Nearly 1,500 Hoa Sen students unexpectedly received graduation gowns

'I want to give you a meaningful gift, which is the bachelor's gown that you are wearing, with the hope that you will always remember the school in your upcoming journey,' Mr. Hoang Quoc Viet shared.

Mr. Hoang Quoc Viet - Chairman of Nguyen Hoang Group - shared with students at the graduation ceremony - Photo: HSU

On the morning of July 3, nearly 1,500 new graduates of Hoa Sen University attended the graduation ceremony. At the ceremony, Mr. Hoang Quoc Viet - founder and chairman of Nguyen Hoang Group - gave a remarkable speech.

To begin, Mr. Hoang Quoc Viet expressed his deep gratitude to the parents for trusting and accompanying their children throughout their university journey. "Today, there is nothing happier than when parents see their children officially grown up, entering the world and creating their own lives and families," he said.

As a father whose child is in grade 11, he shared his emotional feelings when thinking about the day his child will also graduate from university in the future:

"I will definitely be very happy because my child is really strong, no longer under my protection, ready to enter a new career like my time and my grandparents and parents."

Throughout his speech, he repeatedly emphasized spiritual values ​​and friendships - things that, according to him, are "much more valuable than material values".

He encouraged the graduates to fully enjoy this graduation ceremony, even though there may be some things that are not satisfactory about the organization: "I hope you can put aside things that are not really satisfactory to fully enjoy the joy, affection and friendship of today's ceremony."

One of the surprising highlights was when he announced that he would give all the bachelor's gowns to the new graduates. At the same time, he requested that the school's departments quickly refund the money that students had "deposited" for the gowns in the coming days.

"On this occasion, I would like to give you a meaningful gift - the bachelor's gown that you are wearing, with the hope that you will always remember the school in your upcoming journey," he said.

This decision received a lot of support from parents and students at the ceremony.

He also proposed a major initiative on graduation day: organizing a "concert" - a congress of the school's alumni with the participation of all this year's new graduates and generations of old students.

"I believe I can connect many businesses and previous generations to help children with many things," he said.

The 2025 graduation ceremony of Hoa Sen University was held for nearly 1,500 new graduates of 27 training majors - Photo: HSU

Mr. Hoang Quoc Viet is the founder of Nguyen HoangEducation Group (NHG) - one of the largest private education ecosystems in Vietnam today.

At the graduation ceremony, he said that he had failed the Hoa Sen entrance exam (the first time), but was determined to return for the second time in 1991. "My family was determined to let me study engineering science because my parents understood that information technology would open a whole new chapter for the future," he shared.

From personal experience, he emphasizes that success comes not only from effort, but also from perseverance and long-term orientation.

He told the graduates: "In life, everyone wants the best, but no matter how hard we try, reality doesn't always go as planned. When we go through the ups and downs of life, we will see that spiritual values, connections and hearts for each other are much more important than material values."

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Source: https://tuoitre.vn/gan-1-500-sinh-vien-hoa-sen-bat-ngo-duoc-tang-le-phuc-tot-nghiep-2025070316101122.htm