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Student Experience (cont.)

Competitions
Halloween
Hackathon 2021 Hosted by VinUni Event Club, VinMaker Society, VinVivid, and On-Set,
All 230 students, divided into 41 teams, participated in the 36-hour the Halloween Event featured a number of musical performances and a
costume party. The heart of the Halloween celebration was a 2-hour long
annual Hackathon event in March 2021. This year’s theme focused on the Treasure Hunt game, organized by our students.
topic of “Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development”, and
students were tasked to design viable solutions to tackle the problem Christmas
of “air pollution” in Vietnam. In collaboration with Reactor School, the Hosted by VinUni Event Club, VinUni Culture Club, and VinUnity, the
number 1 startup school for student entrepreneurs aged 15-24 in Christmas Gala was a night to remember for all students. A number of
Southeast Asia, VinUniversity offered basic entrepreneurship coaching student-led musical performances and charity activities were organized
for all students.
and enjoyed by all university members, including faculty members and
staff. The opera act by our Professor Rohit Verma, our Founding Provost,
Final Judge Panel included top industry experts and start-up leaders, will possibly be the most memorable event for years to come.
namely:
Mai Lan Van – Chieft Marketing Officer, One ID Green Sports Day
Luu The Loi – Founder & CEO, KyberNetwork We invited students, faculty members and staff from RMIT University,
Pham Nam Long – Founder & CEO, Abivin Hanoi Medical University, VinBrain, and Vinhomes to join a sports event
Pham Anh Duc – Deputy CEO, Vinmec International Hospital with the aim of promoting healthy lifestyles and raising environmental
Nguyen Ngoc Hung – Former Chairman, KardiaChain
awareness. Various sports competitions, such as soccer, basketball,
badminton, table tennis, swimming, running, cycling, etc. were included.
7 finalist teams received funding of $USD 3,000 and proceeded into the The fictional sport from Harry Potter, Quidditch, was also recreated. All
EShip Lab Incubation Program.
first prize winners planted trees on VinUniversity campus with their
Vietnamese Business Case Competition (VBCC) name plates fixed on each tree.
In April-May 2021, a total of 298 submissions from all over Vietnam were Earth Day
received for this nationwide business case competition. Organized by 2 student clubs at VinUniversity collaborated together to host the Earth
VinUniversity and co-designed by Cornell University, VBCC allowed Day event in order to raise environmental awareness amongst students.
students to solve real-life business problems with top Vietnamese Activities included the BLOOM initiative, for which each dorm room had
companies. This year, our partner company was Vincom Retail, one of to compete and try to grow as much wheat as possible. Other projects
the country’s largest shopping mall operators. Participating teams were were an Interactive Art Exhibition and Musical Stairs.
challenged to improve the customer experience at Vincom Mega Mall “This event really helped push innovative thinking amongst VinUniversity
Royal City, Hanoi. Top 3 finalist teams were further coached by Vincom students,” said Ha Trang, one of the organizing team members.
Retail in order to implement their proposed solutions.
End of Academic Year Virtual Celebration: To The Sky and
Events Beyond
Due to the COVID-19 outbreak in June, we decided to celebrate the year-
Convocation Day end event via Zoom. Over 300 university members joined this virtual
On October 17th, 2020, the first ever Convocation marked the official event in order to celebrate the amazing achievements of the Academic
Year 2020-21.
opening of VinUniversity, after over 2 years of the project’s initial
establishment. Over 600 people joined the ceremony and expressed
their excitement at being part of the first day of a future world-leading
university.