The ceremony to hand over the Cooperation Agreement document was carried out in the presence of President To Lam and Russian President Vladimir Putin on the occasion of President Vladimir Putin's state visit to Vietnam at the invitation of General Secretary Nguyen Phu. Trong. Before that, on the same morning, at headquarters No. 1 Lieu Giai, Ba Dinh, Hanoi, Dr. Phan Chi Hieu, President of the Academy, had a courtesy meeting and signed a cooperation agreement between the Academy and the Presidential Academy led by Dr. Alexey Gennadievich Komissarov, Director of RANEPA, led the delegation.
Welcoming with President Phan Chi Hieu were MSc. Nguyen Thanh Ha, Head of the International Cooperation Department; Associate Professor, PhD. Nguyen Huy Hoang, Director of the Academy of Social Sciences; Associate Professor, PhD. Nguyen Chien Thang, Director of the Institute of European Studies and MSc. Le Thanh Tuyen, Specialist of the International Cooperation Department.
Come visit and work with Dr. Alexey Gennadievich Komissarov had Ms. Natalia Valerievna Shafínkaya, Head of the Department of International Cooperation; Ms. Elena Azatovna, International Cooperation Department.
On January 30, 1950, the Soviet Union became one of the first countries in the world to recognize and officially establish diplomatic relations with the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, demonstrating the strong solidarity of the Union. Soviet Union for the just cause of the Vietnamese people. Since then, the two countries have regularly maintained and promoted relationships with high trust, specifically: On March 1, 2001, Vietnam and the Russian Federation signed a Joint Declaration on Strategic Partnership; In 2012, the two sides issued a Joint Declaration on further strengthening the comprehensive strategic partnership; In the two years 2019-2020, the two countries will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty on Basic Principles of Friendly Relations (1994-2019) and 70 years of establishing relations. diplomacy (1950-2020), to be continued in 2021.
For the Academy, right from the first days of its establishment in 1953, the Department of History, Geography and Literature Research (the predecessor of the Academy) had an early cooperative scientific exchange relationship with the humanities and social sciences, especially Soviet historians; organized many receptions for historians from the Soviet Union. Throughout the long history of cooperation and development, even in the country's most difficult periods, scientific cooperation between the two nations in all fields has still achieved many important achievements in research. research and training, contributing to the country's revolutionary cause, in which the relationship with Soviet historians is outstanding
Speaking at the courtesy meeting, on behalf of the Academy's Leadership, Dr. Phan Chi Hieu warmly welcomed and gave his best wishes to Dr. Alexey Gennadievich Komissarov, Director of RANEPA, and colleagues visited and worked at VASS and said that although geographically distant, the relationship between Vietnam and the Russian Federation is always close in soul and passionate patriotism. complain. The two countries have always accompanied each other, overcoming countless difficulties and challenges, forging the special traditional friendship between the two peoples today. President Phan Chi Hieu affirmed that the Academy is honored to cooperate with the Presidential Academy, the leading training and research facility of Russia and Europe; At the same time, he said that in recent years, VASS staff and scientists from Russian research institutes and universities have regularly attended international scientific conferences held in Vietnam and the Union. Russian state, most recently the Scientific Conference "Colonialism in the East and its impact on the modern world" within the framework of the Eastern Economic Forum, held in September 2023 in Vladivostoc ( Russia)...
At the reception, the President of the Academy briefly introduced the structure, functions and main research tasks of VASS: (i) Basic research in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities; (ii) Research to provide scientific arguments to serve the development of guidelines for the Party and State of Vietnam; (iii) Consulting to develop social sciences fields; (iv) High quality human resource training; At the same time, he said that the Academy is currently in the process of developing the project "Strengthening capacity and developing the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences into a key research center, on par with advanced countries in the region and the world." world", this project is similar to the "RANEPA development program until 2030" signed by President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin in early December 2022 and hopes that RANEPA will share information and experience in building The Presidential Academy is the largest training facility in the Russian Federation and is very prestigious in Europe and around the world.
Responding to the President of the Academy, Dr. Alexey Gennadievich Komissarov would like to thank VASS for the warm welcome and is very happy to witness the close, deep and friendly relationship between the two countries. At the same time, he hopes that the relationship between the two agencies will continue to develop. develop and become more effective in the near future. RANEPA Director said, RANEPA Academy is Russia's largest training ecosystem with 47 training facilities in 42 Russian territories with a total of 270,000 students including students and master's students. doctors, doctors, experts and students participating in short-term training programs, among them 07 Vietnamese students are studying at the Academy. Currently, the Academy has more than 25 Journals, of which 6 are in the Scopus category.
Dr. Alexey Gennadievich Komissarov believes that the official visit of the President of Russia on this occasion will further promote the relationship between the two countries and continue to raise it to new heights; At the same time, the Presidential Academy is ready to cooperate with VASS in all fields that the VASS President has proposed such as scientific research, policy consulting and master's and doctoral training. On this occasion, the Director of RANEPA also invited President Phan Chi Hieu to attend the major forum on public policy training and scientific research, expected to be held in the Russian Federation in the near future, and at the same time demonstrate It would be an honor if President Phan Chi Hieu and his colleagues accept the invitation to attend this meaningful academic event.
Discussing plans for scientific cooperation in the coming period, the two sides emphasized a number of contents: (i) Strengthening cooperation and coordinated research in the field of social sciences and humanities; (ii) Strengthen cooperation in the field of training, focusing on strengthening the capacity of the Academy of Social Sciences to improve the quality of master's and doctoral training for the country; (iii) Cooperation in staff training, expert and academic exchange through scholarship programs, short-term training courses for Academy researchers...
At the meeting, the two sides signed an MOU Cooperation Agreement in the presence of delegates. The MOU was signed with the aim of establishing and developing academic, research, educational, training and other relationships between VASS and RANEPA. Thereby, actively contributing to strengthening the cooperative relationship between the two countries of Vietnam and the Russian Federation, worthy of comprehensive strategic cooperation and traditional friendship between the two peoples.
On this occasion, the two sides gave each other meaningful souvenirs, expressing the spirit of solidarity, friendship and looking forward to even better cooperation in the future.
Nguyen Minh Hong
