Professor Thu nau i ritaia pinis, na i rekokim stori long sakses bilo ng em long memior Journey from a village school to the RMIT Vietnam.
Em i tok i gat planti chapters long laif bilong wan wan man na meri.Em ibin tok long laif bilong em ibin gat planti ups and downs.Emi tok em ibin raisim dispela memoir olsem ol rida,espasali ol yangpela, i ken save long dispela, na lainim samting em oli iet i save save.
Professro David Beanland, foama vice Chancellor bilong RMIT University long Melbourne, ibin toktok long lons bilong bot, em Professor Thu ibin mekim wanpela svery special contribution, en exemplary contribution, igo long Vietnam, igo long Australia, igo lo ng RMIT, igo long education na igo long olgeta pipal husat em ibin lukluk na toktok wantaim ol.
Mama ibin karim Professor Thu long wanpela poor area bilong Quang GTri provins long central Vietnam, journry bilong Professor Thu igo kamap olsem university professor long Melbourne, Australian ibin wanpela hatpela journey.
Professor Thu with colleague Dr Matthew Sukumaran from RMIT Vietnam (Photo: Supplied)
Difficult beginnings
Hatpela Stat
Olsem wanpela pikinini long 1950s, Professor Thu ibin lukim ol birua na kilim dai ikam long tupela sait bilong wo."Long de taim ol soldia bilong France ibin karimaut ol search operations, arestim ol saspek,repim ol girls na women. Long nait taim, ol communist paitman ibin kisim kontrol, oli mekim ol askim, kolektim ol takis, kilim ol dispela ol ibin saspekim ol.
Professor Thu em iet ibin bungim birua long bodi bilong em na lukim oli hangamapim or kilim ol narapela."Ol ibin lukim laif i cheap" em i tok.
Mama na papa bilong em i bin dai pastaim long em i bin gat 13 krismas bilong em. Wantaim halivim bilong wanpela long ol memba long vilis bilong em, Professor Thu ibin igo insait long school of junior cadets na i bin go long university. Bihain long graduation emi bin kamap wanpela secondary school teacher pastaim long oli oferim em long wok wantaim gavman.
Long 1971 oli awadim em wanpela schollarship long stadi long Indiana University long United States. Em ibin kisim PhD na igo bek long Saigon long May 1974 we emi bin kisim wok long Ministry of Education, tasol olgeta samting baii stat long senis.
Long 30 April South Vietnamese gavman ibin givim em iet igo long kommunist army bilong North. Wantaim planti handred tausen memba bilong ami na gavman long South, oli biin salim Professor Thu igo long "re-education camps" long North Vietnam.Long hap em ibin dil wantaim ol pipal i stap wantaim bikpela taim nogut bilong hangare.Em i tok, ol ibin save stap hangare long planti de, long nait, hagare oltaim taim.
Oli bin lusim em igo aut long ol kemps bihain long faifpela yar na kisim bot lusim Vietnam igo long Thailand, lusim meri bilong em na faifpela pikinini bihain igo nap em i bin nap painim wanpela seif ple long liv.
New hope
Long Thailand Professor Thuy ibin aplai long resettle long United States, tasol i tru em ibin kisim prostgraudate degrees long hap, oli ibin sakim aplikesen bilong em, em i tok ating bikos oli ibin tok em i wanpela kominest.Em i tok tu olsem sampela memba bilong Vietnamese komuniti long Australia i lukim em tu olsem, wanpela sapota bilong kominest.
Emi tok, dispela ibin luk oslem, em i bin sanap namel lnog tupela lain bilong ol bulets.Long wanpela sait oli bin tok em ibin kominest na ino bin laikim askim bilong em long resettlement long America. Long narapela sait, Em i tok kominest gavman (Socilist Republic of Vietnam) no laik givim em visia long igo bek long Veitnam longwanem ol ibin ting em i bin wanpela memba bilong CIA (Central Intelligence Agency).
Long end bilong en, Australian ibin ekseptim Professor Thu na em i bin setel long Melbourne.Wan wik bihain long em ibin ikam kamap long 1982, ol ibin oferim em wok long Phillip Institute of Technology (now hap bilong RMIT University) na wok bilong em long prepare Vietnamese programs na tisim Vietnamese language na culture.Long 1984, em ibin bungim ken meri na ol pikinini bilong em, husat nau i setel wantaim em long Melbourne.
RMIT Vietnam campus in Saigon. (Photo: Supplied)
A homecoming
Long 1991 Professor Thu ibin go bek long Vietnam long fest taim bihain long em ibin eskep.Em ibin lukim ol susa em ibin no ibin lukim long 37 yar, bihain long April 1954, wantaim ol nices na nephews.
Em i tok,lukluk bek long past bilong em, long stap hangare na pua olsem wanpela ino bin gat mama na papa, em i bin ting emi mas mekim samting long halivim ol dispela ino gat gutpela sidaun.Em i tok long mekim dispela, em ibin ting em i mas igo bek long Vietnam. Dispela i kamap.
So long 1994 em ibin risain long wok bilong em long Australia na givim taim na long narapela sikispela yar bilong em long kirapim RMIT long Vietnam.Taim em ibin trevel igo long Australia, gavman bilong Vietnam ino ibin laikim em igo bek lnog narapela faifpela yar. Long 2001 taim RMIT International University Vietnam ibin kamap, Professor Thu, ibin wanpela long ol pipal i kirapim, i ibin bungim heve long oli no laikim em igo bek long kantri.
RMIT International University Vietnam i frist foreign university oli bin kirapim long kantri. Professor Thu i tok, dispela i bris namel long tupela kantri, na "a project of interntional significance". Emi kaundim sakses bilong RMIT olsem wanpela long ol proudest achievements.
Em i tok long tokim stori long journey bilong em, Professor Thu i houp long sampela words of advice igo long ol yangpela lain long dispela taim.
Emi tok, oltaim rispek na holim ol cultural values bilong Australian society.Rispektim lo bilong Australia be a good citizen bilong Australia.Tasol long sem taim olgeta taim rimemba olsem you are Vietnamese na traim long lukautim kalsa bilong Vietnam.
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