A twenty-member delegation representing 11 universities and institutions from Vietnam visited Center for Teaching and Learning on Monday, June 30, 2025, as part of the “Accelerating the Development of the Digital Ecosystem in Vietnamese Higher Education (ACCEES)” program. The scientific coordinator for the University of Patras is Professor V. Komis of the Department of Educational Sciences and Early Childhood Education (DESECE). The delegation included rectors, vice-rectors, and administrative executives from the following institutions:
• Cân Tho University
• National Agency for Information and Statistics
• Agence universitaire de la Francophonie
• University of Hanoi
• Higher School of Transport and Communication
• International Francophone Institute – UNV Hanoi
• Polytechnic School – University of Danang
• University of Economics, Ho Chi Minh City
• Nông Lâm University – Ho Chi Minh City
• Nguyên Tât Thành University
• University of Education, Ho Chi Minh City
During the visit to CTL, participants exchanged views on potential collaborations between the teaching and learning support structures of the participating universities. Professor Thanasis Karalis, coordinator of CTL, presented the involvement of the University of Patras CTL in the MAGNET program and in the Balkan Network of University Pedagogy (BALKANETUP), which was established under the same program. Discussions focused on how the collaboration between Vietnamese universities and the University of Patras could be made more effective, as well as on the participation of these institutions in the BALKANETUP network. Professor Katerina Kedraka, coordinator of CTL at the Democritus University of Thrace and coordinator of both the MAGNET program and the BALKANETUP network, joined the meeting via teleconference to elaborate on partnership opportunities within the framework of BALKANETUP.