Acting Consul General Participates in Opening Ceremony: Institute on Social Work

Seated, starting second from left Professor Emeritus  Dr. Vo Tong Xuan, Acting Consul General Angela Dickey,  Rector and vice-chairman of the People’s Committee Mr. Le Ming Tung, and Neal Newfield, Associate Professor.  AGU and WVU students and faculty and a Pacific Links representative are among others joining the opening ceremony

On May 25, Angela Dickey joined An Giang University Rector and vice-chairman of the People’s Committee, Le Minh Tung, Rector Emeritus Dr. Vo Tong Xuan, and others for the opening of the fourth summer institute on social work organized by An Giang University and West Virginia University. Along with Dr. Neal Newfield, associate professor of Social Work at West Virginia University, and faculty and students from WVU as well as An Giang University, Ms. Dickey and Rector Tung celebrated the launch of the three-week “Social Work and Community Health Summer Institute” at AGU. The workshop is also sponsored by Pacific Links Foundation. Rector Tung described social work as “a meaningful task,” and Ms. Dickey applauded this example of international cooperation on health issues.