On 4th May 2017, Mr. Craig Chittick - Australian Ambassador to Vietnam warmly welcomed NEU lecturers and staff who were Australian alumni at Australian Alumni Gala Dinner. Attending the gala dinner, there were Mr. Craig Chittick - Australian Ambassador to Vietnam, Mr. Layton Pike - Deputy Ambassador for Australia in Vietnam and other staff at Australian Embassy.
Mr. Craig said that Australia - Vietnam relationship had developed strongly. Australian Government and Australian Embassy in Hanoi were always proud that the advanced education in Australia was one of the top for Vietnamese students. Australian Government helped Vietnam educate many generations of students in order to enhance quality of Vietnamese human resource.
Attending the meeting, there were also a lot of excellent alumni who successfully completed their courses in Australia and came back to Vietnam to make contribution to their homeland. The Ambassador hoped that NEU lecturers would play important role in transfering valuable knowledge to Vietnamese students and enhancing Australia-Vietnam relationship.
At the meeting, Prof. Dr. Tran Tho Dat - one of more than 50 Australian alumni at NEU shared that 6 years studying in Australia had changed his life with the strong impression about that country. His child had pursued their study in Australia and his grandchild also hoped to study in Australia. NEU President stated that the relationship between NEU and Australian organizations was boosted sustainably. Especially, the university signed bilateral agreement on 1+1 Master program in International and Development Economics, Environmental and Natural Resource Economics with Australia National University. Besides, NEU received supports from Australian Embassy to develop that joitn program. It would be the chance for NEU students to realize the dream about studying in Australia.
Mr. Craig Chittick highly appreciated NEU's prestige and its achievement last time. He believed that relationship between NEU and Australian Embassy would be developed strongly with the aim to bring Vietnamese students opportunities to study in Australia.
Prof. Dr. Tran Tho Dat sincerely thanked the Ambassador for organizing that gala dinner to gather Australian alumni and recall wonderfull memories. The President hoped that two sides would implement more cooperative activities in order to train qualified human resource for Vietnam.