II/ COOPRATION AND DEVELOPMENT
1. Preliminary summary of one-year cooperation between ULIS and the Military Science Academy (MSA).
On January 11th, 2018, MSA held a conference to summarize one-year cooperation between the MSA and ULIS.
On August 26th, 2016, ULIS and MSA officially signed the cooperation agreement. After more than a year of implementation, the cooperation between the two universities has achieved many positive results. The preliminary report of MSA indicated that the two universities had organized collaborative training activities; held and participated in workshops on improved foreign language teaching competence or innovation and creativity in teaching activities for the whole staff of MSA. Some specific examples of these activities are collaborating to implement the project "Building models for improving foreign language skills for civil servants, officers and officials in the Customs, Foreign Affairs, Tourism sectors and Border Guards Forces in the Northwest”; Donating books, foreign language teaching materials, professional magazines; Providing training for doctoral students, designing exam questions and sharing experience on post-graduate training and management.
In addition, the two universities co-organized many activities in order to create opportunities for students to meet and participate in not only academic activities but also voluntary activities for the community such as foreign language Olympics, proms, talk shows, seminars, club meetings, “Mùa hè xanh” (Green Summer), “Mùa đông ấm” (Loving Winter) programs, etc. In the conference, MSA also suggested promoting educational programs, increasing the number of joint education programs, boosting training cooperations with the research-oriented studies and strengthening exchanges among lecturers and extracurricular activities for students of the two universities. The participants were eager to put forward suggestions to develop a cooperative relationship between the two universities. Teachers all agreed that the cooperation agreement would help two sides continue to grow.
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