Sustainability Alliance of Urban Networks in Asian Cities

European universities are nowadays active players widely in the society, thanks to modern active learning methods. External public and private stakeholders have a significant role in providing real-life learning platform for higher education students. In the core of the SAUNAC project was to test innovative learning practices and environments as well as utilize modern technology.SAUNAC project aimed at modernizing the teaching and learning methods of Vietnamese higher education institutions and at promoting their networking and cooperation and this, also in collaboration with enterprises as part of the studies. Based on that, main achievements of the project were:1) Changing the mind-set relating to efficient and innovative learning and teaching methods, an important step for successful adaptation of innovative European teaching and learning methods to the Vietnamese HEI context.2) Use of innovative learning and teaching methods in practice. Vietnamese HEIs adapted innovative learning and teaching methods by developing and piloting SSVC Module.3) Stakeholders as a part of learning. The urban planning system of Vietnam is fragmented and need the collaboration, involving plan preparation and implementation with different stakeholders. Knowledge acquisition is an important part, and for that education, training, research and information resources play a key role. Stakeholder cooperation was linked in several different ways to the SAUNAC project implementation.The main outcomes of SAUNAC project (related to main achievements of the project) were:- SAUNAC project improved the reputation and leadership of some universities on Smart and Sustainable City and it helped to set up the stakeholder network.- Experience and new knowledge learnt from European partners.- New active learning and teaching methods in the joint SSVC module.- New curriculum for selective course and updated contents for 4 mandatory courses.- Human resources development; successful adaptation of innovative European pedagogy in HEIs and new student evaluation approaches.- Creating local, regional and global network in education and research.- E-learning/Moodle on SSVCs are available on both languages in the website.The benefit of the SAUNAC project for the Vietnamese partner Universities was to bring added value to their educational systems as a whole. New ideas and practices in the themes related to the smart sustainable cities remarkably enrich the existing contents. As for the contrary, for the existing status quo in the Vietnamese Universities, pedagogical methods and practices introduced in the SAUNAC project enable Vietnamese Universities in the near future offer blended learning studies which are implemented by following the main principles of the Innovation Pedagogy learning approach. Students have been closely involved to project implementation. Vietnamese universities run SSVC Module pilot together with students. Approximately 150 Vietnamese students completed the Module.