Policy Advisory Council holds first meeting

On the morning of September 15, 2011, the Policy Advisory Council held its first meeting for the 2011-2015 term at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities.Attending the meeting were Prof. Dr. Phan Huy Le (Chairman of the Council), former Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan, Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Khanh (Principal, Member of the Council) and other members of the Council who are scientists and managers inside and outside the University. Speaking at the meeting, Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Khanh (Principal of the University) stated: To continue implementing the requirements and tasks in line with the guidelines of the 11th National Party Congress, the University Board of Directors decided to establish a new Policy Advisory Council for the 2011-2015 term. The Principal emphasized: this meeting focuses on discussing and determining the Council's tasks in the 2011-2012 school year, hoping that the Advisory Council will conduct a number of studies and develop specific recommendations related to the following issues: policies for intellectuals, university autonomy, university revenue and expenditure, and policies for the development of social sciences and humanities. Next, the Council members focused on discussing and giving their opinions on the Council's activities during this term.Prof. Dr. Mai Ngoc Chu proposed 3 main issues that the Council needs to focus on advising: the issue of sovereignty over islands and Vietnam's sovereignty; the need to soon have in-depth studies on the Oc Eo cultural site; culture and language of ethnic groups. Prof. Dr. Ngo Duc Thinh raised issues that the Council needs to pay attention to and make recommendations in the current strategy for developing social sciences and humanities. He emphasized that investment in basic research is still limited, most of which are pursuing applied research. Prof. Dr. Do Quang Hung said that in order for social sciences to continue to develop today, it is impossible to be consistent with all resolutions of the congress, research also needs means, there needs to be a connection mechanism, there should be no separation between training and research. Former Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan especially emphasized the functions, tasks, and objects of the Policy Advisory Council. The Council should focus on advising on major, urgent, and comprehensive policies. At the same time, he also made some specific recommendations for the Council this year: education reform, contributing ideas to the development of social science programs.

Other opinions of the Council members also proposed specific recommendations related to the Conclusions of the meeting. Prof. Dr. Phan Huy Le summarized and pointed out specific tasks that will be included in the Council's activities during this term. The Council will focus on consulting on general issues of strategic importance, especially focusing on a number of specific areas: social science development policy, policy towards intellectuals; fundamental and comprehensive education reform; organizing research on the East Sea.... From there, the Council will focus on contributing opinions on specific topics, in which the Chairman of the Council especially emphasized two issues: Oc Eo culture and the East Sea. It is known that, immediately after the meeting, the Council's leaders directed the establishment of two research groups to advise on these two issues. The remaining issues mentioned will be developed into a program and brought to the Council for consensus at the next meeting. Since 2001, the Central Secretariat of the Communist Party of Vietnam has assigned Hanoi National University to be the focal point for researching major policies, plans, projects and other important issues in the fields of science, culture and national education to report and advise directly to Party and State agencies. The University of Social Sciences and Humanities is the unit directly implementing this task through the Policy Advisory Council.

List of Policy Advisory Council for the 2011-2015 term

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