University of Social Sciences and Humanities - VNU Hanoi

In remembrance of Professor Nguyen Tai Can, we present to you the following story, written by Associate Professor Vu Duc Nghieu on the occasion of Professor Nguyen Tai Can's eightieth birthday, published in the Hanoi National University Newsletter in 2006, to provide you with some further insight into the Professor.

Endless passion

Then the teacher appeared. An old overcoat, a shawl wrapped around his neck, a huge rolled cigarette clenched between his teeth. His first words were: “Hello, students! It’s freezing. It’s so cold it’s deafening. Unbearable. Indescribable… Do you see the difference? That’s language!” Then he enthusiastically analyzed the differences between the utterances. First, his dusty overcoat was piled on the table, then his jacket was thrown onto the back of the chair, and beads of sweat dotted his parted, graying hair. Then he suddenly changed direction: “That’s vocabulary, that’s grammar, but today we’re going to learn phonetics, a difficult but very interesting subject. The world began with words. The Bible says so.” Suddenly, he put his hand to his neck, his mouth wide open, his tongue sticking out, his nose wrinkled, his eyebrows raised. He introduced us to the vocal apparatus. With a few strokes on the blackboard, we understood what makes up the sounds of speech, the A, E, O, U, B, M, D… Four lessons flew by in a flash.

Implementing credit-based training is a major policy of Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU) aimed at improving the quality of education and moving towards international integration. As one of the pioneering units in this policy, the University of Social Sciences and Humanities (VNU) has implemented credit-based training for four years and has initially achieved certain successes. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Kim Son - Vice Rector - shared experiences, lessons learned, and identified new challenges.

Professor Dr. Nguyen Van Khanh (Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities) answers an interview with the Vietnam National University, Hanoi Newsletter on the occasion of the New Year 2011.

Associate Professor Nguyen Van Hong was born into a family of Confucian scholars who had been teachers for generations. His hometown is in Thanh Hoa province, a poor but studious region – a land rich in culture and history that has produced many talented individuals in both literature and martial arts. He often confided in his students:My hometown is very poor, and because of that poverty, I had to study hard and learn in order to survive."Once, he expressed to his father that he did not want to continue the family's teaching profession. The father looked at his son for a long time and then said:My child, society and times may change, and social positions may also change. Only the title of teacher will never disappear. It is a beautiful and noble profession."With just those words, teaching became his destiny, his lifelong calling."

To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Faculty of Journalism and Communication, the Journalist Magazine conducted an interview with Associate Professor Dr. Dinh Van Huong - Head of the Faculty. Below is the full text of this interview.

On November 17th, the University of Social Sciences and Humanities will hold a ceremony to celebrate its 65th anniversary. In the atmosphere of this grand occasion, generations of faculty members expressed their affection for the university with its rich history and contributed many ideas for its future development.

An article by author Nguyen Van Hoan (published in "100 Portraits of a Century of National Universities" - 2006) introduces the portrait of Professor Dang Thai Mai - who contributed to building the initial foundation of the Faculty of Literature in Hanoi (now the University of Social Sciences and Humanities - Vietnam National University, Hanoi).

The international conference "Sustainable Development of Hanoi, a Capital City of Culture and Peace" will open this afternoon, October 7, 2010. This is an interdisciplinary scientific forum for domestic and international scientists to present and discuss the latest results from comprehensive research on Hanoi. On this occasion, Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Hai Ke, Head of the History Department, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, shared his thoughts on the future development of Hanoi studies.

ussh.edu.vn is pleased to present the full text of the paper "4 Years of Transforming Training Methods at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities: Lessons Learned, Opportunities and Challenges" by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Kim Son (Vice Rector), presented at the 4th Congress of the Party Committee of Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

2010 was a year of many notable events in the activities of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities: the 65th anniversary of the University's founding and the 26th Party Congress of the University's Party Committee. This year also marked significant changes in the University's development orientation to further affirm its leading position in the Vietnamese university system and meet the new societal needs for higher education. Professor Dr. Nguyen Van Khanh - Secretary of the Party Committee and Rector of the University - discussed with reporters the opportunities and challenges awaiting the University in the new decade.

Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Kim Son – Vice Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities – shared some information related to the possibility of students accelerating their studies in credit-based training.