From 1st to 3rd November 2025, the AlmaLaurea Interuniversity Consortium took part in the European Higher Education Week (EHEW), hosted in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi.
The event was organised by the European Union Delegation to Vietnam in partnership with the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET), the Ministry of Science and Technology (MST) and the Embassies of EU Member States in Vietnam.
The initiative, framed within the EU’s Global Gateway strategy, gathered over 300 representatives from 100 Vietnamese and 65 European universities, research institutes, technology companies, and development organizations, with the aim of strengthening cooperation between Europe and Vietnam in higher education, research, and innovation.
On 3rd of November, at the opening day dedicated to “Erasmus+ & Horizon Europe Day”, AlmaLaurea, represented by Dorel Manitiu, Project Coordinator of the International Relations Office, contributed to the session “Best practices from Erasmus+ and Horizon Europe projects”.
The presentation highlighted AlmaLaurea’s experience in managing Erasmus+ Capacity Building in Higher Education (CBHE) projects as well the involvement of the Consortium in the European Funding schemes at different levels. Emphasis was given to the Consortium’s role in fostering partnerships between European and Vietnamese universities and in promoting the use of graduates’ data to support education policies and employability strategies as well as its experience in Horizon Europe initiative through the participation as partner to “European Youth in Transition to Education and Labour” (EDU-LAB).
AlmaLaurea’s participation in EHEW 2025 is part of a long-standing collaboration with Vietnam, launched in 2015 through the “Opportunities for the young and graduates employability in Vietnam” (VOYAGE) and “Monitoring Trends In Vietnamese graduates’ Employment” (MOTIVE) projects, and currently continued with the ongoing “Empowerment of ethnic Minority Students In Vietnam” (EMSIV) and “Strengthening Internationalization of Vietnamese Emerging Universities” (STRIVE) projects, coordinated by the Consortium under the Erasmus+ programme.
The event offered a valuable opportunity to exchange experiences and best practices, while fostering stronger academic and institutional cooperation between Europe and Southeast Asia, inspired by a shared commitment to a digital, sustainable and inclusive future.