On April 18^th, 2020, ULIS-VNU held a seminar on “Mindfulness: Application in work and life”.

Taking place on an online platform, the seminar was organized to help the university’s lecturers gain more knowledge of Mindfulness, its development and application in modern life.

Attending the seminar was President Do Tuan Minh, Vice President Nguyen Xuan Long, about 120 staff and lecturers.

At the seminar, Ms. Ho Gia Anh Le – the keynote speaker talked about Mindfulness, the values of Mindfulness in education and modern life. Mindfulness has now been included in the curriculum of many major universities around the world. In addition, the speaker shared her story about applying Mindfulness to teaching children at the Happy School in Ha Tinh, where she is working as Chair of its Advisory Council.

The participating lecturers gave their views on Mindfulness and their experience in applying Mindfulness in practice. They all agreed on undeniably great values of Mindfulness.

Concluding the seminar, President Do Tuan Minh applauded that the seminar really yielded great results.

In the time to come, ULIS Happy Journey Club will be officially launched. This is a forum for staff and lecturers to share their experience about mindfulness and its application in teaching.