Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Khanh: Research on Vietnamese Language and Vietnam Studies is receiving attention from the international scientific community.

On September 2, 1945, for the first time in history, Vietnamese was officially broadcast on the international radio waves with the Declaration of Independence read by President Ho Chi Minh before all the people of the country and the world, giving birth to the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. Since then, Vietnamese has become the official national language of Vietnam, used for teaching at universities and in all fields in Vietnam. Up to now, Vietnamese has received more and more attention, the position and role of Vietnamese has been increasingly appreciated and is an important and decisive bridge in the exchange between Vietnam and the world. Vietnamese has been taught at the most famous universities in the world and the region.

Opening session/Photo: Jackie Chan

“VAssessing the position of Vietnamese in particular and Vietnamese studies in general is currently one of the important issues for Vietnamese scholars at home and abroad, and is tending to become a concern of the international scientific community.' -Prof. Nguyen Van Khanh said. This is further promoted by the context of globalization which is strongly influencing the exchange and cooperation activities in scientific research. Besides, interdisciplinary research is an urgent need in research.

Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Khanh speaks at the opening session/Photo: Thanh Long

The University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU, formerly known as Hanoi University of Science, has a tradition of nearly 60 years of teaching Vietnamese language and culture to foreigners. Thousands of foreigners have studied Vietnamese language, culture, literature, history of Vietnam... and many have become famous Vietnam scholars, veteran diplomats, senior interpreters... Notably, 15 former students have become Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Vietnam.

With the position and responsibility of a leading research and training institution in Vietnam, the University has organized many international conferences, research projects, and academic exchange activities to further enhance the research and teaching of Vietnamese language and Vietnamese studies, moving towards establishing this network within the framework of universities at home and abroad. This international conference is a typical activity in this effort.

“The workshop will createmotivation for connecting Vietnamese scholars, promoting the promotion of Vietnamese language as a key of Vietnamese culture in the process of comprehensive integration with the world” -The Principal expressed his expectations for the success of the Conference.

Photo: Jackie Chan

The international scientific conference “Research and teaching Vietnamese language and Vietnamese studies in universities” gathered experts and scientists from 9 countries and regions: Laos, Thailand, Singapore, Australia, China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, the United States and Vietnam.

The conference received 100 reports, including 23 reports from scholars, experts and lecturers from major universities such as Harvard, California State Fullerton (USA), Tokyo, Tokyo Foreign Languages, Asia Pacific (Japan), National University of Singapore, Australian National University, Guangzhou, Guangxi, Beijing Universities (China), Chulalongkon, Mahidol, Ubon Rachathani (Thailand), Lao National University...

The papers revolve around the core issues of Vietnamese language and Vietnamese studies: Current situation, organization methods, teaching programs of Vietnamese language and Vietnamese studies; Teaching methods and assessment methods of Vietnamese language proficiency as a foreign language; Issues of Vietnamese linguistics; Research on Vietnamese studies from an interdisciplinary perspective (Literature, History, Culture, Society...) ..

Prof. Dr. Vu Duc Nghieu presented the report "Some opinions on testing and assessment in teaching Vietnamese as a second language" at the plenary session/Photo: Thanh Long

Prof. Imai Akio (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan) with the report "Teaching Vietnamese through the homepage of TUFS University" at the plenary session/Photo: Thanh Long

Professor Ngo Nhu Binh (Harvard University) presented the report "The role of the mother tongue of people learning Vietnamese as a foreign language"/Photo: Thanh Long

Delegates take souvenir photos after the morning plenary session/Photo: Jackie Chan