USSH – This year 2012, the Han Nom Department (Faculty of Literature - University of Social Sciences and Humanities) celebrates its 40th anniversary. On this special occasion, we would like to introduce an article by Associate Professor, Dr. Pham Van Khoi - Head of the Han Nom Department - to provide readers with information about a unique training program of the University.

The Association of War Veterans of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities was established on December 22, 2001. Over the years, the Association of War Veterans has participated in many activities of the University and the Association of War Veterans at all levels, always completing its tasks excellently, and has been continuously ranked as an excellent emulation unit by the Hanoi Association of War Veterans. One of the key tasks that the Association always puts at the top is the education of the younger generation.

In a press interview on the sidelines of the 5th International Conference on Korean Studies, Professor Chung-Sok Suh (Director of the Institute of Korean Studies, University of New South Wales - Australia) gave positive assessments of the development of Korean studies in Vietnam.

On the sidelines of the 5th International Conference on Korean Studies, Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Khanh (Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU) gave an interview to the press about the development of Korean Studies in Vietnam and Southeast Asia.

Ngoc Lan was born into a family where no one majored in Literature, but that did not affect her passion and determination to pursue Literature as a student from Thai Binh. Having set her sights on Literature since middle school, for many years Lan won the provincial Literature student award, especially the third national prize in grade 12. With 24 entrance points and good English, Lan was placed in the high-quality Literature class.

Having passed the entrance exam to the Vocal Department of the Hanoi Conservatory of Music, Mai Linh finally decided to follow the path she had chosen for a long time, which was Sociology - University of Social Sciences and Humanities. And Mai Linh graduated from this major with an excellent score: 3.69.

Always maintaining excellent achievements in 4 years of university, with a total score of 3.69, Nguyen Tuan Khoi (K53 Oriental Studies) became the valedictorian of the QH-2008-X class of Oriental Studies.

Meeting me on a weekend afternoon, although she had just returned to Hanoi from a long business trip in Thanh Hoa, the face of the new graduate from the University of Social Sciences and Humanities still shone with joy. The pretty girl with dynamic short hair - that is Nguyen Tuyet Lan, a student of K53 majoring in Social Work, who had just graduated with honors with a score of 3.63, and was a Outstanding Young Face of the Hanoi National University in 2011.

The valedictorian of the Literature Department of K53 this year is Tran Dang Trung with a GPA of 3.62. Trung's family has a grandfather, father and mother who are all university lecturers. It is the family tradition and love of literature that motivates Dang Trung to take the entrance exam to the Literature Department - University of Social Sciences and Humanities. That is also what makes Trung consider himself a lucky person, having the conditions to devote himself more wholeheartedly to studying.

With an average score of 3.71, Ho Thu Ha (a student majoring in Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Psychology) became the valedictorian of the QH-2008-X course this year.

The University of Social Sciences and Humanities currently has 58 war veterans (VW) out of a total of nearly 500 staff members. Many VWs are leading lecturers and scientists or have held key management positions in all activities of the University. Let's listen to the teachers' sharing about the unforgettable time in the army to sympathize with their experiences and thoughts about life and the younger generation...

Recently, the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities signed a decision to establish a Training Advisory and Support Group under the Training Quality Assurance Center, abbreviated in English as CASA. Dr. Nghiem Xuan Huy - Deputy Director of the Training Quality Assurance Center - was appointed as Head of CASA.

For the past twenty years, every April, when the capital’s streets are red with Chinese flags, jubilantly celebrating the day the South was completely liberated, mixed with the general joy, I feel a deep sadness. That sadness is associated with the memory of a comrade who left Hanoi University to go to war. He entered the battlefield with the aspiration of becoming a poet, but his aspiration was not fulfilled, he sacrificed himself. Why? Because he was living and obeying the logic of reality: The Fatherland needs heroes, before it needs poets.

“Mom! Why is it called Ben Vuot?” The mother remained silent and did not answer. Everyone else remained silent. Perhaps one of the people who had fallen at Ben Vuot, or in the river here, was the father of the young mother, the grandfather of the innocent child.

From July 11 to 15, 2012, the veterans of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi, had a meaningful "return": the "return" to Quang Tri ancient citadel and Truong Son National Martyrs' Cemetery. This return is even more meaningful, as this year - 2012, the whole country solemnly commemorates the 81-day and night event of the Ancient Citadel, a historical turning point in our nation's resistance war against the US to save the country. And among them, there are those who directly fought and left here a part of their youth. The notes of the veterans will help us understand more clearly about that meaningful trip...