Associate Professor, People's Teacher Nguyen Quoc Hung - an exemplary teacher

Associate Professor Nguyen Quoc Hung was born in 1936 into a petty bourgeois intellectual family in Hanoi. After finishing primary school in Hanoi, he attended secondary school in Tan Trao - Tuyen Quang (1949-1951), then studied at the Social Education College of the Central Campus (Nanning - China).

After graduating from the Secondary Pedagogical College (high school), he was assigned to teach at the secondary school in Ninh Binh town. In mid-1957, he transferred to work at the Inter-zone III Education Zone. From 1958-1960, he transferred to work at the Son Tay Education Department.

In 1961, he was sent to study at Lenin Pedagogical University in Moscow, majoring in History. In 1964, according to the State's decision, he was one of the students studying social sciences in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe who returned to Vietnam, continued studying at the Faculty of History, Hanoi University of Science and was a student of the first class of the World History major (1965-1966).

Associate Professor, People's Teacher Nguyen Quoc Hung

In 1966, after graduating, he was retained at the Faculty of History, Hanoi University of Science. He was assigned to teach Modern World History, and then taught topics on imperialism... to 4th year students majoring in World History.

With previous teaching experience, Associate Professor Nguyen Quoc Hung is very aware of the importance of preparing class content. In order to teach the assigned sections, he has invested his efforts in self-study to equip himself with more knowledge about related fields such as economics, finance, etc. of imperialism. Perhaps, the sense of self-study, self-reliance, and overcoming difficulties formed in the previous Central Campus environment has helped him form a high ability for self-study.

By 1986, after the 6th National Party Congress, the Party's renovation policy and international integration policy required promoting in-depth research on international relations. Associate Professor Nguyen Quoc Hung, with his professional acumen, realized the need to introduce research and teaching on International Relations at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels to contribute to serving our country's international integration and multilateral diplomacy policy. He was interested in international organizations such as the United Nations, ASEAN, etc. After Hanoi National University was established in 1993, he was assigned to be the head of the International Relations group in the General program.

In 1993, he, along with Prof. Phan Huy Le and Assoc. Prof. Le Quang Thiem, joined the executive board to prepare for the establishment of the Faculty of Oriental Studies. After the Faculty of Oriental Studies was officially established in 1995, he moved to work at the Faculty of Oriental Studies, holding the position of Deputy Head of the Faculty and Head of the Department of Japanese Studies, contributing to the establishment of the fledgling Japanese Studies industry in Vietnam.

Since he was very young, Associate Professor Nguyen Quoc Hung has been involved in the education and training career. At the age of 19, he was entrusted with the task of being the Principal of Ninh Binh Town Secondary School. This shows that he not only has good professional and pedagogical skills but also management skills.

Since working at the University, he has also been trusted to hold the following positions: Acting Head of the History Department (1983-1984), Deputy Head of the History Department (1983-1990), Deputy Director of the Asia-Pacific Research Center (1990-1995), Deputy Head of the Oriental Department (1995-2000), Head of the Japanese Department (1995-2005). Regardless of his position, in addition to his professional work, he also invested in basic professional orientation and training of the next generation. He always required the next generations to continuously read and study, turn the training process into self-training, update lecture content, research, and he himself always set an example for the younger generations to follow. A prominent feature in his working principles is that he requires a very high level of caution. Moreover, he always pays attention to solidarity in the department and fosters the personality of the young generation: hard-working and honest.

In addition to his management work, he also spent time publishing many works that laid the foundation for research on modern world history, history of international relations, history of the Soviet Union (Russia) and history of Japan. Typical examples include textbooks onModern World History(1984 - 1998),October Revolution and the national liberation movement(1987),United Nations(1992),International relations in the 20th century(2000),History of the Russian Federation 1917-1991(Co-written with Nguyen Thi Thu, 2002),Ho Chi Minh - The international soldier(2005),International Relations - Theoretical Aspects and Issues (co-written with Hoang Khac Nam, 2006),History of Japan(2007),The United Nations and United Nations peacekeeping forces(co-written with Nguyen Hoang Quan, 2008)... He participated in compiling history textbooks (world history section) for high school students such as History Textbook for grade 9, History Textbook for grade 12... In addition, he participated in compiling the Vietnamese Encyclopedia Dictionary (4 volumes).

Associate Professor Nguyen Quoc Hung is also the person who discovered, collected and translated theSpeech by Nguyen Ai Quocat the Third Congress of the Red International Trade Unions (1924) and was included in Ho Chi Minh Complete Works. He was the first person to translate and introduce important documents of international relations such asStatement of the three powersat the 1943 Tehran Conference,Agreement of the Three Great Powers on Far Eastern Affairsat the Yalta Conference 2/1945,Document of military surrender of Nazi Germany 8.5.1945,Declaration of Human Rightsof the United Nations (1948).

With all his contributions to the education and training career, he was awarded the title of Associate Professor by the State in 1991, the title of Excellent Teacher in 1997, and People's Teacher in 2008.