“Nationalism in India and Implications for Vietnam”

Attending the workshop were Dr. GBHarisha (Director of Swami Vivekanandam Cultural Center, Embassy of India in Vietnam), Associate Professor Dr. Le Toan (Director of the Center for Indian Studies at the Ho Chi Minh Academy of Politics), Associate Professor Dr. Tran Hoan Long (Deputy Director of the Institute of Indian and Southwest Asian Studies, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences), Associate Professor Dr. Tran Thi Minh Hoa (Vice Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities).

The workshop is part of a series of activities to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Faculty of Oriental Studies. The workshop aims to contribute new research results on Indology at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, and at the same time contribute to promoting academic exchanges between Vietnam and India.

At the conference, scholars and experts on India from Vietnam and India discussed and exchanged different views and perspectives on nationalism in India. The main ideas of Indian national leaders such as Mahatma Gandi and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, national perspectives associated with culture, economics, philosophy, and religion were analyzed, compared, and clarified in the historical context of India as well as in relation to other countries. Thereby, experiences were drawn and recommendations were proposed to harmonize and develop nationalism in Vietnam.

Speaking on behalf of the Board of Directors of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Associate Professor Dr. Tran Thi Minh Hoa shared that the scientific exchanges in the conference will contribute to clarifying the connotation of nationalism, contributing to distinguishing between true nationalism and narrow nationalism, thereby promoting dialogue, understanding and limiting conflicts and confrontations between countries in the context of globalization. In addition, the conference is meaningful in promoting the peaceful Indian culture, full of altruism, sympathy, non-violence, and at the same time further tightening the cultural and educational cooperation between Vietnam and India in general and the University of Social Sciences and Humanities with the Embassy of India in Vietnam in particular.

Some pictures at the workshop