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Vietnamese Students in Australia holds second congress

Vietnamese Students in Australia (SVAU) convened its second congress in Canberra on August 6 to review its performance during the 2020-2022 tenure and map out plans for the next term from 2022 – 2024.
Vietnamese Students in Australia holds second congress ảnh 1Vietnamese Students in Australia (SVAU) convenes its second congress in Canberra on August 6. (Photo: VNA)
Sydney (VNA) – Vietnamese Students in Australia(SVAU) convened its second congress in Canberra on August 6 to review itsperformance during the 2020-2022 tenure and map out plans for the next term from2022 – 2024.

The hybrid event was attended by Vietnamese Ambassador toAustralia Nguyen Tat Thanh and some 40 outstanding Vietnamese students across Australia.It also saw the online attendance by representatives from the Central Committees of the HoChi Minh Communist Youth Union and Vietnam Students' Association and leaders of studentassociations from Vietnam.

Addressing the congress, SVAU Vice President Huynh Tan Datsaid during the past term, the association has hosted a variety of activitiesto promote innovation and entrepreneurship among students, including a seriesof talks with experts in innovation for students and an annual global contestfor innovative start-ups Hack4 Growth Australia held by its Vietnam AustraliaInnovation Network (NIC AU).

The NIC AU has also organised Innovation Expo 2020, and twovirtual seminars on smart agriculture and high-quality agriculture which broughttogether speakers from Vietnam, the US, France and Australia to seek solutionsfor the sustainable development of agriculture in Vietnam, Dat said.

Additionally, the SVAU has launched numerous charitableevents to raise funds for disadvantaged Vietnamese people and those hurt bynatural disasters and COVID-19.

Dat, who is a PhD student at the University of TechnologySydney, was elected as the new SVAU President for the 2022 – 2024 term.

The SVAU debuted in July 2020. Australia is currently hometo about 30,000 Vietnamese students./.
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