USAID Strengthening Provincial Capacity (SPC) Awarded to PSU 2019-2024
PSU’s Mark O. Hatfield School of Government will serve as the lead academic partner for a newly awarded USAID Strengthening Provincial Capacity (SPC) contract to support economic and political governance reform in Vietnam. Chemonics International, Inc., an international development organization will serve as prime contractor for the 5-year, $13.3 million award, in a partnership that also includes J.E. Austin Associates, Inc. Read full announcement here.
25th Anniversary of U.S. Vietnam Relations
State Partnership Program Director Lieutenant Colonel Melinda Lepore, Port of Portland Commissioner and Bambuza Hospitality Group Owner Katherine Lam and Vietnam Oregon Initiative Program Administrator Julia Babcock worked with Consul General Nguyen Trac Toan (Biography) and staff to build the 2020 agenda aligned with mutually beneficial activities around the 25th anniversary of normalized relations. Covid-19 has delayed this agenda, however, to support Oregon’s recovery and as an act of goodwill--the Consulate General sent PPE to the State of Oregon to be distributed by the Oregon National Guard.
Congratulations Fulbright Scholar, Bryan Nguyen PSU MURP Alumni 2019
Vietnam Oregon Initiative Climate Agenda Launched 2019
Launched in 2019 with Goldman Environmental Prize Winner Khanh Nguy Thi and Governor Brown, the VOI Climate Agenda promotes public policy solutions through leadership, training and technology transfer to enhance Oregon and Vietnam’s market-based transition to clean energy and climate resilience. Based on Oregon’s Climate Agenda, the platform is focused on climate change policy and leadership, clean energy workforce training and education and sustainable product development. The agenda was presented as part of the 55th ISOCARP Congress in Jakarta (authors: Nguy Thi Khanh-Green Innovation and Development Centre, Hien Thu Bui-Smart i Connector, Phan Mạnh Tuấn- Legal Consultant and Julia Babcock-National Policy Consensus Center)
Building University-Industry Learning and Development through Innovation and Technology (BUILD-IT)
The BUILD-IT public-private ecosystem is designed to produce graduates who can solve problems and engineer solutions and value for Vietnam’s social and economic development. PSU played a formative role in preparing institutions to accelerate their capacity to innovate and transform student learning.
The U.S Mission in Vietnam identified PSU as a trusted U.S. partner to carry out an ambitious array of commemorative, high visibility events in 2015 that reflects a three-pronged strategy:
1) Gala events in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City around the 4th of July to commemorate the 1995 month in which the Normalization Agreement was signed
2) 10 national-level monthly celebrations throughout Vietnam, each highlighting a major thematic focus of the Comprehensive Partnership Agreement signed by the United States and Vietnam in 2013 and
3) commemorative events in each of Vietnam's 63 provinces with a US official in attendance.
Over the last 12 years, PSU has established a solid reputation with the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi and the Vietnamese Embassy in Washington DC as a key partner engaging with U.S. and Vietnamese academic, business, government, and defense organizations. As a result of the work within the university, PSU attracts more Vietnamese students for undergraduate and graduate degrees than any other university in Oregon.
Media Coverage:
http://goctinnhanh.com/tin-nhanh/quan-he-viet-my-them-20-nam-thanh-cong-hon-nua
http://tuoitre.vn/tin/the-gioi/20150126/hoi-nghi-quoc-te-viet-my-them-20-nam-thanh-cong-hon-nua/703596.html
News in English:
Vietnam, U.S. Target 20 more years of successful ties
The Vietnam Forum with Ambassador of Vietnam Pham Quang Vinh and Ambassador of the United States to Vietnam Ted Osius
http://tuoitrenews.vn/politics/25644/vietnam-us-target-20-more-years-of-successful-ties
Intel Vietnam Scholars Program
Over 700 applicants sought admission to the highly competitive Intel Vietnam Scholars program which supported engineering degrees and training scholarships for 73 students at PSU from 2009-2014. The program sponsored by Intel Corporation was recognized for outstanding citizenship with the Secretary of State’s 2012 Award for Corporate Excellence. Intel's commitment to making transformative educational opportunities available in Vietnam was among many reasons cited for their nomination. The third cohort was featured in Bloomberg.