Vingroup reached yet another milestone in bringing international living standards to Vietnam by beginning the construction of its imposing VinUni University. The institution is expected to be opened in 2020. VinUni's curricula will be accredited by world-renowned US universities Located inside the VinCity Ocean Park complex in Hanoi’s Gia Lam district, VinUni is built on a land area of 23 hectares. The university consists of a main building, dormitories, a sports complex, and technical and supporting areas. The private university is designed with charismatic architecture from multinational groups AECOM and HBA and will have its curricula accredited by its strategic partners Cornell University and the University of Pennsylvania. VinUni’s infrastructure will meet Quacquarelli Symonds’s QS 5-star standard. Behind the neoclassical façade of the main building, VinUni will be furnished with modern equipment and advanced technologies which can accommodate … [Read more...] about Nonprofit VinUni meets QS 5 star international standards
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Hungarian professor captures Bru – Van Kieu people’s lives
Visitors look at photos taken by Hungarian professor of socio-cultural anthropology Gabor Vargyas. (Photo vtv.vn) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - About 70 photos are on display at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology to show the lives of the Bru - Van Kieu ethnic people of central Vietnam. The photos are part of an exhibition entitled Divinities, Ancestors and Shamans: The Bru - Van Kieu in The Truong Son Range, and were taken by Hungarian professor of socio-cultural anthropology Gabor Vargyas in the 1980s. The exhibition will run until January 2019. Visitors will have a chance to learn about the life and religion of the Vietnamese Bru - Van Kieu ethnic group, who live primarily in the two central provinces of Quang Tri and Quang Binh. Between 1985 and 1989, Professor Vargyas spent one and a half years in the Central Highlands in a Bru - Van Kieu village in Huong Hoa, Khe Sanh in Quang Tri. He moved into a local home and was accepted as a member of the family. He lived, slept, ate and … [Read more...] about Hungarian professor captures Bru – Van Kieu people’s lives
Hungarian professor captures Bru
Visitors look at photos taken by Hungarian professor of socio-cultural anthropology Gabor Vargyas. (Photo vtv.vn) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - About 70 photos are on display at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology to show the lives of the Bru - Van Kieu ethnic people of central Vietnam. The photos are part of an exhibition entitled Divinities, Ancestors and Shamans: The Bru - Van Kieu in The Truong Son Range, and were taken by Hungarian professor of socio-cultural anthropology Gabor Vargyas in the 1980s. The exhibition will run until January 2019. Visitors will have a chance to learn about the life and religion of the Vietnamese Bru - Van Kieu ethnic group, who live primarily in the two central provinces of Quang Tri and Quang Binh. Between 1985 and 1989, Professor Vargyas spent one and a half years in the Central Highlands in a Bru - Van Kieu village in Huong Hoa, Khe Sanh in Quang Tri. He moved into a local home and was accepted as a member of the family. He lived, slept, ate and … [Read more...] about Hungarian professor captures Bru
Photos of Bru – Vân Kiều people on display
Inspiring: Visitors look at photos taken by Hungarian professor of socio-cultural anthropology Gabor Vargyas. — Photo vtv.vnViet Nam News HÀ NỘI — About 70 photos are on display at the Việt Nam Museum of Ethnology to show the lives of the Bru - Vân Kiều ethnic people of central Việt Nam. The photos are part of an exhibition entitled Divinities, Ancestors and Shamans: The Bru - Vân Kiều in The Trường Sơn Range, and were taken by Hungarian professor of socio-cultural anthropology Gabor Vargyas in the 1980s. The exhibition will run until January 2019. Visitors will have a chance to learn about the life and religion of the Vietnamese Bru - Vân Kiều ethnic group, who live primary in the two central provinces of Quảng Trị and Quảng Bình. Between 1985 and 1989, Professor Vargyas spent one and a half years in the Central Highlands in a Bru - Vân Kiều Village in … [Read more...] about Photos of Bru – Vân Kiều people on display
STEM’s fine, but we need liberal arts to stem the rot
I am a sophomore double-majoring in English and Economics. For my January course, I took an econ course in Technology, Education, and Labor markets. The one key fact that I took away from it is this: education systems are all heart and eyes for economic growth, putting education itself at the beck and call of the economy. Which means that behind and despite all the lofty rhetoric, we are trained to become preferably well-oiled cogs in the market machine. What’s that? What does the market need now? Hi-tech skills? Here you go: We’ll turn out batches of well-educated, highly skilled, disciplined workers. The aim of higher education is to prepare students like me to be useful members of society. Institutions of higher education prepare us for the job market, because we accept that it is through our vocations that we make our biggest contributions to society. It is also this mindset that undermines liberal arts education in the U.S. and elsewhere, nudging students towards … [Read more...] about STEM’s fine, but we need liberal arts to stem the rot