Working together for a stronger future
UQ and Vietnam share a strong vision for economic and community development, with research collaborations across agriculture and food science, environmental science, digital transformation, tourism and public health. The UQ-VISTI Innovation Centre project, a collaboration between UQ Ventures and the Vietnam Institute of Science, Technology and Innovation, reflects this shared passion for harnessing innovation to create a better future.
Fast facts
246
Vietnamese students enrolled at UQ
80
Vietnam-UQ co-publications
37
academic staff born in Vietnam
11
research project collaborations
1,385
alumni in Vietnam
31
agreements with 25 official partners
Fast facts show full year 2024 data.
Collaboration in action
- Ventures, the entrepreneurship division of The University of Queensland (UQ), is partnering with the Vietnam Institute of Science Technology and Innovation (VISTI) to develop a collaborative centre in Hanoi, Vietnam.
- Nine excellent initiatives have been approved for $74,350 in funding in the 2021 UQ Global Strategy and Partnerships Seed Funding Scheme. A total of 19 eligible applications were received for this round, amounting to $171,350 in requested funding.
- 10 collaborative research projects have been approved for $80,236 in funding in the 2021 UQ Global Strategy and Partnerships Seed Funding Scheme. A total of 17 eligible applications were received for this round amounting to $147,067 in requested funding.
- The University of Queensland received nearly 1.3 million in New Colombo Plan (NCP) mobility grants to support 367 students across 22 projects in 13 host countries.
- Nine collaborative projects have been approved for $85,384 in funding in the 2020 UQ Global Strategy and Partnerships Seed Funding Scheme.
- War. Secret escapes. Stranded at sea. Pirates and eye patches. It’s a story of survival almost too wild to believe, and it’s inspiring a UQ student to want to change the lives of vision-impaired people.
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Alumni
UQ has 1,385 alumni living in Vietnam and is a corporate member of AusCham Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, which enables professional development and networking opportunities. Alumni with significant links to Vietnam include:
President, Hanoi University & International Alumnus of the Year (2024) for promoting foreign language education in Vietnam and Southeast Asia, and for strengthening educational ties between Australia and Vietnam (PhD School of Languages and Cultures, 2010, Visiting Scholar at UQ's School of Education, 2014)
Associate Professor Pham Thi Hong Nhung
Vice Rector of Hue University of Foreign Languages and Australia Awards Endeavour Executive Fellowship recipient (PhD – applied linguistics 2005)
Nguyen Thi Le Huyen
HIV prevention specialist (Master of Development Practice 2009, 2012 winner of the UQ-Vietnam Professional Development Seminar Series Alumni Award)