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About 60 educators, researchers and administrators came together Thursday, September 12 at the University of Danang - University of Science and Technology’s (UD-DUT) Learning Resource Center for the 2013 International Workshop on Excellent Engineering Education (IWEEE 2013).

The workshop, sponsored by HEEAP and Arizona State University (ASU), allowed representatives from HEEAP partner universities, the United Kingdom’s Sterling Group and several other international universities to speak and learn about a variety of topics related to engineering education.

On Wednesday, July 24,HEEAP Director Jeffrey Goss had the opportunity to represent HEEAP in Washington, D.C., at a luncheon honoring Vietnam’s President Truong Tan Sang. The luncheon, hosted by Senator John Kerry, welcomed President Sang to Washington to discuss opportunities for continued cooperation between the U.S. and Vietnam. 

As an exemplary collaborative education project, HEEAP was later honored in a joint statement issued by President Sang and U.S. President Barack Obama.

VietNamNet Bridge – President Truong Tan Sang of Vietnam and President Barack Obama of the United States of America issued a joint statement at the end of their talks in Washington on July 25.

The University of Technical Education of Ho Chi Minh City (UTE) hosted a faculty workshop on June 27, where faculty worked together to create a new course for incoming freshmen. The first-year course, called Introduction to Engineering, will provide students with career orientation, soft skill training and engineering ethics training in order to help them adapt to the college environment and move forward on the way to becoming engineers.

VULII holds Vocational Rector’s Seminar in San Francisco

VULII holds Vocational Rector’s Seminar in San FranciscoFrom April 20 to April 24, threeRectors and Vice Rectors from Vietnamese vocational colleges participated in the first Vocational and University Leadership Innovation Institute (VULII) Vocational Rectors Seminar in San Francisco, California.

HEEAP Faculty at Cao Thang Technical College Organizes Electrical Engineering Contest

Over the past two months, Electrical Engineering students at Cao Thang Technical College (CTTC) in Vietnam have participated in an academic contest modeled after a popular Vietnamese game show. 

HEEAP 2010 participant Pham Huy Hoang’s photo of a teamwork-building class activity recently made it to The New York Times website.

The Higher Engineering Education Alliance Project (HEEAP) 2012 team from Cao Thang Technical College (CTTC) has been hard at work in Can Tho City this spring, encouraging young adults— especially women— to thrive in the field of engineering.

Engineering students learned more than just science during the 2011-2012 school year at Ho Chi Minh Vocational College of Technology (HVCT). As part of a HEEAP project entitled “Applying Soft Skills in Vocational Training Programs to Develop Students with Active Skills at HVCT,” students majoring in industrial electronics, mechatronics and mechanical engineering completed soft skills training that covered skills such as communication, creativity, presentation and teamwork.