On November 9^th, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Vu - President of the University of Danang (UD) chaired a meeting with H.E. Mr. Carsten Feller - Secretary of State, Deputy Minister of Economy of Thuringia State, the Federal Republic of Germany

UD always attaches importance to developing cooperation relationships with

prestigious partners in Germany

Attending the meeting were also Ms. Mareike Dietrich - Advisor to Secretary of State; Ms. Franziska Breithaupt - International Affairs Officer of Thuringian Ministry of Science, Economy and Digital Society; senior representatives from Friedrich Schiller University Jena; Ernst-Abbe-Hochschule Jena, University of Applied Sciences FH Erfurt, Technical University TU Ilmenau, Iba - Institute for Bioprocess and Analysis Measurement Technology e.V, Fraunhofer IKTS Research Institute and TRIDELTA HERMSDORF Center, IAB - Weimar Institute for Applied Construction Research, Universal Bau GmbH, Hanoi IEC Co.,Ltd.

The meeting at UD

On the side of UD, there were leaders of the Administrative Affairs Office and relevant departments (Training, Science and Technology and Environment, International Cooperation); Leaders of Offices of Science and International Cooperation of UD’s member universities (University of Science and Technology, University of Economics, University of Education and the VN-UK Institute for Research and Executive Education).

President Nguyen Ngoc Vu shared his ideas

At the meeting, President Nguyen Ngoc Vu respectfully welcomed the Secretary of State, Deputy Minister of Economy, Science and Technology of Thuringia State, Federal Republic of Germany, and the delegation visit and work with UD.

The presence of the Secretary of State and representatives of leaders of Thuringia State universities and businesses showed concern and goodwill to jointly promote and connect cooperation between the parties in the future.

H. E. Mr.  Carsten Feller- Secretary of State, Deputy Minister of Economy, Science and Technology of Thuringia State shared his ideas

Discussion session

The Vietnamese government plans to upgrade the UD to be a Vietnam National University soon (along with 02 Vietnam National Universities in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City) and one of the 3 leading training and scientific research centers in Vietnam.

To realize this goal and strategy, UD attaches great importance to developing and cultivating cooperative relationships with domestic and foreign universities, organizations, and businesses, including prestigious partners of the Federal Republic of Germany as well as the State of Thuringia.

Discussion session

More than 15 cadres and lecturers got PhD degrees from Germany, thereby strengthening cooperation between UD’s member universities and other German universities. On this occasion, President Nguyen Ngoc Vu also hoped that H. E. Mr.  Carsten Feller and leaders of German universities, research institutes, and companies would help UD establish and develop cooperation relationships with more German and European partners in seeking international projects, co-training, doing research, deploying lecturer and student mobility programs, co-organizing seminars, conferences...

This would be a new opportunity for UD to continue developing international cooperation, thereby constantly improving the quality of training and scientific research, and soon realizing the aspiration for sustainable development in the future.

UD President (left) gave a souvenir to Secretary of State, Deputy Minister of Economy, Science and Technology of Thuringia State

“Developing a cooperation relationship with German universities, research institutes, and businesses - a leading economy of Europe with a highly developed level of science, technology, technology, and education, is the honor of UD” shared Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Vu

Secretary of State, Deputy Minister of Economy, Science and Technology of Thuringia State gave a souvenir to UD President

H. E. Mr.  Carsten Feller expressed his desire that through this visit, the Thuringian State delegation would have more useful information from UD, thereby enhancing suitable cooperation opportunities in line with  the needs, potentials, and advantages of each side, actively contributing to cultivating the Vietnam-Germany strategic partnership.

The visit of

Thuringia State’s delegation expressed concern and

goodwill to promote a cooperation relationship with UD

President Nguyen Ngoc Vu also said that recently, UD and 04 leading universities in Vietnam signed a Cooperation Alliance to deploy human resources training in the semiconductor chip industry to meet labor market requirements; UD President also hoped that the State of Thuringia would pay attention and support in training and doing research in this field.

Group photo taking

The delegates from The State of Thuringia emphasized promoting cooperation with UD in postgraduate training and German language training and seeking joint research projects in fields in which the two parties have strengths.