Receive and work with representatives of the University of South Carolina (USA)

At the meeting, Associate Professor Dr. Pham Quang Minh welcomed Professor Paul Allen Miller to visit the University of Social Sciences and Humanities as a prestigious and reliable social work training address in Vietnam. The Vice President proposed the implementation of cooperation between the University and the University of South Carolina in the fields of social work, political science and Chinese studies. In particular, the University has proposed 3 cooperation proposals with the University of South Carolina in the field of Social Work: coordinating to develop a PhD training program in Social Work, establishing a Center for training lecturers in Social Work in both research and training, and organizing for lecturers of the Faculty of Sociology to visit the University of South Carolina to learn from the partner's experience in order to better develop the field of Social Work.

Prof. Paul Allen Miller welcomed the proposals of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pham Quang Minh and said that the University of South Carolina is very eager to cooperate with the University of Social Sciences and Humanities in the fields of social work such as dealing with population aging, elderly health care, community development, especially for poor and minority communities, mental health counseling for those in need, especially veterans... He hopes to welcome lecturers from the University to visit the University of South Carolina in the future and discuss more specific cooperation.

Associate Professor Dr. Pham Quang Minh (middle) took a photo with the delegation of the University of South Carolina (Photo: Tran Minh)

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