Dai Nam University Student Free and Open Source Software Club enters new term

Posted date 29/11/2016

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Posted date 29/11/2016

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The 2016 Congress of the Free and Open Source Software Club of Dai Nam University Students (Foss Club) on March 12, 2016 in a jubilant and excited atmosphere marked the growth and development of the Club.

Having gone through many difficulties and ups and downs in many activities in the early years of the Foss Club, from its establishment on November 4, 2014 with 15 members, the Club now has 151 members including students from all courses of the Faculty of Information Technology, Dai Nam University. With the support of the school's leaders, the Vietnam Free and Open Source Software Club (VFOSSA), and the help of VFOSSA member businesses, the FOSS Club of Dai Nam University students is gradually promoting the movement of learning and scientific research among the school's students and contributing to the development of the Vietnamese open source community.
On March 12, 2016, the Dai Nam Student Foss Club held its annual congress, entering a new term.
Attending the Congress, representatives of the school included Associate Professor, Dr. Phan Trong Phuc - Principal of the school, Dr. Luong Cao Dong - Vice Principal of the school, teachers of the Faculty of Information Technology, and 151 students - members of the Dai Nam Student Foss Club. On the guest side, there were Dr. Nguyen Hong Quang - President of the Vietnam Free and Open Source Software Club (VFOSSA), Mr. Truong Anh Tuan - Global Fedora Ambassador, Mr. Le Quang Hieu - Head of the Openstack community representative board in Vietnam, Mr. To Thanh Cong - Working at the VDC data storage center under VNPT - Openstack community member along with a number of guests from VFOSSA member businesses.

Opening the Congress, Mr. Vo Hong Song - Captain of the Foss Club of Dai Nam University summarized the results of the Club's activities in the past year, pointed out the shortcomings of the Club and proposed directions and goals for the next term. The special point in this Congress is that the Club's Executive Board invited guest delegates to share experiences in developing FOSS, career orientation... thereby helping the Congress discuss and build the most practical and effective action plan for the 2016 term.

Mr. Vo Hong Song - Captain of the Foss Club of Dai Nam University opened the ceremony, summarizing and summarizing the club's activities in the past year.

At the ceremony, Associate Professor, Dr. Phan Trong Phuc, the school's principal, was extremely happy to express the pride of Dai Nam University students in having an environment for developing information technology, effective learning and research methods, contributing to improving the training process of the IT department of Dai Nam University, along with the hope that the club's activities in the coming years will contribute not only to Open Source but also to many other areas of the IT industry that are useful to society.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Phan Trong Phuc - Principal of Dai Nam University

With the passion of a teacher, Dr. Luong Cao Dong - Vice Principal of the school has concerns and wishes that Dai Nam University students always have many opportunities to interact and participate in activities with businesses to grasp and equip themselves with solid professional skills so that students can confidently become high-quality IT human resources.

Dr. Luong Cao Dong - Vice Principal of Dai Nam University.

Representing the Vietnam Free and Open Source Software Club, Dr. Nguyen Hong Quang - President of the Vietnam Open Source Club (VFOSSA) gave a speech, evaluating and encouraging students in the Foss Club of Dai Nam University to grasp the essential needs, from which they can gradually develop to have a sustainable knowledge and skills foundation. Over the past years, the Vietnam Open Source Club (VFOSSA) has organized the "Creative Summer" contest many times to expand the learning environment through the contest to help students from different schools compete in implementing open source software application writing projects. Dr. Nguyen Hong Quang also affirmed: VFOSSA always closely follows and supports all activities of Dai Nam IT students.

Dr. Nguyen Hong Quang - President of Vietnam Open Source Club (VFOSSA).

Mr. Truong Anh Tuan, Vice President of VFOSSA - FEDORA global ambassador in Vietnam shared with the congress the inevitable trend of developing free and open source software in the world and in Vietnam. Mr. Truong Anh Tuan also shared with the club members his experience in gradually participating in open source communities, affirming that the success of students must be based on the initiative of the students themselves.

Mr. Truong Anh Tuan - Fedora Global Ambassador.

When the Foss Club enters a new term, it is also time to welcome a new class of members with a desire to learn and improve their knowledge with a special interest in the IT industry as well as in Free and Open Source Software. At the ceremony, students of the Foss Club of Dai Nam University can have the opportunity to have their difficulties and problems in accessing open communities and technologies resolved, and students can interact with seniors who have achieved many successes in the field of open technology.
In the Open Source community, Openstack – a Cloud operating system initiated by NASA and rackspace and having a project in 2010 – is being developed and attracts many students to learn and study. Mr. Le Quang Hieu and Mr. To Thanh Cong are two representatives of the Openstack community who enthusiastically shared their early experiences, difficulties, and initial focuses and efforts when first touching Openstack.
Images shared enthusiastically from two representatives of the Vietnamese Openstack community:

Mr. To Thanh Cong – Working at VDC data storage center under VNPT – Openstack community member.

Mr. Le Quang Hieu - Head of Openstack community representative in Vietnam.

Exchanging experiences with representatives from many businesses is an extremely useful part, not only the usual knowledge exchange, but also the sharing of experiences, research, and when starting to work and embarking on projects, representatives from businesses enthusiastically answer questions and solve problems for students in the Club.
In addition to communicating and solving problems, representatives of Fedora and Openstack made suggestions to help Dai Nam students to intern and learn at some businesses.
However, many students believe that in order to access technologies applied to businesses, students need to experience them on technology devices at school. Understanding the concerns and questions about equipment during training and actual operations, the IT department has invested in a network and server system like a real business for students to practice (Server 2CPU, 64GB RAM, HDD 2TB and Router 2811, Switch 3750, and many other infrastructure devices), with the motto "Learning goes hand in hand with practice". At the same time, the IT department has also officially assigned the task to Mr. Le Ngoc An, who has experience participating in open source training projects for the Vietnam Electricity Group, abbreviated as EVN (EVN Northern High Voltage Grid) along with many other projects, in charge of guiding students to access new technologies in networking and virtualization.

Teacher Le Ngoc An - Representative of the IT department shared his experience and introduced the server system of Dai Nam University.

With the contributions and enthusiastic support of its members, the Foss Club of Dai Nam University students is not only gradually developing but also gradually affirming that this is a learning environment for students who love information technology and open source to have the opportunity to exchange, learn, share experiences, practice skills, and promote scientific research skills. In addition, these are also valuable opportunities for club members as well as Dai Nam University students to have the opportunity to interact with businesses in the open source community, thereby being able to improve their knowledge and practical applications in their current and future studies and research.
The Congress ended successfully and well, leaving a good impression on the distinguished guests, delegates and members of the Foss Club of Dai Nam University students.

Le Ngoc An – Lecturer, Faculty of Information Technology

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