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Open Courseware Initiative by Fulbright
July 30, 2020
A knowledge initiative pioneered by Fulbright, Open Courseware is a public resource with learning and research materials published online for public access. In line with Fulbright’s values of shared knowledge, the early 2000s saw Fulbright School build Open Courseware from scratch to benefit not only Fulbright learners and graduates, but also the broader Vietnamese society. […]
Case studies, the unique teaching approach at FSPPM
July 29, 2020
One of the things that sets apart the Fulbright School of Public Policy and Management (FSPPM) is the case-study method utilized for teaching public policy. FSPPM inherited this method from Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) to teach applied economics in Vietnam since the late 1990s. But our faculty has since created their own trove of case […]
Regional and local development: from theory to reality
July 23, 2020
Regional and local development is an optional course of the Master in Public Policy program at Fulbright School of Public Policy and Management (FSPPM). Taught by Dr. Vu Thanh Tu Anh, Dean of FSPPM, it is favored by students of both Policy Analysis and Leader & Management concentrations. Recently, more than 50 students of the […]
COVID-19 and the Uncertain Academic Future
July 22, 2020
Huynh Minh Trang was accepted by three different universities in the U.S.; she was hoping to start her college life in America this September. But like so many other students who planned to study abroad this Fall, she’s stuck in Vietnam because the Covid-19 pandemic has left her in limbo. Trang is among 190,000 Vietnamese […]
Bridging the Employment Gap with the Venture Fellows Program
July 20, 2020
“It can be extremely frustrating for students to come out of University with a degree and then find out that it’s not as applicable to the workforce as they thought it was. The way Fulbright enables students to gain experience within some of the best companies in Vietnam is really, really valuable.” Toby Scregg, Managing […]
Mind-changing learning experience at Fulbright
July 19, 2020
Le Van Phuc, an alumnus of Fulbright School of Public Policy and Management (FSPPM), was a university lecturer in the central province of Thua Thien Hue when he decided to apply for – and win – a scholarship to pursue a master’s in public policy at FSPPM, from which he graduated in 2017. This year, […]
Not just a numbers game: Asking the important questions with Economics
July 3, 2020
“The most important goal of my undergraduate classes is to impart to students that Economics is a framework. It is not just playing with math models and answer hypothetical questions and what ifs. It’s about thinking through the bigger ideas, discussing real world issues. I want them to have a better understanding of how the […]
Policy Analysis – The time-honored program at Fulbright School
June 29, 2020
Built on the academic foundations laid by leading professors at Harvard University over two decades ago, the Master of Public Policy (MPP), Policy Analysis concentration (PA) is the longest standing and most established program at Fulbright School of Public Policy and Management (FSPPM). As the first MPP program in Vietnam and the only one in […]
Learning Leadership & Management at Fulbright: Prepared for next career strides
June 29, 2020
Leadership and Management (LM) is one of the two concentrations in master’s in public policy at Fulbright School of Public Policy and Management. Grounded in economics, the program is particularly designed for mid and senior managers of any professions. Faculty members are leading experts in economics, law studies, and management in Vietnam. The curriculum is […]
Fulbright University Vietnam receives second grant from the United States Agency for International Development
June 29, 2020
On June 22nd, 2020, Fulbright University Vietnam held a ceremony on campus grounds for the reception of the second round of funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The ceremony was attended by H.E. Daniel Kritenbrink, US Ambassador to Vietnam, Michael Greene, Director of USAID Vietnam, President of Fulbright University Dam Bich […]
1st Class of Leadership and Management (LM 2020) defended their masters’ theses
June 29, 2020
In the last week of May, 19 graduate students enrolled in Fulbright’s first class of Leadership and Management concentration (LM 2020) defended their theses after 18 months of coursework. LM students are particularly geared towards pragmatism. With over 60% of students coming from private and NGO sectors, graduation theses for LM are oriented towards practical […]
Oil Price Crashes Amidst the Covid-19 Pandemic
June 29, 2020
Since the Covid-19 pandemic is the principal reason world oil price are spiraling down, the global crude oil market can only recover to normal, or a “new normal”, when SARS-COV 2 viruses are effectively controlled. Once mass lockdown bans are lifted, the global economy can rumble back to its normal conditions, resulting in increased demand […]
Three graduation theses to be developed as case studies for classroom use
June 29, 2020
Three graduation theses from the 2020 class of Fulbright’s Master in Public Policy, Policy Analysis concentration (MPP-PA 2020) have been selected as case studies for educational purposes. These three original works constitute the final theses of 3 Fulbright School of Public Policy and Management (FSPPM) graduate students, Ho Bao Tram, Pham Van Long, and Nguyen […]
A Fulbright DNA that binds alumni together
June 27, 2020
On June 27, Fulbright School of Public Policy and Management (FSPPM) organized an event to introduce the Master in Public Policy program for the 2020 school year to interested parties, with the participation of FSPPM alumni and faculty members. FSPPM alumni shared their stories and learning experiences at FSPPM, testifying to the quality of training […]
Dartmouth College and Fulbright University Vietnam sign cooperation agreement
June 24, 2020
Fulbright University Vietnam (Fulbright) and Dartmouth College (Dartmouth), USA, recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding, as part of a long-term effort to strengthen cooperative relationships between both institutions over a period of 5 academic years. The MoU was signed by Ms. Dam Bich Thuy, President of Fulbright University Vietnam, and Professor Dennis Washburn, Associate Dean […]
The United States Agency for International Development Announces a New Follow-on Grant to Fulbright University Vietnam
June 23, 2020
PRESS RELEASE Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, June 22, 2020 – Today, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a $4.65 million grant to Fulbright University Vietnam (FUV). The award signing ceremony, hosted at FUV’s Crescent Plaza campus, was attended by U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Daniel J. Kritenbrink, USAID/Vietnam Mission Director Michael Greene, […]
Thinking Through Artificial Intelligence with CoderSchool
June 17, 2020
“A simple way to understand machine learning it is to think that with traditional programming we provide data and write a set of rules to get an answer. With machine learning, you provide the data and the answer, and find ways for your machine to generate the underlying rules, making for a wider, more flexible […]
US Presidential Election, COVID-19, China and the future of the world
June 12, 2020
On June 8th, 2020, Fulbright University Vietnam hosted a talk on the “US Presidential Election, COVID-19, China and the future of the world” with two illustrious guests. Nelson Cunningham is the president of the international advisory firm McLarty associates, former special adviser to President Clinton and general counsel of the Senate Judiciary Committee under Senator […]
No one left behind
June 10, 2020
Hoang Dinh Trong, a student at Fulbright School of Public Policy and Management (FSPPM), recommended policy adjustments to help the poor and homeless in Ho Chi Minh City in his thesis for his master’s in public policy degree. Trong, a student of MPP20 class’s Leadership and Management concentration, defended his thesis titled “Implementation of Social […]
Governance, values, and what the world can (and can’t) learn from Asia
June 8, 2020
“I think future historians will look back on this as a transitional moment when East Asian values will be taken seriously for the simple fact that they are clearly working, potentially fostering a global cosmopolitan vision beyond neoliberal ideologies. Or they will look back and say this was the moment when we turned to authoritarian […]
