In the afternoon of April 27th, VJU Rector – Prof. Dr. Furuta Motoo attended the 3rd Aureole Conference 2017. Within the framework of the conference, Prof. Dr. Furuta Motoo has taken part in a discussion with experts, businessmen and academics.
The 3rd Aureole Conference titled UN was organized by Mitani Sangyo Co. Ltd. with the participation of delegates from the Embassy of Japan in Vietnam, the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) as well as relevant government agencies and businesses.
Under the theme of “Work as a team, Efforts as a Team”, the conference approaches the issue of how to build a teamwork model from three different directions, namely Individual staff; Quality control (QC); and Business environment that should be created to promote and improve teamwork in Vietnam.
VJU Rector – Prof. Dr. Furuta Motoo speaks at the conference.
The discussion led by Mr. Ado Masayuki – Vice Chairman of Mitani Sangyo re-addressed the issue of teamwork development and was filled with comments of speakers and guests.
VJU Rector Prof. Dr. Furuta Motoo identified the areas to be improved in Vietnam’s education system. As a senior researcher on Vietnam, Prof. Dr. Furuta Motoo recognized the fast-paced and powerful restructuring process in the country. This poses a challenge to the education system, as Vietnam primarily focuses on narrow specialized training and extensive expertise. In order to achieve long-term goals and develop a broad vision, Vietnam needs to develop an education system where learners can acquire interdisciplinary knowledge and be readily adaptable to changes in the working environment.
During the discussion, Prof. Dr. Furuta Motoo also emphasized the strengths of Vietnamese people and affirmed his faith in the cooperation between Japan and Vietnam. According to Prof. Dr. Furuta Motoo, the Vietnamese are highly flexible and distinctive, adding that if these appealing traits can be fostered, and Vietnam can certainly construct an effective teamwork model. He went on to take one example of a group of Vietnamese students at VJU who won the third prize in a startup contest held by the US Embassy by supporting and working closely together. This clearly demonstrates the possibility of exploiting teamwork to the full in Vietnam.
On the possibility of cooperation between Vietnam and Japan, Prof. Dr. Furuta Motoo pointed out that despite their differences, Vietnam and Japan shared certain similarities, such as wet rice agriculture and Han characters. It is possible to regard Vietnam and Japan as a person’s right and left hands, as differences set aside, they can coordinate perfectly with each other.
The conference successfully ended with an unanimous agreement of participants on the execution of a teamwork model and quality control in Vietnam. This conference brings an opportunity for businesses and experts to share issues faced by foreign firms in general and Japanese ones in particular in increasing autonomy of their subsidiaries/branches in Vietnam, and to discuss methods of training and developing human resources to enhance the strengths of both individuals and collectives.
Teamwork is a key strength of Japanese businesses. At the VJU, students are trained in an environment that fosters teamwork and strives for liberal education and sustainable development in order to cater for the needs of Vietnam, Japan and other co
