STUDENT MEETING BETWEEN UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO (JAPAN) AND FACULTY OF JAPANESE STUDIES

Students of the Faculty of Japanese Studies, Ho Chi Minh City University of Social Sciences and Humanities (HCMC USSH), had a meeting with their counterparts of the Faculty of Business Administration, University of Hyogo (Kobe, Japan).

Representatives of the University of Hyogo to participate in the event were Prof. Susumu Harada, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Business Administration, and Prof. Ikuya Kano, an expert in international marketing. From the side of HCMC USSH, Dr. Nguyen Thi Thu Huong, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Oriental Studies, Mr. Nguyen Vu Ky, lecturer at the Faculty of Japanese Studies and Dr. Tran Dinh Lam, Director of the Center for Vietnamese and Southeast Asian Studies, all together attended the meeting, which has been an annual student exchange between the two universities. It is held with the aim of helping students of the University of Hyogo (Japan) visit Japanese businesses in Vietnam. In addition, the occasion provides an opportunity for students of the two universities to have exchange of culture and knowledge. Prof. Susumu Harada said that it was also a good chance for Japanese students to get a better understanding of Vietnamese culture and society.

Prof. Susumu Harada, Dr. Tran Dinh Lam và Dr. Nguyen Thi Thu Huong (R to L)

The contents of this year’s event are about the relations between Vietnam and Japan in the fields of culture, history and economics as well as the state of Japanese enterprises in Vietnam. The two universities’ students worked in groups, taking turns to introduce their country (i.e. Ho Chi Minh City – Vietnam and Kobe – Japan) and the university where they are studying. According to Prof. Susumu Harada, the cultural identities of Vietnam and Japan have a lot in common. He highly evaluated Vietnamese students’ capacity of using Japanese to make presentations and have discussions about issues related to culture, history, and economics. In addition, the professor appreciated their inquiring mind and spirit of self-improvement.

Students of the two universities attended the meeting.

Besides the meeting with Vietnamese students, those Japanese students and professors also had many other activities in Ho Chi Minh City such as visiting Japanese businesses, doing research into the Vietnamese market, going sightseeing and shopping around the city, etc. Prof. Susumu Harada thought that the event was very meaningful and beneficial to Japanese students majoring in economics because they not only had exchange of language and culture but enjoyed an opportunity to apply the theories they had learnt as well. According to Prof. Ikuya Kana, students of the Faculty of Japanese Studies in particular, and Vietnamese students in general, would be a great source of workforce for the economy of Vietnam and Southeast Asia in the future.

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