Receiving representatives of the Catholic Academic Exchange Fund of the Federal Republic of Germany

At the meeting, Dr. Heinrich Geiger introduced the activities ofCatholic Academic Exchange Fund of the Federal Republic of GermanyHe said: Up to now, the Fund has awarded 150 scholarships to Vietnamese scientists. Currently, there are 25 Vietnamese scientists studying and researching in Germany under the Fund's scholarship program in the fields of natural sciences and social sciences. Dr. Heinrich Geiger affirmed: KAAD is always ready to support the establishment and development of cooperative relationships between the University of Social Sciences and Humanities and universities in the Federal Republic of Germany.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pham Quang Minh thanked the Fund for its support to the University of Social Sciences and Humanities and expressed his hope that the Fund would create favorable conditions for the University's staff to have the opportunity to receive scholarships from the Fund. The Vice President emphasized: The Fund will be an important bridge in the process of building and developing good cooperative relations between the University of Social Sciences and Humanities and German universities. He hoped that in the future, the two sides would cooperate to organize scientific seminars and international scientific conferences on topics of mutual interest such as: culture, traditional and modern values, relations between the East and the West, etc.

The German Catholic Academic Exchange Foundation is a non-governmental organization that supports scholarships for postgraduate students and scientists from countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Middle East and Southeast Europe. It is known that Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Vu Hao - lecturer of the Faculty of Philosophy has received a scholarship from the Foundation and completed his doctoral thesis on Western Philosophy.