On November 11, 2021, The University of Danang - VN-UK Institute for Research and Executive Education, University of Danang (hereinafter referred to as VNUK) entered into a Memorandum of Agreement on educational cooperation during a virtual signing ceremony with The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM), UK.

The virtual signing ceremony was held with the presence of leaders and partners

The virtual ceremony was held with the participation of Assoc.Prof.Dr. Le Thanh Bac – Vice President of The University of Danang (UD); Mr. Sam Wood - Deputy Consul General of British Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City and representatives of leaders of relevant departments (Trade, Education); Mr. Ian Marshal - Head of International Development Department of CIM and representatives of leaders of relevant units (Partnerships, Communications); Dr. Nguyen Thi My Huong - Dean of VNUK and representatives of leaders of the Department of International Cooperation of UD and VNUK’s units and departments.

Assoc.Prof.Dr. Le Thanh Bac - Vice President of UD delivers a speech

Speaking at the virtual ceremony, Assoc.Prof.Dr. Le Thanh Bac - Vice President of UD acknowledged and appreciated the significance of the two sides in signing the cooperation agreement, thereby contributing to improving the quality of training and providing more opportunities for students to practice and develop professional skills to meet the human resource needs of the domestic and international labor market.

On this occasion, Vice President of UD Le Thanh Bac expressed his wish that the British Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City would continue to pay attention and support to connect UD as well as UD’s member universities and affiliated units with more and more reliable and reputable partners, contributing to fostering the VN-UK strategic cooperation relationship.

Dr. Nguyen Thi My Huong, President of VNUK delivers a speech

According to the signed cooperation agreement, the CIM side would facilitate, support and guide VNUK's students to register for training programs, practice marketing and take exams to be granted the International Foundation Certificates in Professional Marketing and Digital Marketing (Level 3).

Along with that, students would have the opportunity to exploit and access digital resources and share applications, learning tools and research in the field of marketing; participate in academic activities, thematic webinar to get more useful information, knowledge and useful experiences from the network of experts of CIM and other marketing organizations and associations.

Mr. Ian Marshal - Head of International Development Department of CIM speaks

According to Dr. Nguyen Thi My Huong - Dean of VNUK, strengthening cooperation with prestigious international partners from the UK is a strategy that VNUK always strives to promote in order to not only contribute to improving the reputation of VNUK and UD, but also to help students develop comprehensively, including practical skills and career applications so that they can proactively and quickly adapt to the professional and competitive working environment of enterprises in the context of business globalization.

VNUK becomes the first cooperation partner of CIM in the Central Highlands and Vietnam

VNUK was the first cooperation partner in Vietnam as well as in the Central Highlands region to establish the cooperative relationship with CIM, thereby giving students good opportunities to confidently join the team of experts and consultants, strive to become promising future experts, managers and marketing leaders, Dr. Nguyen Thi My Huong said.

VNUK always offers opportunities to develop skills and careers for students to integrate globally (Photo taken before COVID-19 pandemic)

CIM is a professional training system with a network of more than 50,000 members operating in the field of practical training, developing marketing skills in the UK, with its reputation in the world. CIM certificates are recognized by many large corporations and enterprises on a global scale.

With the educational philosophy and vision of VNUK in line with the orientation and strategy of CIM, we hope and believe that this will be the premise to expand and develop a professional marketing network in Vietnam in order to meet the needs of the international labor market, CIM International Development Manager Ian Marshal shared.

Learn more Education Newspaper in Ho Chi Minh city. 

Center of Learning Resources and Communication -  The University of Danang