. They also visited the place where the idea for the Saemaul Undong was formulated and participated in on-site learning.
Dinh Hoa District of Thai Nguyen Province in Vietnam is where the Saemaul pilot village project supported by Cheongdo-gun since 2014 is being carried out. In 2014, Cheongdo-gun and Dinh Hoa District signed an MOU to improve mutual friendships and to pursue a project to establish the Saemaul pilot village. Since then, they have been engaged in various exchange projects such as annual visits and dispatching Saemaul leader volunteers. This training program was held at the request of Cheongdo-gun to YU, which is an institute specializing in Saemaul Undong education, in order to expand and develop the Saemaul project in Dinh Hoa District.
YU Saemaul Research Center Director Choi Wae-chul who oversaw the training program said, "The success of the Saemaul Undong is highly influenced by reforming the mindsets of residents based on proper understanding of the Saemaul spirit and the philosophy of leaders such as the intent to continue to pursue policies." He added, "I hope that this training program will be an opportunity to examine Korea's experiences and cases and act as a good guideline for applying the Saemaul Undong to fit the circumstances of Vietnam."
The representative of the training team and Vice Mayor of Ding Hoa District Pham Viet Dung (right on photo) said, "Through this training session, I was able to see the unprecedented development of Korea and the role of the Saemaul Undong in detail," while adding, "I am thankful to YU and Cheongdo-gun for this opportunity, and I would like to invite Director Choi Wae-chul to Dinh Hoa, Vietnam so that more public employees in Vietnam can learn about Saemaul."
Meanwhile, YU signed the 'MOU for the establishment and operation of the Saemaul Research Center to promote the Saemaul spirit of Cheongdo, which is where the idea for the Saemaul Undong was formulated' in 2010 with Cheongdo-gun and has been operating programs for Saemaul education and exercising the Saemaul spirit for different social classes from children to adults, Saemaul leaders, teachers, and foreigners.
