Reception of the Director of the Asian Institute of Social Work International Research

At the meeting, Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Kim (Vice Principal of the University) expressed his gratitude for the long-term cooperation of Prof. Tatsuru Akimoto with the Faculty of Sociology of the University. When he was the President of the Asia-Pacific Association for Social Work Education, Prof. Tatsuru Akimoto, together with professors and scientists from Shukutoku University, contributed to research and academic exchanges in the field of social work at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, such as contributing ideas to documents and textbooks on social work, participating in events at the University such as the seminar "Buddhism and social work" held on March 21, 2012. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Kim said that the University wants to continue to receive cooperation from Prof. Tatsuru Akimoto and Shukutoku University.

Professor Tatsuru Akimoto thanked the USSH for its warm welcome and shared his desire to continue the collaborative research project on “Social Work and Buddhism”. Through this project, Shukutoku University will work with the University to organize an international conference to exchange and discuss the relationship between Buddhism and social work in many different countries, including Vietnam and Japan, to analyze and compare the contributions of Buddhism to social work in diverse social contexts. It is expected that in October, the President of Shukutoku University will visit and work with the USSH on the possibility of enhancing cooperation between the two sides.

Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Kim received gifts and took souvenir photos with Prof. Tatsuru Akimoto

In March 2012, a research delegation from Shukutoku University, Japan, came to Vietnam and discussed and signed a contract to coordinate research and implement the research project "The role of Buddhism in social work" initiated by Professor Nguyen Hoi Loan of Hanoi National University. The project was supported by the World Buddhist Sangha and agreed by Mr. Hasegawa Masatoshi - President of Shukutoku University.