A talk show with the participation of women volunteers and foreign students working in the central province of Binh Dinh was held on the occasion of 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day.
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Chairwoman of Binh Dinh Women’s Union presents a souvenir to Henne Kam Ashley. Photo N.S
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27-year-old Henne Kam Ashley lives in Belgium. She has come to Binh Dinh for one month and worked as a volunteer at the province’s Department of Planning and Investment.
She likes learning about different countries and various cultures; she thus applied for a job at Belgium’s Development Cooperation Agency. Selected as a volunteer, she had an opportunity to work in Vietnam and decide to join the water supply and environmental sanitation project in Binh Dinh.
H.Ashley is now in charge of building strategies for raising the local people’s awareness of clean water and environmental sanitation in six districts where the project has been implemented.
“Vietnamese women always take care of their home,” she said. “Their awareness of clean water and environmental sanitation must be enhanced first through visual aids, the mass media, and meeting.”
Just beginning her work one month ago, she has no surprise when coming to Binh Dinh for she had learned about Vietnam’s culture and people.
Suh Job Ree, a Korean volunteer working at Quy Nhon Vocational Training College, decided to work in Vietnam after she had known more information about the country.
“All Korean young people must join the military service or any voluntary activities,” she said. “70 percent of women decide to work as volunteers because they will learn many things from volunteer work.”
After graduating from the university, Suh Job Ree taught Korean language at a class for foreign laborers, including Vietnamese workers. “I realized Vietnamese people are very industrious; moreover, my university also opened a Department of Vietnam Studies,” she added. “I therefore decided to learn more about Vietnam.”
After finishing her work for the language course, she enrolled in Korea International Cooperation Agency and was selected to work in Vietnam. Sub Job Ree was then assigned to work in the central province of Binh Dinh.
She is now teaching Korean language at Quy Nhon Vocational Training College. “I hope I could help students become more confident about their knowledge of Korea and its culture,” she said.
She has sometimes visited Ghenh Rang and looked at Thi Nai Bridge which looks like one near her house, making her less homesick.
Chansamy Thavivan, a Lao student studying her final year at Quy Nhon University, also joined the talk. “Women seldom go to school in my hometown; thus, I want to continue my studying after graduation,” she said. During the talk, she also expressed her views about Vietnam-Laos friendship.
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The cooperation between Binh Dinh and other countries is more and more improved thanks to contributions of women volunteers and foreign students. They deserved to be honoured on the occasion of the International Women’s Day.
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