On the morning of November 19, Vietnam National University of Agriculture solemnly held the 42nd Anniversary of Vietnamese Teachers' Day (November 20, 1982 - November 20, 2024) to express heartfelt gratitude to generations of lecturers and staff who used to work and are working at the University.

The 42nd Anniversary of Vietnamese Teachers' Day

Musical performance to celebrate the anniversary of the VNUA Art Club under the Youth Union of the University

Attending the Ceremony were Dr. Nguyen Xuan Cuong - Former member of the Party Central Committee, former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, senior advisor of the University; Dr. Tran Van Tuy - Former member of the Party Central Committee, former member of the National Assembly Standing Committee, former Head of the National Assembly Delegation Affairs Committee, Deputy Head of the Central Organization Committee, Member of the University Council; Dr. Nguyen Quoc Hung - Former Standing Member of the National Assembly's Committee on Culture and Education, member of the University Council; Dr. Mai Van Phan - Director of the Department of Land Registration and Information Data, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, member of the University Council; Dr. Ta Thi Thu Hien - Director of the Center for Education Quality Assessment, Hanoi National University; Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thi Lan - Party Committee Secretary, President of the University, member of National Assembly; Prof. Tran Duc Vien - Chairman of the University's Research and Training Council; Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vu Ngoc Huyen - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Acting Chairman of University's Council, Vice President of the University. The Ceremony also received the attendance of members of the University's Party Committee, the University's Presidency Board, members of the University's Council, members of the Trade Union Executive Committee, members of the Youth Union, members of the University's Student Association, leaders of affiliates, and staff who used to work and currently working at VNUA and hundreds of representative students.

Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thi Lan - Secretary of the Party Committee, VNUA President delivers a speech to celebrate Vietnamese Teachers' Day

Delivering a speech at the Ceremony, Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thi Lan - Secretary of the Party Committee, VNUA president sent warm congratulations to all teachers, officials, and employees of the University, who have been contributing to the cause of education and training. Reviewing the 68-year tradition of development, Prof. Dr. Lan said that the University has made outstanding contributions to the cause of training human resources, especially high-quality human resources in research and transfer of science and technology to serve the country. The University has been recognized by the Party and State with noble awards such as the Labor Hero Medal, the Ho Chi Minh Medal and many other honorable medals and certification of recognitions. Without efforts of generations of teachers and students of the University, VNUA can’t achieve such great accomplishments.

Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thi Lan emphasized that the University is constantly growing and changing every day, with more spacious facilities, more modernly equipped laboratories, a greener and cleaner environment, better material and spiritual life for staff, higher training quality and higher employment rate of students with 97% after one year of graduation, the prestige of the University is increasingly enhanced. At the same time, Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thi Lan also expressed that, encountering new challenges of the new period and new era, we need to make more efforts in teaching, research, transferring science and technology into production and devote ourselves to a bright future for the University, actively contributing to the development of the agriculture and rural development sector.

She affirmed that each student is the pride and expectation of the University. With the guidance and constant dedication of the faculty and staff of the University, students will have been equipped with valuable knowledge and skills to become good citizens, good cadres, managers, and good entrepreneurs in the future, serving the development of agriculture and rural development of the country. The University always hopes that students will cherish every moment at the University to enrich knowledge and skills ready stepping into the new era - the era of the nation's rise.

Cherish former leaders of the University in all periods

Taking this opportunity, Prof. Lan hopes that each faculty and student will continue to strive to build the university better. She also expressed her gratitude for the support of the government leaders, ministries, local authorities during the development of the University.

She confidently believed that with the passion, dedication, determination to the cause of training and education, we will together overcome all challenges and reap new achievements.

Student Nguyen Ba Hoang Long, a student of the, Faculty of Agronomy presents flowers to express gratitude to all teachers at the Ceremony.

Representing VNUA students, Nguyen Ba Hoang Long, a student of the Faculty of Agronomy, expressed: “In order to have attractive and lively lectures, our teachers must spend a lot of time and effort. They have sacrificed their private time to devote themselves completely to the cause of education. We would like to affirm that rivers may dry up, mountains may wear away, but the sacred teacher-student relationship will always remain intact and cannot be changed. On this occasion, I would like to wish all teachers good health, always keep their enthusiasm, and continue to be a source of inspiration and guiding light for students”.

Certificate of Quality Recognition for 10 training programs at VNUA

On this occasion, the Center for Education Quality Assessment, Hanoi National University announced the decision and awarded certificates to 10 training programs meeting quality standards to 09 faculties including Engineering, Food Science and Technology, Information Technology, Economics and Management, Tourism and Foreign Languages, Agronomy, Fisheries, Natural Resources and Environment, Social Sciences.

Honoring groups and individuals with outstanding achievements

At the Ceremony, VNUA honored and rewarded groups and individuals with outstanding achievements in the recent past. This is the encouragement and motivation for faculty to for their passion and dedication to the training.

The 42nd anniversary of Vietnamese Teachers' Day ended in a solemn atmosphere, affirming the spirit of respecting teachers as culture of VNUA, a long lasting tradition through generation to generation of the University. VNUA will forever be a home, a place to impart knowledge, inspire creativity, passion and aspiration for generations of students and strive to develop towards a sustainable agriculture of the country/.

Written by Nguyễn Trọng Tuynh – PC&SSC

Photos: Nguyễn Trung Đức - PC&SSC