Strengthening cooperation with Beijing Foreign Studies University (China)

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hoang Anh Tuan (Vice Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities) introduced that the University of Social Sciences and Humanities is a leading university in training and research in the field of social sciences and humanities. The University currently has 17 faculties, 12 centers and research institutes as well as more than 10,000 students and trainees of all levels and training systems. In 1995, the University established the Department of Chinese Studies under the Faculty of Oriental Studies and conducted training from bachelor to doctoral levels in Chinese studies. Many Chinese students have studied majors such as International Studies, Vietnamese Studies and Vietnamese Language at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels at the University within the framework of the 1+3, 2+2 training programs. The University wishes to further expand cooperation with Chinese universities and research institutes.

Prof. Yan Guohua thanked the USSH for its warm welcome and proposed a number of cooperative activities between Taichung University of Science and Technology and the University, such as organizing international seminars, student and lecturer exchanges. In particular, Prof. Yan Guohua hoped that USSH would support the compilation of Vietnamese language teaching materials, organize Vietnamese language exams through the Vietnamese Language Proficiency Test, and establish a Center for Vietnamese Studies at Beijing Foreign Studies University. This center would be both a place for training and research on Vietnam and a place to promote cooperation between the two sides.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hoang Anh Tuan pledged that the University of Social Sciences and Humanities will create favorable conditions for the establishment of the Vietnam Research Center and support the training of Vietnamese language and Vietnamese studies for the host country. At the same time, the University will promote information about Beijing Foreign Studies University to all staff, lecturers and students of the University. The Cooperation and Development Office will act as the liaison between the two sides.

Associate Professor Dr. Hoang Anh Tuan received gifts and took souvenir photos with Professor Yan Guohua and the delegation of Beijing Foreign Studies University.

On September 13, 2016, Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha and Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Pham Quang Minh visited and signed a cooperation agreement with Beijing University of Foreign Studies.

Beijing Foreign Studies University is the largest and most prestigious foreign language university in China, currently teaching 74 foreign languages, including more than 30 rare languages. Hundreds of Chinese ambassadors were once students of the university. In the near future, Beijing Foreign Studies University will organize training in all languages ​​in the world. The Vietnamese Department of Beijing Foreign Studies University has been teaching for more than 60 years and has many achievements, and plans to establish a Center for Vietnamese Studies this year to further strengthen training and in-depth research on Vietnam.