The Han Nom industry is at the forefront of exploiting, researching and publishing Han Nom heritage.

The Han Nom Department of Vietnamese universities was established at the Faculty of Philology - Hanoi University of Science (now the Faculty of Literature - University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi) in 1972, when the resistance war against the US entered its fiercest stage, with the mission of training a team of people working in collecting, preserving, researching, translating, exploiting Han Nom heritage, preserving and promoting the cultural values ​​of the nation, serving the revolutionary cause.

The birth of the Han Nom industry at that time showed the special attention and demonstrated the far-sighted vision of the Party and State, for the long-term future of the country's culture and academia, so that the future would not be interrupted with the thousand-year-old source of our ancestors' culture.

According to the University of Social Sciences and Humanities (Vietnam National University, Hanoi): The task and mission of the Han Nom major is to train a team of Han Nom workers who are both proficient in Han and Nom characters and have a firm grasp of modern specialized and interdisciplinary Han Nom research methods; capable of exploiting and introducing the values ​​of traditional culture, directly contributing to ensuring cultural continuity between tradition and modernity.
 

Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Van Thinh, former head of the Han Nom Department, a veteran lecturer who has made great contributions to the formation and development of the Han Nom industry, expressed his belief and expectation in the development of the industry with the spirit of "Han Nom Culture". Photo: USSH

Graduates of the Han Nom major of the former Hanoi University of Science and the current Hanoi University of Social Sciences and Humanities (Vietnam National University, Hanoi) are one of the main forces doing Han Nom work in the country at present.

Many generations of graduates from the Han Nom major have become leading experts in the field, have produced excellent research works on Han Nom and traditional Vietnamese culture, and many have taken on important responsibilities in research, teaching, communication, diplomacy, heritage preservation, cultural management, education management, etc. agencies.

Currently, the University of Social Sciences and Humanities (Vietnam National University, Hanoi) is a prestigious Han Nom training institution nationwide, training Han Nom at all three levels of Bachelor, Master and Doctorate, with a pioneering mission in training and providing human resources with Han Nom knowledge for Han Nom research and teaching institutions, preserving traditional heritage and cultural management... At the same time, the Han Nom department is also a pioneer in exploiting, researching, and publishing Han Nom heritage and other issues related to Han Nom.

The training and research achievements of the Han Nom major have contributed to preserving and explaining the written documents left by our ancestors from the past, helping current and future generations access the traditional cultural source. At the same time, it is the basis for building a culture imbued with national identity. In recent years, along with a number of other basic sciences, the Han Nom major has been developed by the University of Social Sciences and Humanities (Vietnam National University, Hanoi) with mechanisms, policies, and investment in resources. Especially, policies to support learners, attract and nurture talents in the direction of individualization, "heart-to-heart transmission" to train highly qualified human resources, dedicated, attached to Han Nom work, with the cause of exploiting and preserving classical cultural values.

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