Project Coordinator: University de Alicante, Spain

Funding: Eramus Mundus Programme, European Union

On April 07th, 2021, as part of the dissemination activities of Project TOURIST at Thu Dau Mot University, Dr. Tran Dinh Lam – Director of the Center for Vietnamese and Southeast Asian Studies (CVSEAS), University of Social Sciences and Humanities Ho Chi Minh City, gave an introductory presentation on the many aspects of TOURIST to an audience of more than 100 students.

From March 29th to 31st, 2021, representatives of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities - Ho Chi Minh National University attended the final conference and 1st VEES-Net annual meeting. The conference was organized by the V2WORK project executive committee at Nha Trang University.  The conference was to sum up the results and achievements of the V2WORK project as well as assent to the VEES-Net development direction.

Center for Vietnamese and Southeast Asian Studies (CVSEAS) recently organized a seminar in Thu Dau Mot University to report the implementation process of the project “Competence centres for the development of sustainable tourism and innovative financial management strategies to increase the positive impact of local tourism in Thailand and Vietnam” (TOURIST), which is funded by the Erasmus+, European Commission”

From 27th March to 9th April, five students from the faculty of Tourism, USSH VNUHCM carried out an internship for tourism training at Center of Sustainable Tourism, Faculty of Tourism, USSH VNUHN. The activity is a part of Package No.4 of TOURIST project, aiming to enhance capability of Competence Centers as well as connecting Vietnamese and Thai students involved in the project.

As part of the 4th work package of the TOURIST project, five students of Consulting Center for Sustainable Development, Faculty of Tourism Studies, VNU University of Social Sciences and Humanities (Ha Noi) participated in  an exchange program in Ho Chi Minh City. The program lasted 14 days from 20th March to 2nd April, with the purpose of studying the tourism market in the South, exchanging experience in practicing consulting services and strengthening the close relationship among TOURIST’s network members.

On the afternoon of March 31st, 2021, dissemination activities of Project TOURIST were carried out in the Auditorium 1 of  Nha Trang University. Dr. Tran Dinh Lam – Director of the Center for Vietnamese and Southeast Asian Studies (CVSEAS), University of Social Sciences and Humanities Ho Chi Minh City, introduced the Project to an audience of more than 150 students of the Faculty of Tourism. In attendance also were members of the Faculty, Ms. Dang Thi Phuoc Toan (M.A.) and Mr. Nguyen Khanh Van (M.A.).

The “Competence centres for the development of sustainable tourism and innovative financial management strategies to increase the positive impact of local tourism in Thailand and Vietnam” is funded by the Erasmus+, European Commission with the collaboration of Center for Vietnamese and Southeast Asian Studies as HCMUSSH’s representative.

With the hope to provide useful knowledge related to the recruitment and job opportunities following the spirit of the V2WORK Project, the Center for Vietnamese and Southeast Asian Studies organized the service class "Positioning Personal Brands and Writing Successful CVs”, presented by Ms. Dang Thi Chau Ngoc - Southern Branch Manager at TopCV.