Venezuelan professor bridges culture, bringing Vietnam’s values to Latin America nation

To Professor Jose Javier Diaz Macadan, spreading Vietnamese values is not just a political task, but a mission from the heart.

Thursday, March 27, 2025 15:38

Vietnamese Ambassador to Venezuela Vu Trung My (R) and Professor Jose Javier Diaz Macadan (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – A Venezuelan professor has introduced Vietnam’s history, values and martial arts to students in the Latin American country through his passionate academic mission.

While visiting the Vietnamese Embassy in Venezuela, Professor Jose Javier Diaz Macadan, head of the “Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh’s era” department under the National Experimental Polytechnic University of the Armed Forces (UNEFA), said that spreading Vietnamese values is not just a political task, but a mission from the heart. His classes have attracted numerous students, creating a vibrant academic space for exploring the journey of a nation that rose from the ashes of war to become a global influence.

Topics on President Ho Chi Minh not only highlight the Vietnamese revolutionary leader’s life, career, and contributions but also help students have a better insight into his personal qualities, intellect, humanism, morality, and lifestyle.

vna-potal-giao-su-venezuela-va-su-menh-lan-toa-gia-tri-viet-nam-7937135.jpg — Lecturers from the "Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh's era" department deliver a traditional Vietnamese performance. (Photo: VNA)

As a martial arts expert with more than 30 years of experience, Macadan is passionate about introducing Vovinam, Vietnam’s traditional martial art, to the UNEFA. With support from the embassy, he is working to establish connections with the Vietnam Vovinam Federation to make the plan a reality.

Vietnamese Ambassador Vu Trung My praised the UNEFA and Macadan’s efforts, promising continued support for initiatives that help strengthen mutual understanding as well as the traditional relations between the two nations.

He noted that with the professor’s plan to widely establish Vovinam instruction, Venezuela is set to become the first Latin American country to have a Vovinam martial arts club./.

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