Theme: Under The Spotlight

The conference will feature speakers who are selected students who will present, tell, and share their personal opinions on a variety of topics related to the event's main theme "Under The Spotlight - Under the Sun." Speakers can share their personal perspectives, beliefs, dreams, and passions through their inner voice. Speakers can share stories in the context of outside voices where words have the power to influence actions. This encourages speakers to share their ideas, respect their own emotions, and demonstrate the power of words.

Capella Gallery Hall
24 Ba Thang Hai Street
Second Floor
Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh, 700000
Vietnam

Nguyễn Lê Minh Chí

CEO of IELTS The Tutors

Nguyen Le Minh Chi, CEO of IELTS The Tutors. Minh Chi's background: - Graduation in Business Administration at SP Jain School of Global Management (Australia). - Founder, Director, CEO at IELTS The Tutors. - Granted TESOL Certificate. - Top 6 ‘En Vang’ [an MC competition]. With his practical experience and extensive knowledge in the field of languages in general and English in particular, Minh Chi promises to bring to the audience of TEDx UEF 2022 valuable sharing.

Nguyễn Ngọc Lan Anh

Public Speaking Instructor

After her success at Shark Tank, she was one of the startups to receive a strong media effect and negative reactions as well. And when asked how she coped with those opinions, Lan Anh shared: “It's also a good thing that I'm not the type to try to please everyone. And I also realised that people's perspectives are only skin-deep because they do not capture my personality.” Notable career achievements: ✔️ Founder and CEO of EIY Public Speaking and Professional Development ✔️ Startup was committed to receive investment from 2 Sharks (Shark Pham Thanh Hung and Shark Thai Van Linh) at Shark Tank season 4 ✔️ Former Management Trainee at AEON Vietnam and having worked at NielsenIQ, one of the leading companies in the market research industry of Vietnam ✔️ Former Division Director and Club Extension Manager at Toastmaster International, Vietnam

Phạm Ngọc Phương Anh

First Runner-up of Miss Vietnam 2020

Nature does not seem generous concerning the fact that “The mirth of the world lasts but a while”. There are, however, flowers that rise from fate, creating their own scent—bold and unique, and that is also how runner-up Phuong Anh has shone and left her own mark in the hearts of Vietnamese beauty fans. Being a runner-up who excels academically, Phuong Anh is fluent in 3 foreign languages: English, French, and Japanese. She also graduated as valedictorian in Information Management Systems at RMIT University. The Missosology beauty site also predicted Phuong Anh to rank 2nd at Miss International 2021. Currently, the multi-talented queen also takes on the role of MC of VTV9 and has since become one of the most talented young MCs of VTV. Throughout her journey of searching for the true, the good, and the beautiful, Phuong Anh always strives for the better, pursuing the motto "Fire refines gold", letting external pressures be transferred into her own motivation to become a shining diamond.

Phạm Ngọc Phương Thảo

Student of UEF International Institute

Full name: Phạm Ngọc Phương Thảo (Theresa) Thao's background: ✔️ A current UEF sophomore in English Language & Linguistics (transnational education between UEF and the University of Gloucestershire). ✔️ Impressive academic achievements: IELTS 7.0, a 40% entrance scholarship. ✔️ An outstanding public speaker: 🌟 The winner of UEF Talk Master 2021. 🌟 A guest speaker on "Morning Cafe With Gen Z" of Saigon FM 95.6 MHz Radio (topic: Does the high school curriculum provide enough English skills for students? - From the perspective of Gen Z).

Phan Trí

Content Creator

Tri Phan, also known by the name “Tri Thit Boa”, is currently one of the most popular Vietnamese Tiktokers. Tri had been living in the USA before returning to his home country. To maintain a healthy lifestyle and a fit body, he has spent more than 9 years researching and pursuing fitness, for whom exercise has become a passion, an indispensable part of life, and rekindled his love for food as well. Tri Phan, apart from his handsome appearance, is also known for his interesting yet close sharing in the field of fitness and nutrition. As a great inspiration for young people for a healthy and positive lifestyle, Tri is always enthusiastic and dedicated in every one of his words. ‘It is important to understand what viewers want, yet I never produce any content as made-up stories just to please others’, shared Tri Phan.

Trịnh Thị Hoàng Kim

Student of UEF

There goes a Vietnamese saying ‘Nhat thanh, nhi sac’ [provisional translation: ‘The voice is more important than the look’] that implies a beautiful voice which can easily touch the hearts of the listeners. As an MC whose responsibility is to ensure the flow of the show, Moody Hoang Kim will not be a strange name to UEF-ers. ✨ Hoang Kim is gradually affirming her position in many different fields. As a student in the Faculty of Public Relations and Communication (UEF) along with her charismatic voice, she is receiving a lot of love from young people. Once a member of Coach Hoang Vu's team to be in the top 18 finalists of ‘En sinh vien 2019’ [an MC competition] organised by the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Union, she has now become an MC in charge of UEF events. What’s more, this 22-year-old Tiktoker with 2 channels: 𝗠𝗼𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗛𝗼𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗞𝗶𝗺 (main channel) & 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘀 𝗞𝗶𝗺 (sub-channel) having almost 𝟭𝟬𝟬.𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗙𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗪𝗘𝗥𝗦 and also gains fame for making funny videos.