On December 14, 2012, the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, in collaboration with Gakushuin University (Japan) and Myongji University (Korea), organized an international scientific conference on the theme "Organization and Promotion of the Value of People's Archival Documents".The workshop was attended by Mr. Nguyen Van Lanh, Director of the Archives Department of the Central Party Office; Assoc. Prof. Dr. Duong Van Kham, President of the Vietnam Association of Archives and Records; Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Khanh, Rector of the University; international and Vietnamese scientists; representatives from universities and research institutions specializing in archives; and lecturers, students, trainees, and postgraduate researchers from the Department of Archival Studies and Office Management. In his opening remarks, Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Khanh emphasized that the international scientific workshop on the theme "Organizing and Promoting the Value of People's Archival Documents" is one of the practical activities commemorating 45 years of university-level archival training in Vietnam (1967-2012). It also marks an important starting point for cooperation between the three universities and archivists in the three countries in improving the quality of training and research.
The main content of the presentations addressed issues related to people's archives and the archiving situation of individuals, families, clans, temples, villages, and community organizations. Some presentations researched people's archives from a theoretical and historical perspective: "People's Archives - Theoretical and Practical Issues and Research Directions" by Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Tham - Vietnam Archives and Records Association. Several presentations published the results of surveys and research on people's archives in practice in Vietnam, Japan, Korea, France, Germany, etc. Notable among them were the presentations: Private Archives in the Community in Japan - Challenges from the Past, Present to the Future (Associate Professor Yuichi Aohi, Gakushuin University, Japan); Community archiving and the daily archiving trend in Korea: The development of interest in archival studies and the process of creating mass memory (Prof. Ikhan Kim, Myongji University, Korea); Document archiving in Vietnamese families through practical surveys and issues requiring research (Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vu Thi Phung – Head of the Department of Archival Studies and Office Management, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi). Other presentations at the conference also focused on sharing experiences and solutions for organizing and promoting the value of people's archival documents: Experiences in collecting and building personal archival records through practical research of the LX51 Group (Ms. Tran Bich Hanh – Center for Heritage of Vietnamese Scientists); Private Archives in Germany – Experiences for Organizing Archives in Vietnam (Prof. Detlef Briesen, University of Giesen, Germany)… This scientific conference aims to raise public awareness, contribute to the dissemination and effective implementation of the provisions of the Archives Law on the organization and promotion of the value of people's archival documents. The results of the conference will also be useful reference materials for research and training in Archival Studies at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities.
