RE: [Y' KIE^'N BA.N NGHE DA`I] Giu'p do*~ Vie^.t nam

[Tuan V Nguyen <t.nguyen@garvan.unsw.edu.au>]

Anh Tuan and friends,

>I greatly admire people who stick their neck out and try to
>etablish private "universities". It shows that the self-reliant
>spirit is still alive among Vietnam's intellectuals
>and not everyone is simply looking up to the government to do 
>everything for them.
>
>The word "Dda.i ho.c" is used very loosely in VN, but what
>does a name matter - it is what they achieve.
>
>Cheers
>Tuan Pham


        Good point! The name does not matter much. Consider 
for example the London School of Economics LSE, CalTech and 
MIT. They do not have "university" in their name-tag, 
yet their reputation and achievements are envied by many 
established universities. 

	In the old days in Saigon, some private universities 
such as Van Hanh, Minh Duc and Hoa Hao had produced some 
prominent students, and in a way, helped improving skills of 
the workforce. 

	Tuan