Vinh University: 'Students find jobs for themselves, create jobs for others'

(Baonghean) - Nghe An Newspaper interviewed Associate Professor, Dr. Thai Van Thanh - Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Vice Principal of the school about the leadership, direction and orientation of the Party Committee and Board of Directors of Vinh University for the school's Youth Union movement in the new term.

PV:Vinh University is not only rich in tradition in the career of cultivating people but also one of the units with a very strong Youth Union movement. Behind those results is a great mark in the leadership and direction of the Party Committee and the Board of Directors of the school. Could you tell us more about this, Associate Professor, Dr. Thai Van Thanh?

Associate Professor, Dr. Thai Van Thanh:During his lifetime, beloved Uncle Ho affirmed: “Youth is the future master of the country... The country's prosperity or decline, weakness or strength depends largely on the youth”. Our Party has also proposed many policies on education, training, fostering, and organizing the youth into a strong, loyal force, continuing the revolutionary cause of the Party and the nation. We also always identify that universities are the place to preserve, disseminate and create new knowledge for society, and the place to train high-quality human resources to meet the period of industrialization and modernization of the country.

Applying the Party's viewpoint on youth work in accordance with the characteristics of the university environment, the Party Committee and the Board of Directors through the periods have deeply recognized the position and role of youth, especially intellectual youth, so they always pay attention and create the most favorable conditions for learners to promote their abilities and strengths, as well as orient new values ​​in the process of industrialization and modernization, innovation of higher education and international integration.

Prof. Dr. Dinh Xuan Khoa - Party Secretary, Rector of Vinh University presented flowers to volunteer students. Photo: DHV

Therefore, the Party Committee always directs the Youth Union to develop specific strategies, plans, and action programs to promote and effectively implement the youth movement and directs the Board of Directors, training units, and functional departments to pay attention and create the most favorable conditions for the School Youth Union to deploy and effectively organize activities. We consider attention and direction as important criteria in evaluating the implementation of the unit's political tasks and other emulation titles.

PV:With that guiding viewpoint, from the perspective of the Party Committee and the Board of Directors, what are the outstanding achievements that the youth of Vinh University have achieved in the past 5 years, sir?

Associate Professor, Dr. Thai Van Thanh:During the 2012-2017 term, the work of the Youth Union and the youth movement has had positive and clear changes in many aspects. First of all, it must be affirmed that political and ideological education activities have been carried out well. Therefore, students of Vinh University always maintain political courage, fulfill their responsibilities as young people and absolutely support and are loyal to the Party's ideals and policies; and the State's policies and laws.

Awarding scholarships from the Vietnam - Laos Friendship Association of Nghe An province and certificates of merit from the Vietnam - Thailand Friendship Association to two Thai students studying at Vinh University. Photo: Archive

The major movements of the Youth Union have been widely implemented by the School Youth Union, especially social and volunteer activities that have gone into depth, especially the international volunteer movement, which has brought about many outstanding results, highly appreciated by the Ministry of Education and Training and made the school one of the leading schools in the country. Learning and scientific research activities are focused on, therefore, the rate of students with excellent and good academic results is increasing. The creative startup movement among students has shown very positive signs.

A very special thing is that during the last term, nearly 1,500 excellent members of the Vinh University Youth Union were admitted to the Party, leading the country among universities. In addition to the criteria for striving to become Party members, the University Youth Union has advised the Party Committee on very in-depth and specific criteria for students' learning and training.

From there, high requirements are set for students to strive and train to become party members. The school's Party Committee believes that quality is important, not quantity. Therefore, the students who have overcome the rigorous challenges and strict procedures to join the Party with the above number in the past 5 years are something to be proud of.

PV:In August 2016, when visiting the school, Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha emphasized: "The responsibility of students after graduation is not only to find jobs for themselves but also to create jobs for others". To do so, students must not only learn knowledge but also have skills. This is also the training perspective in the current educational reform process that focuses on learners. So, what do the Party Committee and the Board of Directors expect from the School's Youth Union Executive Committee in the new term as well as the nearly 48,000 students of the school, sir?

Associate Professor, Dr. Thai Van Thanh:First of all, the Party Committee and the Board of Directors are very interested in leading, directing and requiring the Youth Union to continue to develop strategies and specific action programs suitable to the characteristics of the school to strengthen the education of revolutionary ideals, ethics, lifestyle and orient new qualities and values ​​for students such as: courage, daring to commit, daring to take risks, accepting challenges... in the cause of innovation in university education and international integration. To do so, the Youth Union needs to have activity programs suitable to the characteristics of students according to their needs, interests, strengths, talents or in other words, to innovate and improve the content and methods of organizing Youth Union activities and youth movements.

Vinh University is in the Top 10 best universities in Vietnam. Photo: Archive

Higher education is being innovated with a learner-centered approach, so I would like to remind students that they must be truly aware of their own responsibilities, be self-reliant, actively study and practice; know how to manage themselves and their self-study time effectively. In the current integration trend, the mindset of finding a job must also change in the direction of not focusing on the path to the State but creating new values ​​to create jobs for themselves and society.

During the recent restructuring of the school, we established the Center for Creative Entrepreneurship Research for students to test their creative business ideas; at the same time, we support the mechanisms, policies, facilities, and conditions for students to implement. But the most important thing is that the Youth Union must build clubs and organize movements to promote the spirit of creative entrepreneurship among students to create new values; as well as proactively and actively participate in the activities of innovating training programs and researching creative entrepreneurship organized by the school.

The Party Committee and the Board of Directors also hope that the school's Youth Union movement will make greater contributions to the province's Youth Union movement, orient and lead the Youth Union movement in universities and colleges in the area, promote the leading role of Vinh University, worthy of being a national key university located in the area. On the other hand, with the nature of having international students studying here, the Youth Union - Student Association organizations must continue to promote their role to attract international students to participate in the movement, in order to strengthen the friendly relationship and cooperation between domestic and international students; at the same time, help international students better understand the viewpoints and domestic and foreign policies of our Party and State.

Finally, to achieve the above important goals and tasks, the decisive factor is the human factor. I propose that the delegates attending the School Youth Union Congress select exemplary members who have enough courage, intelligence, working capacity, good moral qualities, the ability to dialogue and orient the youth; know how to mobilize resources of the unit and society to serve the activities of the Youth Union organization to elect to the Executive Committee of term XXX, term 2017 - 2022.

PV:Thank you!

PV

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