Vietnamese Students in Australia holds second congress
Vietnamese Students in Australia (SVAU) convened its second congress in Canberra on August 6 to review its performance during the 2020-2022 tenure and map out plans for the next term from 2022 – 2024.
Vietnamese Students in Australia (SVAU) convenes its second congress in Canberra on August 6. (Photo: VNA)
Sydney (VNA) – Vietnamese Students in Australia(SVAU) convened its second congress in Canberra on August 6 to review itsperformance during the 2020-2022 tenure and map out plans for the next term from2022 – 2024.
The hybrid event was attended by Vietnamese Ambassador toAustralia Nguyen Tat Thanh and some 40 outstanding Vietnamese students across Australia.It also saw the online attendance by representatives from the Central Committees of the HoChi Minh Communist Youth Union and Vietnam Students' Association and leaders of studentassociations from Vietnam.
Addressing the congress, SVAU Vice President Huynh Tan Datsaid during the past term, the association has hosted a variety of activitiesto promote innovation and entrepreneurship among students, including a seriesof talks with experts in innovation for students and an annual global contestfor innovative start-ups Hack4 Growth Australia held by its Vietnam AustraliaInnovation Network (NIC AU).
The NIC AU has also organised Innovation Expo 2020, and twovirtual seminars on smart agriculture and high-quality agriculture which broughttogether speakers from Vietnam, the US, France and Australia to seek solutionsfor the sustainable development of agriculture in Vietnam, Dat said.
Additionally, the SVAU has launched numerous charitableevents to raise funds for disadvantaged Vietnamese people and those hurt bynatural disasters and COVID-19.
Dat, who is a PhD student at the University of TechnologySydney, was elected as the new SVAU President for the 2022 – 2024 term.
The SVAU debuted in July 2020. Australia is currently hometo about 30,000 Vietnamese students./.
More than 24,000 Vietnamese students were enrolled at Australian educational facilities last year, making the country the fourth-largest source of students in the country behind China, India, and Nepal.
The United Association of Vietnamese Students in New South Wales, Australia, (UAVS) has hosted the UAVS Career Fair 2022 in Sydney, providing an opportunity for Vietnamese senior university students and fresh graduates to connect with enterprises from both countries and seek job vacancies.
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PM Chinh lauded the press’s historic role in the nation’s fight for independence and its ongoing process of national development, affirming that the Government always highly appreciates the close partnership and steadfast support of press agencies and journalists nationwide.
In recent decades, Vietnam’s mainstream media has become a reliable and persuasive channel for showcasing the nation’s development policies and achievements, especially in economic matters, according to a senior assistant editor at the Times of India.
A hub for sharing best practices, the event aims to forge solutions for financial sustainability, public media contracts, audience engagement, content innovation, and newsroom restructuring. It is also a moment for Vietnam’s media to accelerate its progress and figure out what the “revolutionary press” means in a new era.
From “Thanh nien”, Vietnam’s first revolutionary newspaper founded by Nguyen Ai Quoc (later President Ho Chi Minh) on June 21, 1925, the revolutionary press has remained devoted to its sacred missions -accompanying the nation, serving the Fatherland, and working for the people.
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In this era of global integration and digitalisation, the press must adopt modern multimedia models to not only meet increasing information and communication demands but also align with the broader socio-economic development of the country.
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Vietnamese Students in Australia (SVAU) convenes its second congress in Canberra on August 6. (Photo: VNA)
