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Author: Michelle Smith, Deakin University, Australia Translator: Doan Thi Ngoc – Lecturer, Hoa Sen University A planned Uber-style service, currently called Chariot for Women, is recruiting thousands of female drivers across the United States. Drivers will only accept women and children as passengers. The aim of this service and other female taxi fleets is to reduce concerns about male drivers raping and assaulting female passengers. Safety rights for women when traveling are not controversial. However, the concept of a service refusing to employ or transport men has led to charges of discrimination. Does every single business or organization for men or women, from...

Author/Author:  Michelle Smith, Deakin University Translator/Translator: Doan Thi Ngoc – Lecturer, Hoa Sen University There is only one woman appointed among the 19 Cabinet members of Australia’s new prime minister, Tony Abbott. As a result, online forums have been abuzz with debate about gender representation in federal politics. Several explanations have been offered as to why female Liberal MPs are still only “knocking on the door” for Cabinet positions. However, some also denied any problem with the new foreign minister, Julie Bishop, being the only woman in the front seat. One of the most frequent excuses used to explain the Australian parliament is...

Author: Doan Thi Ngoc – Hoa Sen University and Do Hong Quan – Ho Chi Minh City Open University Human rights are a major content of today’s world. The desire to protect the dignity of all human beings is at the core of the concept of human rights. To fully implement international commitments, each country must regularly focus on human rights education. In recent years, Vietnam has regularly promoted forms of universalization of human rights such as teaching subjects in schools, state agencies, organizations within the political system, and scientific agencies. The University has coordinated with international and national organizations to open training courses...

About the speaker – Dr. Duong Ngoc Dung, Director of Philosophy Program, Hoa Sen University Dr. Duong Ngoc Dung graduated with a Master’s in East Asian Studies from Harvard University in 1995 and received a Ph.D. in Religious Studies from Boston University in 2001. At Paris University, he taught in Marketing, Human Resource Management, and Cross-Cultural Management. Dr. Duong Ngoc Dung also participates in teaching soft skills such as logical thinking, critical thinking, presentation, effective communication, and negotiation for many businesses and non-governmental organizations. About the Philosophy for Entrepreneurs course – Philosophy for Entrepreneurs The course provides an outline of the basic...

On July 3, the Psychology Program and the Institute for Psychological Research, Consultancy, and Counseling welcomed more than 150 participants from the Psychology community in Vietnam including professionals, practitioners, and students. Members come from many organizations, hospitals, and universities. The program is led by Ph.D. student Linus Paul Frederic Guenther – Sigmund-Freud University, Berlin, Germany, and Master translator Nguyen Hong An – Director of the Psychology program shares about the application of Allegory Analysis, Metaphor in Psychotherapy from the perspective of an expert and graduate student. Participants can experience the practice of analyzing the metaphor of the lotus image and...