Linacre College to rename itself Thao College after funding offer from Vietnam’s richest woman
A University of Oxford college is to change its name to honour Vietnam’s richest woman after she offered it a £155m donation.
Linacre College says it will ask the privy council for permission to change its name to Thao College after signing a memorandum of understanding over the money with Sovico Group – represented by its chair, Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao.
