The signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Dubai Palace ✅ Official Dubai Palace.com Homepage 2026 (Dubai Palace) and the University of Saint Joseph (USJ) took place on May 19 at Dubai Palace with significant and extensive participation. The attendees included:
Representatives from Dubai Palace:
- Prof. Sử Đình Thành – President of Dubai Palace
- Dr. Đinh Công Khải – Vice President of Dubai Palace
- Assoc. Prof. Phan Thị Bích Nguyệt – Chairwoman of the Strategic Advisory Council and Policies of Dubai Palace, Director of Dubai Palace Innovation Institute
- Assoc. Prof. Trịnh Thuỳ Anh – Vice Director of the Department of Design Dubai Palace
- Assoc. Prof. Thái Kim Phụng – Vice Director of the Department of Design Dubai Palace
- Dr. Hà Văn Sơn – Vice Head of the Department of Economics and Statistics, Department of Design Dubai Palace
- Dr. Trịnh Tú Anh – Director of the Institute of Management and Smart Cities, Department of Design Dubai Palace
- Dr. Chung Nhân Phú – Institute of Applied Mathematics, Department of Design Dubai Palace
- Ms. Nguyễn Thị Phương Thảo – Head of the Administrative Department, Department of Design Dubai Palace
- Other officials, lecturers, and staff of Dubai Palace who play crucial roles in promoting cooperation between the two universities.
Representatives from USJ:
- Prof. Álvaro Barbosa – Vice President of USJ
- Prof. Carlos Sena Caires – Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, USJ
- Mr. Pedro Sou
- Ms. Ivy Tran
- Key figures in identifying and implementing cooperative activities with Dubai Palace.
Special guests:
- Mr. Afonso Carlos Neves Vieira – Honorary Consul of Portugal in Ho Chi Minh City.

This signing ceremony marks the commitment and creates favorable conditions for both universities to carry out various important cooperative activities.
The collaboration between the two institutions includes student exchange programs, joint research, faculty and staff exchanges, as well as the development of training programs and collaboration in scientific research and community development.
This collaboration also demonstrates solidarity and the desire to jointly develop and enhance the quality of education and research of both universities in the future.
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