From May 22 to May 26, 2023, the senior delegation of the University of Danang (UD) including Assoc. Prof. Le Quang Son – Vice President in charge of Research and International Cooperation and Assoc. Prof. Nguyen Phuc Nguyen – Director of Department of International Cooperation, attended the kick-off meeting of the project “Bridging Digital Divide in Mongolia and Vietnam through HEI’s Digital Transformation (DIGITAL MOVE)” in Mongolia.

UD’s Leaders together with leaders of higher education institutions in Vietnam 

The DIGITAL-MOVE project is a part of the European Community (EC) support program to strengthen the capacity of higher education institutions in developing countries. The project is built to achieve the main goals such as: developing a digital transformation culture in higher education institutions of Mongolia and Vietnam; promoting a culture of digital transformation; developing digital soft skills for lecturers, students, specialists, and managers through training courses…

Vice President Le Quang Son awarded and received a partnership contract with

CITI University, Mongolia

There are 13 universities participate in the project, including 4 institutes and schools of Mongolia (CITI University, Mongolian University of Life Sciences, Otoch Manramba University - Otoch Manramba University, and Erdenet Institute of Technology), 2 universities in Europe (Université Côte d'Azur - Université Côte d'Azur (France) and the Technical University of Kosice - Technical University of Kosic (Slovakia), and 07 Vietnamese universities including the University of Danang, Tay Nguyen University, Nha Trang University, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Can Tho University, Quy Nhon University, and Ho Chi Minh City University of Economics.

Vice President Le Quang Son gave souvenirs to the Ambassador of France to Mongolia and leader of CITI University, Mongolia

The project will be implemented from February 2023 to February 2026, with a total budget of 783,570 EURO. The key outcomes of project are as follows:: 07 universities in Vietnam and 4 universities in Mongolia have improved digital transformation capacity; 10 subjects on digital transformation for undergraduate students and 06 subjects for graduate students in the field of digital transformation have been updated and revised for teaching.

Fostering the digital transformation connection

among Eurasian universities

There will be 400 turns of students, 100 turns of lecturers, 100 turns of officials and 30 turns of leaders and managers trained in digital transformation at higher education institutions; 2 digital events will be held in Vietnam and Mongolia; 01 guiding document to promote digital transformation, 01 document on teaching/learning methods in the digital environment at higher education institutions (handbook) and 01 policy report on digital transformation will be published in 2 languages, Vietnamese and Mongolian versions.

Group photo taking

At the kick-off meeting, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Le Quang Son- UD’s Vice President gave special thanks to partners, especially CITI University, Mongolia for successfully hosting and organizing the event; highly appreciated the role and significance of the Digital-Move Project, Erasmus+ project; At the same time, UD committed to accompany project’s partners to complete all targets of the project.

On this occasion, UD and CITI University, Mongolia conducted the ceremony of awarding and receiving the Contract to officially co-implement Digital-Move Project.