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Introducing international alumni associations

TUD Alumni Vietnam

The TUD Alumni Vietnam association (TUDAV) was founded TUDAV can engage with any subject. All alumni help and
in 1994 on the initiative of Vietnamese TUD alumni. The support one another and pass on their experience. The
objective was and is to bring together Vietnamese alumni Vietnamese alumni are very interested in obtaining more
of TU Dresden in their home country. The goal is to information and contacts in the field of business and
establish contact with each other. It is maintained and industry in Germany and in intensifying cooperation.
strengthened through annual meetings, excursions and
theater visits, which are all part of the association’s The Germany Alumni Green Group initiative was formed
activities. from the circle of TUD alumni in Vietnam. The group aims
to bring together all German alumni in Vietnam who work
Today, the association has around 160 members. These are in environmental protection and environmental sciences.
not only in contact with TU Dresden, but also with German The main purpose is to introduce different generations of
institutions in Vietnam. Since 1995, TUDAV has been a alumni to one another and to intensify scientific and
branch of the central Vietnamese-German Friendship technical cooperation between Vietnamese scientists and
Association in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. As such, the research institutions in Germany.
association also organizes meetings with various German
delegations. For example, the association welcomed two Steffi Eckold/Susann Mayer
delegations from TUD and the then Deputy Mayor of
Dresden, Dirk Hilbert, to Hanoi. Many members of the
association studied at TUD before reunification, and some
are now entering retirement age. The TUDAV members
meet twice a year. The Christmas get-together has become Association heads in conversation: Dr. Nguyen Minh Tan belongs to both
a tradition, which of course includes real Dresden stollen! A the TUDAV and the Germany Alumni Green Group.
second meeting usually takes place in the summer.
Between 50 and 60 members get involved in the club
meetings. Many have known each other for years and
many friendships have grown out of these meetings. They
are all connected by their studies or time researching at
TUD. They regularly exchange information about events,
news from Dresden and German-Vietnamese relations.

Contact
TU Dresden
TUDAV
Dr. Nguyen Minh Tan
✉ nguyen.minhtan@gmail.com
Ĥ facebook.com/TUD-AlumniVietnam

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