Looking back on the proud journey of Let’s Green Unitour 2025: Initial steps in spreading the UEH Green University Model to the community

With the perspective that education serves as the foundation for building green and sustainable actions, the UEH Green Campus Project and the For a Green Future Foundation - Vingroup have collaborated to implement the Let’s Green Unitour program, accompanying higher education institutions in Ho Chi Minh City in their transition towards the Green University Model. In 2025, the program was successfully implemented, attracting more than 1,615 students to participate in the Let’s Green Unitour Day, while also connecting and sharing implementation experiences with higher education institutions, aiming toward the establishment of the Vietnam Green University Network.

Launching Let’s Green Unitour 2025 at the Forum “Ho Chi Minh City Students with Green Practices and Sustainable Actions”

On the afternoon of October 31, 2025, the University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City (UEH), in collaboration with the UEH Youth Union - UEH Student Association and the UEH Green Campus Project, organized the forum “Ho Chi Minh City Students with Green Practices and Sustainable Actions.” The event was honored to welcome representatives from the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Union, the Vietnam National Union of Students - Ho Chi Minh City Chapter, the For a Green Future Foundation - Vingroup, and representatives of Youth Unions and Student Associations from partner institutions, along with the participation of more than 8.000 students from 10 universities and colleges across the city. This forum created a meaningful academic space to share green practice models and initiatives, while inspiring sustainable actions within the new generation of students.

Notably, within the framework of the program, a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) signing ceremony between UEH and 10 partner institutions was held, officially launching Let’s Green Unitour 2025 and marking the beginning of the journey to spread the UEH Green University Model to the community. Through this collaboration, UEH will implement a series of Let’s Green Unitour Day - Experience a Day as a Green University Student at partner campuses, while transferring experiences and providing products to support higher education institutions in gradually transitioning toward the Green University Model. Together with the commitments from the For a Green Future Foundation, this journey is expected to become a bridge for knowledge sharing, action connection, and the formation of a network of universities and colleges with a shared goal of sustainable development.

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Let’s Green Unitour Day - Experience a Day as a Green University Student at Universities and Colleges across the City

From November 2025 to January 2026, the series of Let’s Green Unitour Day - Experience a Day as a Green University Student was successfully conducted, with a total of more than 1.615 students participating across 9 institutions, including:

• November 27, 2025: University of Finance - Marketing (Read more here)
• November 30, 2025: Pham Ngoc Thach University of Medicine (Read more here)
• December 1, 2025: Ho Chi Minh City National College of Education (Read more here)
• December 6, 2025: Ho Chi Minh City University of Industry and Trade (Read more here)
• December 8, 2025: University of Architecture Ho Chi Minh City (Read more here)
• December 12, 2025: Thu Dau Mot University (Read more here)
• December 26, 2025: Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (Read more here)
• January 14, 2026: Cao Thang Technical College (Read more here)
• January 20, 2026: Ho Chi Minh City Open University (Read more here)

At each campus, Let’s Green Unitour Day offered a variety of experiential and interactive activities through four main zones:

• Zone 1 - Exhibition of the UEH Green University Model - UEH Green Campus
• Zone 2 - UEH Green Campus Experience - Game and Green Practices
• Zone 3 - Environmental Art Exhibition
• Zone 4 - Green Booths from Partner Institutions

Through these activities, students not only gained a more visual and practical understanding of the Green University Model and green solutions within the university environment, but also directly experienced products from the UEH Green Campus Ecosystem, gradually shaping awareness, behavioral change, and the spread of sustainable lifestyles.

Outstanding Results of the Let’s Green Unitour 2025 Journey

Across UEH’s official communication channels, Let’s Green Unitour 2025 recorded a total of 2.333 interactions from 60 news articles, demonstrating the positive outreach and broad community interest in the program. These results not only reflect the communication effectiveness of the initiative, but also reaffirm the attractiveness of the UEH Green University Model in engaging students, lecturers, and stakeholders.

Student surveys conducted at event sites collected over 1.615 responses, showing encouraging outcomes: 62,8% of students were satisfied with the program, 68,7% felt inspired to live more sustainably. Nearly 79,5% correctly identified the concept of a Green University, 68% reported a clearer understanding of UEH’s sustainability orientation.

In terms of post-event behavioral intentions, most students expressed a desire for positive changes, prioritizing: Proper waste sorting (75%); Reducing single-use plastics (65,3%); Using public buses instead of personal vehicles (48%); Participating more in environmental programs (47,7%). Notably, 67,2% of students expressed their wish for their own institutions to implement the Green University Model, highlighting the strong influence of Let’s Green Unitour and reflecting students’ readiness to engage in sustainable education initiatives.

From the initial achievements of Let’s Green Unitour 2025, it is evident that the UEH Green University Model is gradually affirming its role as a knowledge bridge and a driver of green transformation within the higher education community. In 2026, the UEH Green Campus Project will continue implementing experiential activities, transferring experiences and Green University products to partner institutions, accompanying them in the implementation process and progressively forming the Vietnam Green University Network.

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