“Living without a purpose is like sailing without a compass.”

It has been a long time since Dr. Doan Huong had the opportunity to come back and talk to students of the Faculty of Journalism and Communication. And as she shared, this is still her beloved home, where she has had many memorable memories with colleagues and students throughout her life of research and teaching. And for many generations of students of the Faculty, meeting Ms. Doan Huong is also an undisguised desire. It can be seen that emotions were an extremely important part of the conversation, causing the speaker to pause many times because of emotion.

The story that Dr. Doan Huong shared revolves around the importance of behavioral culture for young people to achieve success and happiness. It includes behavior with society, with family and with oneself.

“Live with specific ideals and goals. Because only goals and ideals that are determined early and clearly can help us reach our destination and overcome life's difficulties,” she said. If we do not determine what we want and who we will become, it is like “going on a ship without a compass,” we will lose direction and have no motivation to live.

Dr. Doan Huong

She said that the happiest thing in her life is to do the job she loves, which is to become a researcher and lecturer on culture, especially Eastern culture. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in literature from the Faculty of Philology, Hanoi University of Science, and then became the first Doctor of Philology in Vietnam after 10 years of studying and researching in Russia. For her, her love of literature has extended to the field of culture and then to the field of journalism.

In the past, when there was no Faculty of Journalism and Communication, most journalists came from literary backgrounds. And up to now, the training tradition of the Faculty of Journalism and Communication at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities has the outstanding feature of combining the romanticism of literary backgrounds with the practicality and topicality of journalism. The romanticism and rich background knowledge of culture help the students of the Faculty have a broader and more thorough view, and explain social phenomena more deeply. The practicality and dynamism help them keep up with the times and reflect their thinking on issues in a sober and objective way. That is the pride in the tradition of journalism training of the Faculty. And she advises young people to understand, maintain and promote that pride throughout their career.

So how can young people behave properly in a social environment that is full of changes and complexities? Dr. Doan Huong believes that only when we have cultural and life capital as a foundation can we behave properly. To do so, young people need to read a lot of books; learn foreign languages ​​as a “life and death” tool in the current era of integration; actively participate in community and social movements; live positively and cherish time, improve physical strength and broaden the mind, live compassionately and be full of love…

Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Thi Minh Thai introduced her latest poetry collection at the talk, which is the poetry collection "Afternoon Refugee". She wishes to sell 1000 copies to raise money to donate to a student in difficult circumstances in Ho Chi Minh City.

The story about the behavioral culture of young people in life of Dr. Doan Huong was continued by Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Thi Minh Thai with a talk about the behavioral culture of journalism for students of Journalism and Communication. Ms. Minh Thai shared about her and many colleagues' desire to join hands to build the Faculty of Journalism and Communication into a cradle to train skilled journalists for the country's journalism. So that after graduation, Journalism students can graduate and work immediately, making contributions worthy of the position and role of journalists as well as the expectations of today's society.

She emphasized: information, new things and respect for the truth are the core elements of journalism. A good journalist must have a good cultural foundation and an understanding of their own national culture. Next, they must have a love for literature, beauty and the ability to use Vietnamese fluently. In addition to knowledge in university, young people need to study at vocational schools with good journalists. At the same time, they need to study on their own and make great efforts to improve themselves in order to be successful.

In response to a student’s question about the choice between maintaining ethics and professional ideals and the pressure of making a living, Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Thi Minh Thai affirmed: Those who practice journalism with integrity and ethics always live “healthy”. If they are passionate and good at their profession, young people will overcome all temptations and difficulties to find their own place.