Also attending the meeting were Dr. Pham Hoang Hung - Head of Cooperation and Development Department, MSc. Pham Cham Anh - Deputy Head of Scientific Research Department; Dr. Pham Hoang Giang - Head of Philosophy Department, Mr. Tieu Le Giang - Permanent Deputy Head of Research and Training, lecturers of political and ideological education theory at universities and colleges nationwide, Guangxi University, China and representatives of functional departments of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities.
Rector Hoang Anh Tuan shared about the process and highly appreciated the achievements of cooperation between the University of Social Sciences and Humanities and Guangxi University, China.
In his opening speech, Rector Hoang Anh Tuan gave an overview of the development history, strengths, faculties and training majors of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, and emphasized that the University of Social Sciences and Humanities has been effectively implementing student and lecturer exchange activities, organizing international scientific conferences with many universities and research and training institutions around the world. In particular, China is one of the important partners in training and developing scientific research of the University.
In recent years, the University has established cooperative relations with 60 universities and research institutes in China and is a prestigious training address trusted by students, trainees and postgraduates from China. Currently, the University of Social Sciences and Humanities has about 200 Chinese students studying in the faculties of Vietnamese Studies and Vietnamese Language, Linguistics, Literature, and Sociology. In particular, the University of Social Sciences and Humanities attracts many Chinese students and postgraduates to participate in master's and doctoral programs. President Hoang Anh Tuan emphasized that with the similar position and vision of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities and Guangxi University, along with geographical advantages, there will be opportunities and favorable conditions for the two sides to promote academic exchanges and student and lecturer exchanges between the two training institutions.
Dr. Pham Hoang Giang - Head of the Faculty of Philosophy shared more about the history and training program of the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities: With the educational philosophy: "Taking learners as the center, taking training quality as the main goal", the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities aims to focus on building new and rebuilding a number of specialized courses in Marxist-Leninist philosophy, history of philosophy and Eastern and Western religious studies to reach advanced levels in the region on the basis of referring to international training programs.
Currently, the University of Social Sciences and Humanities has more than 70 highly qualified staff and lecturers (Professors, Associate Professors, Doctors, Masters) in Philosophy. Every year, the staff of the school trains political theory courses for about 14,000 students in the whole VNU. The Faculty also successfully organized many seminars in conjunction with universities in the same field, published many influential scientific publications with high academic value, including the seminar "LEARNING AND TEACHING MARXIST-LENINIST PHILOSOPHY IN THE CURRENT CONTEXT" held at the end of 2022.
Prof. Dr. Tu Tan Phap - Director of the Institute of Marxist Studies, Guangxi University expressed his expectation for cooperation between the University of Social Sciences and Humanities and Guangxi University.
Speaking at the meeting, Prof. Dr. Tu Tan Phap - Director of the Institute of Marxist Studies, Guangxi University highly appreciated the achievements of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities in general and the Philosophy Department of the university in particular. On this basis, Prof. Dr. Tu Tan Phap believes that the cooperation in organizing the conference between the two training institutions will achieve many expected results. The conference will focus on discussing and exchanging difficulties as well as sharing strengths in training in Philosophy and aiming to perfect and improve the teaching and learning programs of Philosophy of the two training institutions. The conference will have the participation of many prestigious institutions, research institutes, and publishers, and the conference's research reports will be published in Vietnamese and Chinese to expand access to Vietnamese and Chinese readers.
At the end of the working session, Prof. Dr. Tu Tan Phap emphasized the need to promote the development of Philosophy education in the two countries, while aiming to create more exchange opportunities for students between the University of Social Sciences and Humanities and Guangxi University in the future.
