On November 21, 2010, the 15th Anniversary Festival of the Faculty of International Studies (1995-2010) was held with the participation of more than 500 delegates including teachers, students, alumni of the Faculty of International Studies, representatives of Vietnam National University, Hanoi, leaders of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities and its faculties and departments, partners from the Diplomatic Academy, the Institute of International Relations of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, institutes of the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, the Foreign Affairs Magazine of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission and universities.In particular, the Festival was also attended by international guests representing the European Commission Delegation, the Embassies of Canada, Indonesia, Romania, Singapore, Korea, Venezuela, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, and many other agencies and organizations. Speaking at the ceremony, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pham Quang Minh, Head of the Faculty of International Studies emphasized: “15 years is not a long time, but the Faculty of International Studies has initially built a solid foundation, affirmed its position in the regional and international research community, and determined the direction of long-term, stable and sustainable development.” Congratulating the Faculty of International Studies on this important event, Vice Rector of the University Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Kim expressed his wish: “The Faculty of International Studies will continue to further promote its achievements and strengths to focus on building a number of high-quality training and scientific research programs, continuing to perfect the three-level training program: Bachelor, Master and Doctorate in International Studies.” On behalf of the European Commission Delegation to Vietnam, Mr. Andrea Rossi, First Secretary in charge of educational science issues, highly appreciated the activities of the Faculty of International Studies over the past 15 years, congratulated the Faculty on receiving funding from the European Commission for the project “Improving the quality of training in European Studies” and pledged to continue to accompany the Faculty of International Studies in the next stages. In his welcoming speech to the Faculty of International Studies, Romanian Ambassador Dumitru Olaru expressed his joy to attend the Faculty's Anniversary Ceremony in the atmosphere of Vietnam and Romania celebrating the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations and emphasized that in the past, Romania had trained more than 4,000 students for Vietnam and wished to continue to award scholarships to Vietnamese students to study in Romania. What is special is that the speech of the Romanian Ambassador was translated into Vietnamese by Dr. NGUT Le The Que, a former student who studied in Romania. Sharing his feelings at the 15th Anniversary Ceremony of the Faculty, Prof. People's Teacher Vu Duong Ninh, the first Dean of the Faculty, said that, in addition to many factors that contributed to the success of the Faculty: "The spiritual and intellectual efforts of the teachers are always a shining example for the younger generation and the effectiveness of that tireless sacrifice has created an increasingly spacious and solid International Studies house."
After 15 years of construction and development, from a new training unit, the Faculty of International Studies has now become a reliable, high-quality training unit. The Faculty's current staff consists of more than 20 people, organized into 3 departments: International Relations, European Studies and American Studies. Most of them are young and have been trained abroad, have good professional qualifications and foreign languages. Especially in the trend of international integration, 100% of the staff are fluent in English or another foreign language, some staff can use 2-3 foreign languages. Regarding training, the Faculty of International Studies has more than 2,000 graduates, providing human resources for international research and foreign affairs activities, meeting the urgent needs of the country in the period of reform and opening. Scientific research and international cooperation are outstanding features of the Faculty of International Studies. Faculty staff have published 300 articles in domestic and foreign scientific journals, published over 90 textbooks and reference materials, have conducted 72 scientific research topics and presented hundreds of scientific reports in national and international conferences... In addition, the Faculty has had close and effective cooperation with many universities and international organizations such as: University of Oregon, University of California (USA), Ford Foundation, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation (Germany), Asia Foundation...
