Universities launch international forum on sustainability

VNA 17 December 2022

An International Forum on Sustainability (IFS) seeking sustainable development solutions for universities was officially launched in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on 8 December, reports VNA.

IFS, an initiative of the University of Economics HCM City (UEH), was jointly organised by UEH and its partners, South Korea’s Kwangwoon University, Handong Global University, UN Academic Impact Korea University and the Italian University of Trieste. The launching ceremony was organised both online and offline at UEH’s Campus A, attracting the attention of many domestic and international universities, businesses and organisations.

Nguyen Dong Phong, chairman of the council of UEH, said IFS is an annual network connecting domestic and international higher education institutions that are interested in sustainable transformation in organisations’ operating models in Vietnam and other developing countries in the world.
Full report on the Vietnam Plus site

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