The Policy Advisory Council held its first meeting.

On the morning of September 15, 2011, the Policy Advisory Council held its first meeting of the 2011-2015 term at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities.Attending the meeting were Professor Phan Huy Le (Chairman of the Council), former Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan, Professor Nguyen Van Khanh (Rector, Council Member), and other members of the Council, including scientists and administrators from within and outside the University. Speaking at the meeting, Professor Nguyen Van Khanh (Rector of the University) stated: Continuing to implement the requirements and tasks in line with the Party's 11th Congress guidelines, the University's Board of Directors decided to establish a new Policy Advisory Council for the 2011-2015 term. The Rector emphasized that this meeting aimed to focus on discussing and defining the Council's tasks for the 2011-2012 academic year, and hoped that the Advisory Council would conduct research and develop specific recommendations related to issues such as: policies for intellectuals, university autonomy, university revenue and expenditure, and policies for the development of social sciences and humanities. Following this, the Council members gathered to discuss and offer suggestions for the Council's activities during this term.Professor Mai Ngoc Chu proposed three main issues that the Council should focus on advising on: the issue of maritime sovereignty and Vietnam's sovereignty; the need for in-depth research on the Oc Eo cultural site; and the culture and languages ​​of ethnic groups. Professor Ngo Duc Thinh raised issues that the Council should pay attention to and recommend in the current strategy for the development of social sciences and humanities. He emphasized that investment in basic research is limited, with most research focusing on applied research. Professor Do Quang Hung argued that for social sciences to continue developing, it is impossible to equate them with all the resolutions of the congress; research also needs resources and a mechanism for interconnectedness, and there should not be a separation between training and research. Former Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan particularly emphasized the function, tasks, and target of the Policy Advisory Council. The Council should focus on advising on major, pressing, and comprehensive policies. He also presented some specific proposals from the Council for this year: educational reform and contributions to the development of the social science curriculum.

Other members of the Council also offered specific recommendations related to the meeting's conclusions. Professor Phan Huy Le summarized and outlined the specific tasks to be implemented by the Council during this term. The Council will focus on advising on general issues of strategic importance, with particular emphasis on several specific areas: social science development policy, policy towards intellectuals; fundamental and comprehensive educational reform; and organizing research on the East Sea... From there, the Council will focus on contributing opinions on specific topics, with the Chairman of the Council especially emphasizing two issues: the Oc Eo culture and the East Sea. It is known that immediately after the meeting, the Council leadership directed the establishment of two research groups to advise on these two issues. The remaining issues raised will be developed into a program and presented to the Council for consensus at the next meeting. Since 2001, the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam has assigned the Vietnam National University, Hanoi, as the focal point for researching major policies, projects, and other important issues in the fields of national science, culture, and education, in order to report and provide direct advice to Party and State agencies. The University of Social Sciences and Humanities is the unit directly implementing this task through its Policy Advisory Council.

List of members of the Policy Advisory Council for the 2011-2015 term.

1	Professor Phan Huy Le, President of the Vietnam Historical Science Association	Chairman of the Council
2	Associate Professor Pham Xuan Hang, Head of the Department of Social Management, Faculty of Management Sciences, former Chairman of the Hanoi City Fatherland Front.	Permanent Vice Chairman
3	Professor Vu Duong Ninh, Chairman of the Association of Retired Teachers of the School	Vice president
4	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Kim, Vice Rector of the University	Vice president
5	Dr. Hoang Van Luan, Head of the Scientific Research Management Department	Council Secretary
6	Professor Dr. Nguyen Van Khanh, Rector of the University	Commissioner
7	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Kim Son, Vice Rector of the University	Commissioner
8	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vu Duc Nghieu, Vice Rector of the University	Commissioner
9	Professor Phung Huu Phu, Head of the Department of Political Science, Standing Vice Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council, former Standing Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department.	Commissioner
10	Professor Dr. Dinh Van Duc, Director of the Center for Asia-Pacific Studies	Commissioner
11	Professor Dr. Nguyen Minh Thuyet, Vice Chairman of the Committee on Culture, Education, Youth, and Children of the National Assembly	Commissioner
12	Professor Tran Tri Doi, Director of the Center for Korean Language and Korean Studies	Commissioner
13	Professor Mai Ngoc Chu, Deputy Director of the Center for Korean Language and Korean Studies	Commissioner
14	Professor Dr. Do Quang Hung, lecturer in the Department of Political Science, former Director of the Institute of Religious Studies.	Commissioner
15	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pham Quang Long, Director of the Hanoi Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism	Commissioner
16	Professor Ngo Duc Thinh, former Director of the Institute of Cultural Studies.	Commissioner
17	Mr. Vu Khoan, former Deputy Prime Minister of the Government	Commissioner
18	Mr. Truong Dinh Tuyen, former Minister of Trade	Commissioner
19	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tran Dinh Thien, Director of the Vietnam Institute of Economics	Commissioner