VNU-USSH cooperates with the Central Cultural Committee of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha in preserving and promoting the value of Buddhist cultural heritage.

Speaking at the signing session of the cooperation document and the Scientific Discussion on the planning of Buddhist cultural centers, Principal Hoang Anh Tuan quoted the late Professor Tran Van Giau that “the dawn of our nation was associated with Buddhism; Buddhism is the torch of civilization in our country”. The Principal emphasized the worldly nature of Buddhism and the important contribution of Buddhist culture in the historical process of the nation, supporting the plan to form a number of Buddhist cultural centers in strategic cultural and social areas. The Professor expressed his belief that these Buddhist cultural centers will at the same time be community cultural and social spaces that make practical contributions to social stability, people's solidarity, local tourism development... in accordance with the spirit of "Buddhism - Nation - Socialism".
Rector Hoang Anh Tuan affirmed that with a team of nearly 400 highly qualified scientists - with a wide range of interdisciplinary expertise currently working in more than 30 specialized fields, the University of Social Sciences and Humanities will accompany and share the professional tasks of the Central Committee of Culture, the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha in the coming time, including the 2025 United Nations Vesak Festival held in Vietnam. The school also hopes to receive the attention and support of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha in researching and training programs on Religious Studies, Belief and Religion at all three levels: bachelor's, master's and doctoral.
According to the content of the cooperation memorandum, the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi National University and the Central Committee of Culture, Vietnam Buddhist Sangha will jointly implement topics, projects, research programs... on Buddhist culture; coordinate to carry out scientific seminars on Buddhist culture; scientific discussions, communication, writing, editing and publishing publications related to the field of Vietnamese Buddhist culture.
In addition, the two units will coordinate to organize surveys, research, collect and systematize documents on Buddhist culture, build valuable scientific records on Buddhist culture, to preserve, honor and promote the value of Vietnamese Buddhist cultural heritage.
At the meeting, scientists from the University of Social Sciences and Humanities also had many comments and contributions to the project outline "Vietnamese Buddhist Architecture - Unity in Diversity" of the Central Cultural Committee, Vietnam Buddhist Sangha.