[UEH 50 – Giving] Book a Seat – Send a Thousand Legacies to the Future: Over 2 Billion VND Raised by ONE UEH

6 August, 2026

In just 20 days, from a single architectural sketch, 518 out of 734 seats in Heritage Hall A.116 were filled by the UEH community with names and stories. The “Book a Seat – Send a Thousand Legacies to the Future” program has come to a close, but 518 legacies bearing the names of UEHers will remain present through time, as a testament to the ONE UEH spirit of 368 current staff, 23 former staff, and 128 alumni.

From a sketch…

Every journey begins with a first stroke. As UEH approaches its 50th founding anniversary, the architectural plans for Heritage Hall A.116 were drawn not only from the lines of a renovation project, but also from the aspiration to preserve and carry forward the values nurtured over half a century.

On that sketch, the rows of seats remained as blank spaces waiting to be filled.

From that wish, the “Book a Seat – Send a Thousand Legacies to the Future” program was launched as an invitation for the UEH community to complete the drawing with their own names, their memories, and their love for UEH. (View program details here)

…to the colors of gratitude, dedication, and ONE UEH Love

Over 20 days, each blank space on the sketch was gradually filled with names, stories, and the many colors of the UEH community.

There was the color of gratitude, as alumna Tang Hien Kien extended her heartfelt thanks to the faculty who had guided her with dedication, and left a message for future generations to always keep their passion alive on the learning journey. Or as former staff member Ho Ngoc Phuong left these words: “As the years go by, what remains is not only the footprints we have left, but the values we have passed on.”

There was the color of belonging and dedication, through the affection of former staff member Nguyen Thanh Hoi, who has always seen UEH as “a home, a memory, a part of life,” and through the journey of Pham Thi Ly, an alumna and UEH lecturer who walked the path from a K25 student to a faculty member, with the wish that UEH will forever be a place that gives wings to the dreams of many generations.

And there was the color of ONE UEH love looking toward the future, as alumnus Vong Cam Thach sent words of encouragement to the UEHers who will carry the torch forward, while alumnus Phan Tan Dat saw each seat as “a seed of knowledge and hope” sown for the generations to come.

518 seats, 518 different stories, yet all meeting at the same point: a love for UEH and the wish that the values of today will continue to be passed on to tomorrow.

Each seat adorned with gratitude and ONE UEH love

We look forward to seeing you at your seat in October

UEH sincerely thanks 368 current staff, 23 former staff, and 128 alumni. who chose to join the “Book a Seat – Send a Thousand Legacies to the Future” program. Every act of sharing and every seat reserved has not only contributed to shaping a heritage space, but also added momentum for UEH to continue its journey of service to the community in the chapters ahead.

This October, when Heritage Hall A.116 officially takes on its new look to mark UEH’s 50th founding anniversary, those who have been part of the program will have the opportunity to return and find the seat that bears their name.

518 seats have become the first marks on the journey of creating Heritage Hall A.116. And that journey continues to be written. The remaining seats will go on waiting for new stories and new messages from the UEH community.

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We look forward to welcoming faculty, staff, and UEHers to Heritage Hall A.116 this October.

The “Book a Seat – Send a Thousand Legacies to the Future” initiative is part of the series of events celebrating the 50th founding anniversary of the University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City (UEH), calling on current staff, former staff, alumni, and all those who hold UEH dear to leave their mark in Heritage Hall A.116, contributing to the creation of a heritage space and the continuation of its values for future generations.

To date, the program has achieved over 78% of its goal, with 518 out of 734 seats reserved and more than 2 billion VND raised.

There are still seats awaiting a name. Students, alumni, faculty and staff members, former faculty and staff, as well as friends and supporters of UEH, are warmly invited to continue participating in the program.