DILIGENCE, SELF-HELP AND COLLABORATION: MOTTO FOR NEW RURAL DEVELOPMENT

On December 18th and 19th, 2020, Dr. Tran Dinh Lam – Director of the Center for Vietnamese and Southeast Asian Studies, attended the ‘2020 Saemaul Curriculum’ training session. The event was hosted by the Center for Rural Development – Saemaul Undong (CRD-SU), University of Social Sciences and Humanities – Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City (USSH-VNUHCM).

The training session welcomed the attendance of members of Coordination Offices in Ho Chi Minh City, Can Tho City, An Giang, Soc Trang, Dong Thap, Tra Vinh, and Ca Mau as well as members of Saemaul cooperatives in An Giang, Dong Thap, and Ninh Thuan. Also in attendance were lecturers, staff members and students of USSH-VNUHCM.

As part of the training session, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ngo Thi Phuong Lan – President of USSH-VNUHCM and Director of CRD-SU, delivered three presentations on the following topics:

1. Introduction on the history and core values of the Saemaul Undong movement in South Korea. 
2. Reasons to popularize the Saemaul Undong movement in Vietnam.
3. Talking points drawn from “Phong trào Saemaul của Hàn Quốc” (Saemaul Movement in South Korea) and “Phát triển Nông thôn Việt Nam từ bài học kinh nghiệm của phong trào Saemaul” (Lessons Learnt from Saemaul Movement for Rural Development in Vietnam), both chief-edited by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ngo Thi Phuong Lan.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ngo Thi Phuong Lan presenting at the ‘2020 Saemaul Curriculum’ training session

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ngo Thi Phuong Lan attributed South Korea’s great accomplishments in economy, society, and rural development to the understanding of and abidance by the three core values of the Saemaul spirit – “Diligence, Self-help and Collaboration”. Should Vietnam be able to apply the movement appropriately and learn from South Korea’s invaluable experience, the rural development in Vietnam will without a shadow of a doubt blossom. In addition, leaders with expertise in technical knowledge and good work attitude are important to the implementation of this model. Therefore, training in skills and thoughts must be carried out in a thorough manner so as to create competent leaders.

In her closing remarks, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ngo Thi Phuong Lan hoped that after the training session the attendees would be able to execute new rural establishment programs in Vietnam and apply the Saemaul spirit into the OCOP program and cultural tourist villages, positively contributing to the changing of the economic, social makeup of Vietnam in the future.

Participants taking a group photo

Dr. Pham Thanh Duy – Deputy Director of Center for Rural Development – Saemaul Undong (rightmost) presenting certifications to participants

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