[Vnbiz] Future Leaders for Vietnam

[Thu Huong]

Dear anh Hoanh and CACC,

I remember not long ago anh Hoanh asks some questions
about university education and our thoughts as
overseas students about the system at home. I want to
share with brothers and sisters in our community about
what I am experiencing right now and the burning
thoughts that have been on my mind for the last two
days. 

I am currently in Hong Kong, participating in a
one-month leadership training program entitled "China
Tomorrow: Perspectives from three different cities:
Hong Kong, Singapore & Beijing". This program is
organized by the Lee Shiu Center of Inter-Cultural
Learning, Chung Chi College, Chinese Uni of HKong.
Very interestingly, as a Vietnamese, I was granted the
chance to participate in this program, together with
students from mainland China, Hong Kong, US and
Singapore to discuss the future of China. I am
probably one of the very few who are not ethnically
Chinese and trying hard to grapple with conversations
in my super limited Chinese. Exciting challenge.

I have been here for only two days and I had sat
through six talks by some of the most influential
people in the HK's economic sphere. Amidst passionate
discussion about China's future, perhaps this is the
first time I have thought seriously about the future
of our country. Around me are intelligent, confident
and passionate Chinese who dare to speak their minds
and dare to stand out. This program aims to vigorously
nurture future leaders for China through series of
talks, lectures, seminars, high-table dinners and
visits in the three cities. We discuss areas of
government & law, education & culture, social services
& economic development of the rising China. What
surprises me is that Chinese students are more
open-minded than I thought. They discuss openly about
democracy and communism, about Confucianism &
Christianism, about the East & the West & the rising
of the Middle Kingdom again. 

In me there seems to be fear. Perhaps when there is
this huge guy almost twice as tall as you are sitting
next to you, it's normal to feel a bit of fear? I
wonder where the future leaders for Vietnam would come
from. I wonder if there are leadership training
programs in Vietnam at the moment. I wonder if those
overseas students like me would decide to come back
and when to come back, as staying overseas is never
the same as going back to build the country (though we
may be able to contribute in different ways of
course). I wonder if there would be like-minded
philanthropists like the Hong Kong Mr. Lee Shiu and
his wife (the two people who founded the center & the
program) in our country. 

Please share with me your thoughts on this. As a
student, I realize there are so much more for me to
learn, especially about history ( I have not been
taking history classes for eight years now & I'm
ashamed of my lack of knowledge while attending these
seminars). There are so much more for me to learn from
successful working adults like the many brothers and
sisters in this forum. Please share, as I will be
through this program for another 28 days, your
thoughts on these issues, and especially about the
future of Vietnam, and the source of our future
leaders. 

Have a great day ahead,

Warmest,
Huong






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