Some other pictures of the workshop
The conference attracted more than 50 presentations from scientists and managers from many countries around the world such as Vietnam, France, Germany, the United States, the Russian Federation, and Japan. In addition to the four major National Archives Centers of Vietnam, the state management agency (Department of State Records and Archives - Ministry of Home Affairs) and the Party on archives (Department of Archives of the Central Party Office), the authors of the presentations are researchers in many fields such as archival studies, history, sociology, Han Nom, Ho Chi Minh studies, administrative studies, etc.
Prof. Dr. Pham Quang Minh, Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU, delivered the opening speech at the conference.
The presentations at the workshop focused on affirming that the sources of archival documents on Vietnam in the pre-modern period are very diverse and are currently managed in many countries around the world such as France, the Russian Federation, Japan, Germany, Taiwan (China), the United States with many different types such as administrative documents, film and audio recordings, documents, map documents, scientific and technical documents, digital documents. These are countries that have many connections with Vietnam both in the past and present.
That huge volume of archival documents is currently being preserved and exploited and used in national archives, archives of political organizations, universities or private archives of individuals, families and clans in Vietnam and many places around the world.
The rich source of archival material reflects the potential for great value and richness of these historical sources for research, especially research on Vietnamese history in all fields of politics, culture, society, economy, international relations...
Dr. Dao Duc Thuan, Head of the Department of Archival Science and Office Management, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU, presented the introductory report of the workshop.
If effectively managed and exploited, information sources from these official, honest and objective historical documents will contribute to clarifying many historical events and phenomena of Vietnam in the modern period.
The presentations at the workshop all supported the policy of cooperation and sharing of archival information in the trend of globalization and internationalization. In that spirit, along with the current legal regulations of each country and territory in the field of archives and information, organizations and individuals, scientists all have relatively equal access to sources of documents and materials to serve their research.
The speakers also agreed that the management agencies of archives and archival documents of relevant countries need to strengthen and further promote the effectiveness of existing cooperation to achieve the ultimate and most important goal of archival activities, which is to maximize the value of documents serving different purposes of social life.
Based on the content of the presentations, the conference organizers continued to discuss in more depth the following issues: the current status of archival document management on Vietnam at the Archives of other countries; Outstanding values in form and content of document sources and archival materials on Vietnam in each field; Legal regulations of national archives related to the issue of exploiting and promoting the value of archival documents in general and archival documents on Vietnam in particular; The possibility of cooperation in sharing archival information resources between countries and the potential in research and training on archival documents.
Speakers take souvenir photo after the opening session of the conference
The workshop took place all day, with 7 sessions and was divided into 2 working subcommittees:
Subcommittee 1 with the topic of archival sources on Vietnamese politics and history in the modern and contemporary period. Some reports presented in the subcommittee are: Some Western sources on Vietnamese history: Current status of exploitation and research prospects; Archival sources on Vietnamese history during the French colonial period: The trap of diversity; List related to Ho Chi Minh of the SLOTFOM (4001-4014 COL), SPCE (6 HCI) combined collections; Archival documents and evidence: Historical sources serving the research of modern history in the mountainous region of Northern Vietnam...
Subcommittee 2 with the topic of sources of documents on Vietnam's economy and society in the modern and recent period. Some reports presented at the workshop were: Introduction to the archives of Japanese trading companies in Vietnam in the modern and recent period - DAINAN KOOSI; Historical sources on immigration in Vietnam: The case of the Japanese (1880-1950); Documents on associations operating during the French colonial period kept at the national archives of France and Vietnam...
This is a useful forum for managers and scientists to discuss and evaluate the value of historical sources about Vietnam, creating opportunities for academics from interested countries to clearly understand the ability to access archival sources to serve the research of Vietnamese history from many different perspectives.
The workshop is also a practical activity to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Faculty of Archival Studies and Office Management, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU (1996-2016) and towards the 50th anniversary of archival university training in Vietnam (1967-2017).
Author:Hoai An
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