Nagaoka University of Technology (NUT) was participated in the Top Global University Project which funded by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) to lead the internationalization of Japanese society.NUT has been promoted radical internationalization through collaboration with outstanding universities overseas and strategic region of business.

As a part of this project, we held the Information Exchange Meeting that concern expanding business overseas at Ao-re Nagaoka, Nagaoka-city and about 30 people including SMEs in Niigata prefecture and local government took part in this meeting.

Under the theme "Global Support by GTP", NUT introdueced our activitis such as utilization method of NUT integrated global campus and progress report of GTP/NUT office in strategit regions.

Successful models of GTP activities was presented and information of overseas business development of SMEs was exchanged activily.

Prof. Nagasawa	Prof. Kobayashi
Dr. Wada

Hanoi-Niigata Workshop on Industry-Academia collaboration was a great success with 180 participants; faculty, staff, graduates, and alumni of Nagaoka University of Technology (NUT), International University of Japan (IUJ), and Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST) involved in activities within the country of Vietnam, companies who wish to interact more closely with global personnel, as well as companies with interests in expanding or exporting to Vietnam or forming business partnerships with Vietnamese companies.

On 22nd Jan (Mon), Dr. Nobuhiko Azuma (President of NUT) delivered opening remarks at the morning session, and Dr. Hoang Minh Son (President of HUST), Mr. Kunio Umeda (Ambassador of Japanese embassy in Vietnam), and Mr. Nguyen Phu Binh (Former Deputy Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs) gave welcome speech. Following that, the organizer (JETRO, IUJ, and NUT) delivered speeches and Mr. Tsutomu Takebe (Chairman of Japan-Vietnam Parliamentarians' Friendship League, NUT Honorary Doctorate) delivered keynote lecture.

At the afternoon session, exhibition booths for 20 institutions were installed and active discussions such as establishment of network and overseas circumstances were carried out. Following that, Lab tour and Gala dinner were held at HUST.

On 23rd Jan (Tue), participants visited companies based in Niigata which operating in Hanoi (Company tour), and participants exchanged various opinions of globalization for SMEs.

Hanoi-Niigata Workshop (22nd Jan)	Hanoi-Niigata Workshop (22nd Jan)	VIP Meeting
Morning Session	Dr. Nobuhiko Azuma	Dr. Hoang Minh Son
Mr. Kunio Umeda	Mr. Hironobu KITAGAWA	Dr. Hiroyuki ITAMI
Dr. Yoshiki MIKAMI	Nagaoka University of Technology	Mr. Tsutomu TAKEBE
Morning Session	Group Photo	NST interview
Mr. Watanabe / TOWA Industrial (Vietnam)	Mr. Ueno / UENOTEX	Mr. Saito / S.T-Link
Mr. Oyanagi / Oyanagi Construction	Mr. Hagiwara / Terumo (Vietnam)	Mr. Cuong / Co-well Asia
Mr. Inoue / Takasago Thermal Engineering	Networking lunch / Booth	Networking lunch / Booth
Networking lunch / Booth	Networking lunch / Booth	HUST Lab Tour
HUST Lab Tour	Mr. Takebe / Gala Dinner	Gala Dinner
Gala Dinner	Gala Dinner	Company Tour
Company Tour	45th anniversary	HUST-NUT Meeeting

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Dr. Nobuhiko Azuma = President of NUT
Dr. Hoang Minh Son = President of HUST
Mr. Kunio Umeda = Ambassador of Japanese embassy in Vietnam
Mr. Hironobu KITAGAWA = Chief Representative of JETRO Hanoi
Dr. Hiroyuki ITAMI = President of IUJ
Dr. Yoshiki MIKAMI = Executive Director Vice-president of NUT
Mr. Tsutomu TAKEBE = Japan-Vietnam Parliamentarians' Friendship League Chairman & CEO of The TOA Institution, NUT Honorary Doctorate
45th anniversary = 45th anniversary　of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Vietnam