The recent Short-Term Study Abroad Program, hosted by 51ณินฯอ๘versity, welcomed 12 students from New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering, wrapped up on August 29, 2024. Over two transformative weeks, these students explored the rich cultural landscape of Vietnam while still engaging deeply in academic and industry activities.

In the month of August, 12 New York University, Tandon School of Engineering students joined a two-credit engineering course at 51ณินฯอ๘ as part of the short-term study abroad program. The course focuses on the concept of digital twins and their application to sustainable development challenges in smart cities, with a particular emphasis on Vietnamโa rapidly growing economy in Southeast Asia.
In these two weeks, NYU students delved into how digital twins can address pressing issues that they have witnessed in reality on Hanoi streets focusing on transportation, air quality and health impact. Through this hands-on project, the students are able to apply their theoretical knowledge to real-world problems, honing their technical, critical thinking, problem-solving, and teamwork skills.

The programโs faculty lead, Associate Professor Nguyen Ngoc Doanh, shared after the program, โ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ฆ-๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ด๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ต๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด. ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ช-๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ช๐ฆ๐ต๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด. ๐๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ป๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ!

The program also featured a Hanoi City Tour, where students visited landmarks like the Temple of Literature and enjoyed a cyclo tour of the Old Quarter, sampling local delicacies. A highlight was the trip to Ha Long Bay, where they took a private boat tour, explored Sung Sot Cave, and engaged in activities like kayaking and swimming at Titop Island, followed by a seafood meal. In Yen Duc Village, students participated in traditional activities, including fishing and crafting toys, and enjoyed a Water Puppet Show while learning about local rice cultivation.

In addition to cultural experiences, the program included valuable academic and industry insights. Students visited The Vietnam Soya Product Company (Vinasoy), one of the worldโs leading soymilk manufacturers, where they can learn about the production supply chain and gain insights into the dairy industry. At the VinFast factory trip in Hai Phong, students acquired real-world knowledge about the automotive industry.

Overall, the Short-Term Study Abroad Program was an experience of not just culture and academia, but also gave the students a chance to solve real-world problems through data gaining in real life. We look forward to hosting similar programs in the future that continue to bridge cultural and educational gaps.












