On 29 May 2017, National Economics University in collaboration with ACCA Vietnam organized the Memorandum of Understanding signing ceremony between the two sides. It marks a new stage in cooperative path between NEU and ACCA.
Attending the signing ceremony, from ACCA there were Mr. Brian McEncery - President of ACCA Global, Ms. Soo Yee Leong - APAC Director, Mr. Jimmy Greer - Head of Sustainability and Professional Insights, Ms. Chi Nguyen - Acting Head of ACCA Vietnam, Mr. Huy Mac - Chairperson of ACCA Vietnam Member Panel, Mr. Nguyen Thanh Trung and Mr. Hung Pham - ACCA Vietnam Member Panel. From NEU, there were Prof. Dr. Tran Tho Dat - President, Dr. Dao Thanh Tung - Director of International Cooperation, Assoc Prof. Dr. Pham Thi Bich Chi - Director of Accounting and Auditing Department, MA. Bui Duc Dzung - Director of Administrative Office, Assoc Prof. Dr. Nguyen Huu Anh - Dean of School of Accounting and Auditing, Assoc Prof. Dr. Dang Ngoc Duc - Dean of School of Banking and Finance, Assoc Prof. Dr. Bui Huy Nhuong - Director of Center for Advanced Educational Program.
Making speech at the ceremony, Prof. Dr. Tran Tho Dat welcomed all delegates from ACCA to visit NEU and attend the MOU signing ceremony. Professor Tran Tho Dat believed that NEU was pleasure and willing to cooperate with ACCA. ACCA and NEU in general and School of Accounting and Auditing in particular have been incorporating in many activities throughout the last 6 years. ACCA has been in 5 years running successfully the unique scholarship Pathway to Success to the 3rdyear students and offers ACCA course and internship in EY. Furthermore, ACCA has provided Lighting up your future scholarship to good students with difficult finance support and conducted many other technical workshops for lecturers and challenges for students.
Mr. Brian McEnery was delighted to visit NEU and thanked NEU Board of Management for its hospitality. He shared that during 15 years of working in Vietnam, ACCA always highly appreciated NEU prestige and believed that cooperation between two sides would reach fruitful results in the future.
In order to enhance partnership and extend cooperative activities between the two sides, Prof. Dr. Tran Tho Dat representing NEU and Ms. Soo Yee Leong representing ACCA together signed Memorandum of Understanding. It is expected that the cooperation between NEU and ACCA will reach fruitful results in the near future, especially in developing and promoting the accountancy profession in Vietnam through working collaboratively.
After the MOU signing ceremony, Mr. Jimmy Greer - Head of Sustainability and Professional Insights delivered a speech on Career Orientation which received great attention of NEU students, especially the 4th year students majored in Accounting and Auditing.