On the side of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, there was the participation of Prof. Dr. Hoang Anh Tuan - Party Secretary, Principal of the school and representatives of the Department of Cooperation and Development, Department of Student Affairs and Programs, Department of Training, Faculty of Tourism Studies, Faculty of History, Faculty of Management Science, Institute of Journalism and Communication Training, Center for Vietnamese Language and Culture...
On the partner side, there were Mr. Ha Sy Huan - Party Secretary, Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Bac Kan province, Mr. Nong Ngoc Duyen - Deputy Secretary of the District Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Ba Be district, Mr. Trieu Huy Chung - Chairman of the People's Committee of Cho Don district and leaders of a number of functional agencies of Bac Kan province.
Mr. Ha Sy Huan - Party Secretary, Director of Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Bac Kan province
Speaking at the meeting, Mr. Ha Sy Huan - Party Secretary, Director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Bac Kan province said that Bac Kan is the third province in the country in developing OCOP products with 218 products. In particular, the province has identified the policy of developing key products associated with sustainable socio-economic development.
Bac Kan has great advantages in cultural and historical tourism resources, located in the ATK relic area that is being invested in and developed. In addition, the province has invested in transport infrastructure, connecting Bac Kan with many provinces and cities, contributing to the convenience of local tourism.
Mr. Ha Sy Huan shared his hope that scientists from the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU will coordinate with the province in researching and planning strategies to develop strong tourism products, such as eco-tourism, community tourism, cultural tourism, and tourism associated with the development of local agricultural resources.
Prof. Dr. Hoang Anh Tuan - Party Secretary, Rector of University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU
Prof. Dr. Hoang Anh Tuan - Party Secretary, Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU shared that the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU is a leading university in research and training in the field of social sciences and humanities. The university has many strengths in basic scientific research and interdisciplinary research development with practical values, directly serving the development of localities and the country.
The school's team of 400 scientists is participating in contributing with localities, organizations, and businesses in research, consulting, and building specific application products, including sustainable tourism products associated with the strengths of localities in culture, history, agriculture, etc. The cooperation of scientists and the cooperative relationship between the school and localities are expected to bring great values in developing the strengths of Bac Kan province in the coming time.
At the meeting, leaders of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, representatives of localities and functional units of Bac Kan province discussed the difficulties and advantages in promoting local cultural, historical and natural values to serve the local socio-economic development. In particular, the locality emphasized that the locality wishes to receive support from scientists of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU in training high-quality tourism service human resources in the field; coordinate research, build development orientations and planning to promote and promote local cultural values in tourism development; exploit and promote the value of local cultural and historical heritages, etc.
Mr. Trieu Huy Chung - Chairman of Cho Don District People's Committee shared the difficulties and necessary needs of the locality in developing eco-tourism, community tourism, cultural and historical tourism.
Mr. Nong Ngoc Duyen - Deputy Secretary of the District Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Ba Be district proposed some cooperation contents between Ba Be district and scientists of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU.
Scientists from the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU shared many initiatives in communicating and promoting brands of typical local products; geographical indications, intellectual property protection for OCOP products; proposing a policy framework for developing the relationship between "5 parties" (State - enterprises - farmers - scientists - banks); building criteria to assess the technological capacity of local units; providing high-quality human resources in the fields of tourism, culture, history; forming science and technology enterprises in Bac Kan province; building policies on developing specific tourism associated with local nature and culture...
“Local sustainable development” is identified by the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU and the functional agencies of Bac Kan province as the keyword and common goal in the cooperative relationship, aiming to promote the advantages of the two units in the coming time.

Dr. Pham Hoang Hung - Head of Cooperation and Development Department, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU
Assoc.Prof.Dr. Nguyen Manh Dung - Head of Management Science Department shared initiatives in building specific policies in economic development of Bac Kan
Dr. Phan Van Kien - Director of the Institute of Journalism and Communication Training
MSc. Dinh Nhat Le - Lecturer of the Faculty of Tourism shares experiences in research and policy consulting on developing specific tourism associated with nature and culture of Bac Kan
Dr. Dinh Tien Hieu - Deputy Head of the Department of Politics and Student Affairs shared his hope that Bac Kan province will have a strategy to exploit human resources from students of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU in the socio-economic development of the province.
Ms. Tran Thi Ngoc Thuy - Deputy Director of the Institute for Research and Development of Natural Products, Director of OCOP Center Company
The signing ceremony was attended by scientists, leaders of functional departments, faculties/institutes/centers of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU and representatives of the Departments of Agriculture and Rural Development, localities and functional units of Bac Kan province.