Meeting of Vietsoc

The Vietnamese Society at the Greenwich University (VG) hold an informal meeting at Maritime campus on the 23rd of May. Twenty eights students gathered together to discuss about how the society should organized activities for the next academic year.

Fugure 1: Vietsoc Greenwich at the Greenwich Hill, Greenwich Royal Observatory Station, Greenwich Park, London
Photo courtesy: Nhat Mai



The statement from Tuan, the president of VG, is: "Together, make better" envisioning the aims to achieve:

1. A uniting and teamwoking spirit of VG community.


1. A more effective plan to diversify activities for VG's members.


2. A more sustainable society which maintains and strengthens connections with other societies.


3. A more focus on encouraging personal development together with society capability enhancement.

Figure 2: VG comittee board. From left: Hung Tran, Trinh Dang, Tran Tran, Tuan Nguyen, Phuong Bui, Hiep Tran
Photo coutersy: Nhat Mai


The meeting follow with a Logo competition which includes 8 entries. The voting result selected the logo number 7, designed by Tuan Nguyen and highlighted the core values of VG including:

• Uniting students working together for a better student life. The logo portraits the image of people holding hand together in a circle.


• Representing both Vietnamese culture symbol and Greenwich cultural meaning. The logo symbolized major features traditional Dong Son Bronz drum, which was used as calendar calculation in Vietnamese culture at the mid-1st millennium BCE; and the compass rose representing historic and cultural meanings on the logo of the University of Greenwich.

Mr Nhat and Ms Mai - the parents of one of Greenwich University students - attended the meeting. " We feel very please that VG has found and the students now has an organization with helpful activities to join, to support each other and to develop themselves", said Mr Nhat.

Figure 3: From Dong Son drum(1st millennium BCE) to Compass rose(Jorge de Aguiar 1492, to VG Logo(2009)

The meeting ended up with a photos-taking section on the Greenwich Hill taking the meaningful background of the Canary Wharf, The thames river and the University of Greenwich. We believe that this location is a good Feng shui setting in Vietnamese culture perspective.

London 1 Jun 2009
by Tuan Nguyen