Continue implementing the Zensho Cooperation Program.

During the meeting, Associate Professor Shimizu Takeshi stated that since November 2011, the Zensho Program has invested in equipment and materials for research and study, and has regularly organized teaching and academic research activities, short-term practical courses, and accepted international students to study at the University of Tokyo. To date, the Program has completed Phase 1 (2011-2015) and entered Phase 2 (2016-2021).

To date, the Zensho Program has actively supported the teaching and learning of faculty, undergraduate, and graduate students of the Japanese Studies Department, achieving several concrete results in equipping facilities, receiving graduate students as auditing students at the University of Tokyo, organizing intensive courses on Japan, organizing short-term internships at the University of Tokyo, inviting Vietnamese lecturers to conduct research at the University of Tokyo, organizing library management seminars, organizing the "Hanoi Rondo" Japan-Vietnam Studies forum, and organizing reading sessions on ethnology, etc.

On behalf of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Professor Pham Quang Minh expressed his gratitude for the cooperation of the University of Tokyo through the Zensho Program. The Rector hoped that in Phase 2, the Program would delve deeper, helping lecturers and researchers at the University produce substantial works, especially those published internationally. The University will do its utmost to maintain cooperation between the two sides through the Zensho Office at the University.

Professor Pham Quang Minh (Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities) exchanged gifts and took a commemorative photo with Associate Professor Shimizu Takeshi.

The Zensho Japan Research Support Program is one of the contents of the cooperation agreement between the University of Social Sciences and Humanities and the University of Tokyo. This program is sponsored by the Zensho Group to promote the development of Japanese studies in Vietnam and is one of Zensho Group's "Support for Training Asian Talents" activities for the University of Tokyo.