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Welcome!

Thank you for your interest in USGuide’s confer-ence You Can Do It (UCDI). This conference is held annually to inspire Vietnamese students and

young professionals to pursue U.S graduate education. Since its beginning in 2006, UCDI has made a huge impact on the Vietnamese youth and on the society. By breaking the myth that studying in the United States is very difficult and impossible, it has inspired and provided fundemental information for a huge number of youths so that they can pursue a graduate program in the U.S. By expanding the scale nation-wide this year, the conference aims to further this impact.

UCDI 2010 connects you with representatives of prestigious U.S. schools and scholarship programs. The conference also include keynote speeches and panel discussions to provide you with insights into the appli-cation process as well as challenges and opportunites that U.S. graduate education can offer. We continue the successful practice of last UCDIs while add new “ingredients” to give you a rounded overview in a hope to boost your “can-do” spirit.

We, the Organazing Committee, have had considerable help and support in making this conference a reality.

Our speakers, advisors and partners have provided useful comments, informational support and most im-portantly encouragement right from the beginning. The Carlson School of Management, the Fulbright Program, the Vietnam Education Foundation and VNG software service company extended much of the financial sup-port for the conference. We also owe a great debt to our volunteers who unconditionally contribute to the success of the event and the social impact it will bring about. We hope that you will owe the positive impacts generated from this event not only to us, but also to these kind-hearted people.

All the members of the Organizing Committee wel-come you to You Can Do It annual meeting. We hope to see you in the U.S. and acknowledge your contribu-tion to the society in the near coming future.

With Best Regards,

Dao Thi Mai Huong (Ms)President/ UCDI 2010 Board of Organization

email: huong.dao@us-guide.orgwebsite: www.usguide.org.vn www.usguide.org.vn/forum

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YOU CAN DO IT 2010 - HanoiUSguide Annual Conference

Date & Time: 8:00 – 12:00 Sunday, 18 July 2010Duration: 4 hoursPlace: 3rd floor, Ocean Park Building, 1 Dao Duy Anh Street, Dong Da District, Hanoi, VietnamAudience: open to 500+

Guest speakers:• Ms. Dam Bich Thuy – CEO – Greater Mekong Region – ANZ Bank• MBA - The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania• Successful applicants for Fall 2010 and alumni from prestigious graduate programs

Partners:• The Fulbright program and US Education – US Embassy• The VEF program• U.S universities: • Carlson School of Management, Minnesota University • Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University • Texas Christian University • The Chicago Booth Graduate School of Business • The Stanford Graduate School of Business • The University of Pennsylvania Wharton School • The University of Wisconsin – Madison

Main activities: Exhibition, presentation and panel discussionAgenda:8:00 – 9:00: Exhibition & Registration • Visit information booths of USGuide’s partners • Registration9:00 – 9:10: Opening • Warm-up performance • Introduction9:10 – 9:45 Ms. Thuy Dam’s presentation • Successful stories about self development and career enhancement through USA Education9:45 – 10: 05: Introduction about the application process & USGuide Introduction • Overview of the application process and necessary steps • Organizational structure and key members • USGuide’s services – How we are going to support you in each step of the application process10:05 – 10:15: Introduction on U.S scholarships • The Fulbright scholarship – The Fulbright program representative • The VEF program – VEF representative10:15 – 10:30: Break10:30 – 11:45: Panel discussions • Ballroom 1: MBA focus • Ballroom 2: Social science and engineering focus11:45 – 12:00: Closing

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Dam Bich ThuyCEO | ANZ Greater Mekong Region

Education:• University graduate in Hanoi in 1985• The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and was awarded an MBA in Finance (under Fulbright scholarship)

Career:• After graduating university in Hanoi, to established a private foreign investment consultancy firm with four colleagues. It was the first privately owned company in Vietnam facilitating foreign investment and developed clients such as ANZ, Phillip Morris, Coca Cola, IBM and Citibank…• After graduating with her MBA in 1995, joined ANZ Singapore to help set up the investment bank business in Asia for 10 years. In charge of various functions in-cluding director of project finance for oil and gas, and subsequently managed the resources business for the whole of Asia.• In November 2005, appointed General Manager of ANZ Vietnam and is now managing the full banking operation for Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City branches and the representative office in Can Tho city• In December 2009, appointed CEO, Greater Mekong Region and is still holding this position

FULBRIGHT PROGRAM IN VIETNAM

The Fulbright Program in Vietnam, established in 1992, administered and coordinated by the Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi, works with appropriate Vietnamese and American educational and governmental organizations to provide opportunities for study and research in the social sciences and humanities to all candidates who qualify through open competition on the basis of academic and professional merit, without regard to race, religion, gender or affiliation.

TRADITIONAL PROGRAMS U.S. Scholar Program U.S. Student Program Vietnamese Scholar Program Vietnamese Student Program

NON - TRADITIONAL PROGRAMS English Teaching Assistantship Program International Science & Tech Ph.D. Program Senior Specialist Program Scholar-in-Residence Program New Century Scholar Program

Fulbright Program in Vietnam Public Affairs Sections – U.S. Embassy

Rose Garden Tower, 170 Ngoc Khanh, Ba Dinh, Hanoi Tel: (04) 3850-5100 / Fax: (04) 3850-5120

Website: http://vietnam.usembassy.gov/fulbright.html

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YOU CAN DO IT 2010 - HCMCUSguide Annual Conference

Date & Time: 8:00 – 12:00 Saturday, 24 July 2010Duration: 4 hoursPlace: The Vietnam News Agency Building, 120 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai, Ho Chi Minh City, VietnamAudience: open to 300+

Guest speakers:• Ms. Pham Cao Hue Chi – Senior Marketing Manager – Pepsi Co. Vietnam MBA - Emory Goizueta Business school• Ms. Nguyen Phuc Thuy Hien – Legal Executive – PC Vietnam Ltd Pace University School of Law, Fulbright Visiting Scholar• Mr. Nguyen Hoanh Tien – Vice President of Operation – VNG Software Service Company MBA - Emory Goizueta Business school• Mr. Ngo Viet Nam Son – Chairman – NVD Architects & Planners PhD – University of Washington• Successful applicants for Fall 2010

Partners:• The Fulbright and US Education programs – US Embassy• The VEF scholarship program• U.S universities: • Carlson School of Management, Minnesota University • Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University • The Chicago Booth Graduate School of Business • The Stanford Graduate School of Business • The University of Pennsylvania Wharton School • The University of Wisconsin – Madison • Thunderbird School of Global Management

Main activities: Exhibition, presentation and panel discussion Agenda:8:00 – 9:00: Exhibition & Registration • Visit information booths of USGuide’s partners • Registration9:00 – 9:10: Opening • Warm-up performance • Introduction9:10 – 10:10 Panel discussion • Successful stories about self development and career enhancement through USA Education10:10 – 10: 25: Introduction about the application process & USGuide Introduction • Organizational structure and key members • USGuide’s services – How we are going to support you in each step of the application process10:25 – 10:30: Presentation on VEF program10:30 – 10:45: Break performance10:45 – 11:45: Panel discussion • Successful stories about application process – How to get admission and/or scholarship 11:45 – 12:00: Closing

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Nguyen Hoang TienVice President of Operation |

VNG Corporation

Nguyen Hoanh Tien has more than 10 years of experi-ence in high-tech industry, ranging from in technical design, network planning, technical operations, market-ing to general management in telecom and data net-working both in Vietnam and overseas. Before joining VinaGame, Tien served at SAP (Systeme, Anwendungen und Produkte in der Datenverarbeitung, working to im-prove various operation management system aspects for the Center of Excellence, a fast-growing entrepreneurial division of SAP AG and leading the Business Systems Consulting group to initiate and facilitate business inno-vations, process redesign and strategic application of IT for major U.S., European and Middle East corporations.

Tien has a BS degree from Hanoi University of technol-ogy, an MS degree from the University of Vermont, and an MBA from Emory University, USA. He is co-founder of US Guide (US Study Guide) and Connek (Converge Network Technology Group), two major volunteer and professional networks; and is a member of the Advisory Board for Circle of Friends (Vong Tay Be Ban), a vol-unteer charity group. Tien has also provided personal development coaching for many young Vietnamese business and technology talents since 1999.

Pham Cao Hue ChiSenior Marketing Manager | Pepsi Co. Vietnam

Hue Chi has taken over the role of Senior Marketing Manager of PepsiCo International Vietnam based in Ho Chi Minh City since August 2009. Her primary responsibilities include managing total brand marketing calendar and marketing budget, conducting master plan marketing activities to build and sustain brand KPIs and market share.

Prior to this, Chi had 3.5 years working as Global Marketing Manager for Kimberly-Clark USA where she led the platform 5 year innovation plan. Chi started her career path with Unilever both in Vietnam and Asia region for 3 years after graduating from Foreign Trade University at the first rank. While with Unilever Vietnam, she was in the team that won the third prize of Path to Grow Global Award from Unilever.

Chi also holds an MBA degree from Emory University – Goizueta Business School 2007. She was in Top 100 Vietnam college graduate in 2002.

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Nguyen Phuc Thuy HienLegal Executive | PC Vietnam Ltd

Ngo Viet Nam SonChairman | NVD Architects & Planners

Education:• Pace University School of Law, Fulbright Visiting Scholar• University of Groningen, the Netherlands LL.M, International Law and the Law of International Organi-zations• HCMC University of Law LL.B, Economics Laws• Hanoi University of Foreign Languages BA, English

Nam-Son NGO-VIET has had 25 years of professional experiences in planning and architecture developments in Asia (China, Japan, Philippines, Singapore, and Viet-nam) and North America (Canada and United States). Dr. Ngo-Viet has encompassed his works with a vision of interdisciplinary cooperation and practical research bridging with practice, including teaching at University of Washington and University of California, working with leading experts (Skidmore & Owings, Merrill, of-fice of architect Ngo Viet Thu), and providing strategic consultancy to local governments (Vietnam, Canada, and United States). He has also engaged in planning, architectural and socio-cultural research projects and presented lectures at universities and conferences in the world. He got a doctorate degree from University of Washington and a master degree from University of California at Berkeley. He communicates fluently in English, French, and Vietnamese.

Career:• From 1996 to 2010, Hien Nguyen worked as Lecturer of Environmental Law in HCMC University of Law and then, as a Legal Advisor of ITA Group - Tan Tao Univer-sity Project. Now she is holding the position of Legal Executive at PC Vietnam Ltd

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