The representatives of the Vietnam National University of Forestry (Hanoi, Xuan Mai) paid a visit to the University of Sopron on the 23 June 2022.
The delegation – President of the University Council Prof. Dr. Cao Quoc An, Director of the Office for International Cooperation Prof. Dr. Hoang Van Sam, Director of Finance and Accounting Mr. Dao Duy Phuong, Associate Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Wood Technology and Interior Design Dr. Ly Tuan Truong and Associate Professor and Deputy Director of the Office for International Cooperation Dr. Le Xuan Phuong – was welcomed by the management of the University of Sopron including Rector Prof. Dr. Attila Fábián, Vice-Rectors Prof. Dr. Ferenc Lakatos and Dr. Tibor Alpár, Head of the József Cziráki Doctoral School Prof. Dr. Róbert Németh (Faculty of Wood Engineering and Creative Industries), Associate Professor and Head of the Institute of Wood Technology and Technical Sciences Dr. Sándor Fehér (Faculty of Wood Engineering and Creative Industries), Associate Professor and Vice-Dean for Research and Foreign Affairs Dr. Zoltán Pásztory (Faculty of Wood Engineering and Creative Industries), Associate Professor and Vice-Dean for Research and Foreign Affairs Dr. Kornél Czimber (Faculty of Forestry).
The Vietnamese visit and the joint work of lecturers/researchers in Hanoi and Sopron are part of the Erasmus+ KA107 teacher and student exchange project, funded by the European Union to promote cooperation in training and scientific research.
During the meeting, Vice-Rector Prof. Dr. Ferenc Lakatos introduced the structure and operation of the University of Sopron, the study programmes and the main research areas. Prof. Dr. Róbert Németh, as the Hungarian leader of the project at the University of Sopron, summarized the decades-long perspective of the relationship between the two institutions and the results so far.
The most important outcomes of the meeting involve the formal signing of the extension of the cooperation agreement and the widening of cooperation to include industrial partners, a common consensus on the need to develop and launch joint training programs in natural resource management and wood industry studies, development and joint submission of a new Erasmus project proposal, increase in the number of Vietnamese students studying in the Stipendium Hungaricum program, and compilation of R&D project proposals on climate change, biodiversity, wood industry innovation, respectively in relation to their interaction.
Created: 2022.06.30
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