On 23 August 2017, National Economics University and British Council Vietnam had jointly organised the MOU signing ceremony to establish strategic partnership in English assessment and international English examinations services in the period of 2017-2019.
Attending the ceremony, there were Mr. Danny Whitehead – Deputy Director Vietnam of the British Council, Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh Hoa – Head of Country Examinations, Ms. Le Phuong Thuy – Examinations Manager, Ms. Tran Thi Hong Gam - Development and Society Manager. From NEU, there were Prof. Dr. Tran Tho Dat - President, Dr. Dao Thanh Tung - Director of International Cooperation Department, Ass Prof. Dr. Bui Duc Trieu - Director of Educational Management, Ass Prof. Dr. Le Trung Thanh - Dean of Business School, Dr. Vu Van Ngoc - Deputy Director of Personel Department.
At the meeting, Prof. Dr. Tran Tho Dat - NEU President warmly welcomed Mr. Danny Whitehead and BC staff to visit NEU. He shared that collaboration between NEU and international institutions, universities had significantly developed, which contributed to improving the quality of education and research at NEU over the past years. The President affirmed that the university gave priority to enhance English ability of NEU students. Being the strategic partner of British Council Vietnam would be a greate opportunity for NEU to improve the quality of English training.
Mr. Danny Whitehead – Deputy Director Vietnam of the British Council sincerely thanked NEU Board of Management for its sepcial welcome and appreciated the collaborative activites between the two sides during last time. He expressed his desire to boost NEU-BC cooperation in enhancing English ability of NEU students and supporting students in social activities and entrpreneuship.
The signing ceremony marks new development in NEU-BC relation and provides two sides with effective collaborative framework in the time to come.