Nguyen Tat Thanh University welcomes Swiss EP Vietnam’s delegates

NTTU – With the purpose of improving international integration and cooperation, the entrepreneurship, innovation, and commercialization competencies for staff, lecturers and students, on October 13th 2023, Nguyen Tat Thanh university welcomed and worked with the Swiss EP Vietnam delegation. It is known that Swiss EP is a startup support program of the Swiss government, implemented throughout Vietnam with the goal of promoting startup activities and creating a startup support ecosystem.

Swiss EP’s representatives were Mr. Martin Webber and Mr. Kevin Murphy, Swiss EP Experts; Mr. Hub Langstaff – Country Director of Swiss EP Vietnam and Ms. Nguyen Quynh Anh – Program Director of Swiss EP Vietnam.

Mr. Hub Langstaff – Country Director Swiss EP Vietnam

Participants from Nguyen Tat Thanh University were Dr. Tran Ai Cam – President; Associate Professor, PhD. Bach Long Giang – Director of the Center for Innovation and Incubation; Dr. Hoang Thinh Nhan – Deputy Director of the Center for Innovation and Incubation; MSc. Huynh Hong Mai – Deputy Director of the Center for Innovation and Incubation; MSc. Nguyen Phuong Thong – Deputy Head of International Relations Department; Associate Professor. Dr. Vo Thanh Sang – Deputy Director of the Institute for Advanced Agricultural Biology Research and Development; Associate Professor. Dr. Tran Viet Cuong – Deputy Director of NTT Institute of High Technology; Dr. Nguyen Huu Thuan Anh – Deputy Head of Science and Technology Department; Dr. Tran Viet Thang – Deputy Head of Science and Technology Department.

Ms. Nguyen Quynh Anh – Program Director of Swiss EP Vietnam introduced Swiss EP as a program to support start-up innovation and commercialization for universities around the world. In this visit, Swiss EP hopes to understand the challenges and orientations of innovative startup development of the Unviersity in the near future so that both sides can work together to promote innovative startup models at Nguyen Tat Thanh University.

Ms. Nguyen Quynh Anh – Program Director of Swiss EP Vietnam

Dr. Tran Ai Cam – President of Nguyen Tat Thanh University shared: “The innovative entrepreneurial university model has been the main trend of education and training in recent years, Nguyen Tat Thanh University is one of the pioneers in oriented training based on this model. Therefore, meeting and working with the delegates today is also an honor for NTTU. Hopefully, after today’s meeting, we will open up opportunities to cooperate together to build a more successful innovative entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Dr. Tran Ai Cam – Principal of Nguyen Tat Thanh University spoke at the program

Dr. Hoang Thinh Nhan – Deputy Director of the Center for Innovation and Incubation (NIIC) introduced the center and the University’s incubation activities for students’ innovative projects.

Dr. Hoang Thinh Nhan – Deputy Director of the Center for Innovation and Startup Incubation presented the presentation

 Mr. Kevin Murphy – Swiss EP expert shared the innovative entrepreneurial university models in the world and suggestions for building models at universities.

Mr. Kevin Murphy – Swiss EP expert

MSc. Huynh Hong Mai – Deputy Director of the Center for Innovation and Incubation shared and discussed the activities of Nguyen Tat Thanh University with appropriate changes towards an innovative entrepreneurial university.

ThS. Huỳnh Hồng Mai – Phó Giám đốc Trung tâm Sáng tạo và Ươm tạo khởi nghiệp

Nguyen Tat Thanh University always focuses on cooperating with reputable domestic and international partners and organizations to be more and more successful in building an innovative entrepreneurial university. Nguyen Tat Thanh University not only focuses on the high employability rate, but also wants to provide the human resources capable of starting their own business in the future.

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