Working with the Asia-Pacific Security Research Center

On the morning of December 6, 2012, Associate Professor Pham Quang Minh, Vice Rector of the University, met and worked with Professor Lori A. Forman from the Asia-Pacific Security Research Center (Honolulu, Hawaii, USA). During the meeting, Professor Lori A. Forman expressed her desire to collaborate with Vietnamese agencies, including the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, to organize an international conference on security in Central Vietnam.According to Professor Lori A. Forman, the planned conference will focus on approaching non-traditional security research from a gender perspective. The conference will be held around mid-March 2013. Participants will include scientists from six countries: Bangladesh, Myanmar, China, the Philippines, Pacific Island nations, and Vietnam. Professor Forman also stated that the conference will be an opportunity for scientists to exchange research results, strengthen cooperation, and offer recommendations contributing to building a peaceful, stable, and prosperous region. Associate Professor Pham Quang Minh highly appreciated the idea of ​​organizing the conference by the Asia-Pacific Security Research Center, and affirmed that the University of Social Sciences and Humanities is a reputable training and research institution with experience in organizing many scientific conferences and will do its utmost to cooperate with the Asia-Pacific Security Research Center to successfully organize the conference.