UK ACADEMY REPRESENTS FOR VIETNAM TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FINALE OF ASIA-PACIFIC ITC 2018

Along with other two prestigious competitors – Le Hong Phong High School for the Gifted and Hanoi – Amsterdam High School – UKA excellently stands in TOP 3 and represents for Vietnam to participate in the Finale of Asia-Pacific - International Trade Challenge (ITC) 2018.

In the afternoon of July 08^th 2018, two students of International Bilingual School UK Academy (UKA) – Nguyen Ha Thanh Thao and Ta Luu Kieu Thanh (team Sunshine) – presented their ideas about Smart Pen named PCSI for the challenging topic: “Develop market entry strategy for a technology-oriented product / service that addresses the problems posed by the population explosion. The target market is China.” in the Finale (for the North and the South zone) of FedEx Express/JA ITC 2018.

With the outstanding performance, team Sunshine won the Board of Jury and got 1 of 3 tickets going to Singapore to represent for Vietnam in the FedEx Express/ JA ITC Asia-Pacific in the coming August. Not only that, beyond other prestigious competitors from Le Hong Phong High School for the Gifted and Hanoi – Amsterdam High School, our girl Nguyen Ha Thanh Thao also won 1 of 2 prizes “The Best Individual” and received Golden Key Award – scholarship from Vietnam Greenwich University, which is worth 40 million dongs.

Beside to team Sunshine, UKA had other 2 teams taking part in this Finale (for South zone), they were: team Kandy (Pham Le Bao Tran and Le Vu Quang Huy), team Shiny (Truong Gia Linh and Dong Quynh Chi). Having been through more than a month of severe challenges with 2 contests and 3 workshops, UKA teams have left impressive presentations and been highly appreciated by the jury.

FedEx Express is the world's largest shipping corporation providing reliable transportation services in the United States and more than 220 countries and territories. Over the past 11 years, FedEx Express - the main sponsor of the ITC contest, along with JA Vietnam, has delivered the inspiration, passion, as long as knowledge about business, start-up to young generations in Viet Nam. JA Vietnam program has been applied in UKA curriculum for a long time, therefore, UKA soon explores the potential and provide the best environment for students to develop and confidently shine out.

Nguyen Hoang Group (NHG) is the pioneer signing MOU with JA Vietnam to implement “Young Entrepreneur” program, equipping students with 3 main areas: Financial thinking, Career orientation and Start-up. By collaborate with JA Vietnam, NHG applies start-up model in school formally and systematically for grades from Kindergarten to High school in its education system, including: SGA, iSchool, UKA, SNA. With this cooperation, NHG hopes to help Vietnamese students to develop their confidence, self-reliance, responsibility with themselves and community, as well as the skills and knowledge needed to start a business successfully in the era of international integration.

BRANDING AND COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT