At the invitation of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and his wife, President Vo Van Thuong and his wife, General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping and his wife paid a State visit to Vietnam from December 12-13, 2023. On this occasion, on December 13, Professor Peng Liyuan - wife of General Secretary and President of China and wife of President Phan Thi Thanh Tam visited Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU) and interacted with students.
Attending the reception for the two ladies were Ms. Lam Thi Phuong Thanh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Permanent Deputy Chief of the Office of the Party Central Committee; Permanent Deputy Head of the Central External Relations Commission Nguyen Thi Hoang Van, Deputy Head of the Office of the President Phan Thi Kim Oanh, Deputy Minister of Education and Training Ngo Thi Minh and Director of Hanoi National University Le Quan.
The President's wife, Phan Thi Thanh Tam, welcomed Professor Peng Liyuan - wife of the General Secretary and President of China, to visit Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
The visit of Prof. Peng Liyuan to VNU is of great significance, creating momentum to promote educational and training cooperation between the two countries, while also creating opportunities for students to exchange, interact and enhance understanding of the comprehensive strategic partnership between Vietnam and China.
At the reception for Prof. Peng Liyuan and the President's wife, Director Le Quan introduced to the two wives the cooperation situation between VNU and Chinese partners as well as information about training and research on Chinese language and culture at VNU.
The wife of the President Phan Thi Thanh Tam and the wife of the General Secretary and President of China - Professor Peng Liyuan took a souvenir photo with delegates at VNU.
According to Director Le Quan, VNU has implemented many cooperative activities with Chinese partners in all activities related to training, scientific research and technology transfer. Cooperation activities with universities and research institutes cover all member and affiliated units of VNU.
VNU has established partnerships with nearly 30 leading universities in China such as: Peking University, Tsinghua University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China University of Political Science and Law, Guangxi Normal University of Technology; Guangxi University for Nationalities; Beijing Language and Culture University; Hebei University of Foreign Studies, etc.
Currently, the number of Chinese students studying at VNU is nearly 600 students. Of which, Chinese students are concentrated in the University of Social Sciences and Humanities (nearly 400 students), the Faculty of Interdisciplinary Sciences (100 students) and the University of Foreign Languages (nearly 70 students). Many forms of study are implemented such as short-term training, regular training to obtain a degree from VNU, and cultural exchange programs, graduate student internships.
Cooperation activities to exchange lecturers and staff with Chinese universities have also been effectively implemented. Over the past year, more than 100 Chinese lecturers and staff have come to VNU to participate in teaching activities, improve professional capacity, as well as attend international conferences, seminars and academic exchanges.
The two ladies and Vietnamese and Chinese delegates visited VNU.
Units with strengths in Chinese language and culture training at VNU such as the University of Foreign Languages and the University of Social Sciences and Humanities have actively organized and participated in Chinese proficiency tests (HSK), as well as received Chinese lecturers sent to support Chinese language teaching.
In 2023, student Le Nguyet Quynh - a 12E student of Foreign Language High School won the second prize in the 16th Chinese Bridge Competition for high school students worldwide held in China.
Regarding scientific research cooperation, the University of Medicine and Pharmacy and the University of Natural Sciences, VNU have had scientific research cooperation programs within the framework of the cooperation protocol between the two countries with Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Anhui University of Technology in the fields of high technology and environmental protection.
In 2023, along with research cooperation and technology transfer activities, VNU will also coordinate with Chinese partners to organize many international seminars and conferences such as: International seminar "Making a difference - social work without barriers, towards sustainable development and responding to emergencies"; International seminar "Research on Vietnamese cultural literature in the context of digital transformation"; International seminar on "Asian linguistic geography" ...
VNU is also one of the higher education institutions, besides undergraduate and postgraduate training programs, there are also 2 high schools that offer Chinese language training, which are Foreign Language Specialized High School and Foreign Language Secondary School. Foreign Language Specialized High School has a specialized Chinese language training system.
At the meeting with the two Ladies, VNU students shared and expressed their interest in Chinese language, culture, cinema, costumes, and the friendship between Vietnam and China through cultural exchange, academic cooperation and mutual visits...
The President's wife Phan Thi Thanh Tam and the wife of the General Secretary and President of China - Professor Peng Liyuan during an exchange with students of VNU.
The wife of the General Secretary and President of China - Professor Peng Liyuan expressed her impression of the Chinese speaking ability of VNU students. Assessing that Vietnamese students are very intelligent and hard-working, Professor Peng Liyuan said that language is a bridge, playing an important role in communication and connection between people and between cultures. If Vietnamese students know Chinese, they can learn more about China, similarly, if Chinese students know Vietnamese, they will also understand more about Vietnamese culture.
The wife of the General Secretary and President of China - Prof. Peng Liyuan also emphasized that in the context of China and Vietnam promoting increasingly substantive and effective cooperation, young people and students play an important role. She hopes that the two sides will have many opportunities to exchange and cooperate so that the young generation can promote their capacity and role.
The two ladies enjoyed the art performances by students of VNU.
Next, the wife of the General Secretary and President of China, Prof. Peng Liyuan, the wife of the President of Vietnam, Phan Thi Thanh Tam, and the delegates enjoyed the artistic performances performed by students of VNU: the T'rung and Flute ensemble performance "My Homeland Vietnam", the singing and dancing performance "Tan Quy Phi Tuy Tuu", writing calligraphy on hats with music and reciting poetry, and the solo performance "Hoa Nhai".
Prof. Peng Liyuan praised the performances of students of VNU and said that they not only spoke Chinese well but also had musical and artistic qualities. She also expressed that music is a bridge when the parties do not share the same language. The wife of the General Secretary and President of China - Prof. Peng Liyuan advised students to improve the effectiveness of learning Chinese by listening to songs or watching movies. At the exchange, she also learned about the trends of young Vietnamese people today when making videos and posting them on social networking platforms.
Ha Cuong - Tra Khanh
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