On the school side, there were Dr. Phan Van Kien - Director of the Institute of Journalism and Communication Training (USSH-SJC), MSc. Luong Ngoc Vinh - Deputy Head of the Cooperation and Development Department. On the US Embassy side, there were Mr. Cameron Thomas - Shah - Spokesperson/Press Attaché, Ms. Ngo Thi Ngoc Chau - Information Specialist and representatives and experts from many fields of the Embassy.
Mr. Cameron Thomas - Shah sincerely thanked the school for the warm welcome of the delegation of the US Embassy in Vietnam. Mr. Cameron Thomas - Shah emphasized that the US Embassy wishes to learn more about the USSH - the leading journalism training unit in Vietnam, through areas such as training, international cooperation, facilities, in order to establish a long-term relationship between the two sides. The two sides are particularly interested in future cooperation opportunities in activities to improve training quality.
According to Dr. Phan Van Kien - Director of the Institute of Journalism and Communication, the University of Social Sciences and Humanities in general and the Institute of Journalism and Communication in particular are always pioneers, promptly updating new trends around the world, aiming to improve the quality of teaching and research. In particular, with artificial intelligence (AI) becoming a new trend of modern technology that has a strong impact on journalism and communication, the Institute has been organizing many seminars on this topic and soon introducing AI into the training program.
Dr. Phan Van Kien also emphasized that the Institute of Journalism and Communication has had many cooperative activities with the US Embassy in Vietnam. In the coming time, VNU-USSH proposed plans to cooperate with the US Embassy such as sponsoring conference costs, exchanging staff and sponsoring experts to teach at the school. Director Phan Van Kien also shared about the annual conference series on journalism and communication chaired by USSH-SJC, including coordination with press management units such as the Ministry of Information and Communications, the Vietnam Journalists Association and cooperation with all journalism research and training units nationwide.
According to Dr. Phan Van Kien, the Institute of Journalism and Communication is one of the two largest training and research institutions for journalism and communication in Vietnam, providing training at three levels from bachelor to doctorate in Journalism and Public Relations. The Institute is also the first and only unit in the country to train and grant master's degrees in Journalism and Communication Management. Currently, the Institute has four departments: Journalism, Multimedia Communication, Communication Management, and Public Relations - Advertising. The undergraduate training program includes bachelor's degrees in Journalism, High-quality Journalism, and Public Relations with the highest quality of admission nationwide.
In particular, USSH-SJC persists in its training goal of providing basic knowledge of social sciences and humanities as well as basic knowledge of journalism and media along with basic skills so that students can confidently enter the content industry in general instead of just grasping the knowledge and skills of a type of journalism and media. USSH-SJC has updated new trends of digital society to include in the curriculum such as GPT chat, virtual reality and augmented reality. This is the flexible application that the Institute is aiming for, expanding students' opportunities to access modern trends on multimedia platforms.
At the meeting, MSc. Luong Ngoc Vinh - Deputy Head of the Department of Cooperation and Development said that currently, the University of Social Sciences and Humanities is internationalizing its training and research activities, with more than 15 foreign lecturers participating in teaching. In addition, the school also promotes international publications, regularly cooperating with prestigious editorial offices around the world to promote the influence of VNU-USSH on the international scientific map. In addition, the school also promotes the publication of annual National Reports of high practical value.
The representative of the US Embassy expressed his wish to have more opportunities to enhance exchanges and cooperation with the University of Social Sciences and Humanities in many fields. The spokesperson of the Embassy affirmed that the cooperation will promote and enhance cultural exchanges between Vietnam and the United States.
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