Receiving the Director of the French School of the Far East (EFEO) in Vietnam

At the meeting, Prof. Dr. Pham Quang Minh (Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities) through Dr. Andrew Hardy expressed his sincere thanks for the contributions of the EFEO to the development of the University. The Rector hopes that EFEO will continue to facilitate and support the research, training and academic development activities of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities.

Dr. Andrew Hardy said that in the near future, EFEO will support the University in activities such as introducing the trilingual poem Luc Van Tien, organizing exchanges and discussions on academic fields between France and Vietnam such as literature, history, etc. It is expected that on March 20, EFEO will cooperate with the University of Social Sciences and Humanities to organize a seminar on medieval European literature and modern Vietnamese literature, during the visit of Michel Jink, Permanent Secretary of the Academy of Inscriptions and Fine Arts (Paris), to Vietnam.

Prof. Dr. Pham Quang Minh (Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities) and Dr. Andrew Hardy take a souvenir photo

On December 5-6, 2014, the Hanoi University of Social Sciences and Humanities coordinated with EFEO to organize the workshop “EFEO and Social Sciences and Humanities in Vietnam”. The workshop highlighted the role of EFEO in the development of Vietnam’s social sciences and humanities in history, especially since the re-establishment of the representative office in Hanoi in 1993. The workshop also contributed to promoting cooperation activities between the University and EFEO in the future.