On acceptance of the invitation by the US Social Science Research Council (SSRC), a delegation of senior leaders of Vietnamese Academy of Social Sciences (VASS), led by Prof. Dr. Nguyen Xuan Thang, member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, President of VASS, has paid a working visit to the US from June 24 to June 30, 2012.

On 9th November 2012, Prof.Dr. Nguyen Xuan Thang, member of the Party Central Committee, President of Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS) met with Mrs. Victoria Kwakwa, Country Director of the World Bank (WB) in Vietnam, accompanying whom were experts of the WB in Vietnam.