The Asia Maritime and Trade Research Group continues to be recognized as a strong research group at the Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

 
The Group of Maritime and Asian Commercial Studies (VNU) has a history dating back to 1999 (when it was called the Group of Asian Commercial Studies -Group of Asian Commercial Studies, USSH, VNU - was established on the basis of some members of the Department of World History (now the Department of Global History), Faculty of History, University of Social Sciences and Humanities. During the development process, the members of the Group have expanded. After nearly 25 years of development, the Group has achieved a number of achievements in the fields of research, training and international cooperation.
Since 1990, the domestic and international situation has changed a lot. Faced with new historical conditions and requirements for researchers, for the development of the country and the inherent requirements of the fields of study, many scientists and lecturers of universities, including the staff teaching and researching World History, realized that they needed to innovate in thinking and action. In that context, members of the Department of World History realized that they needed to quickly change, adapt, and integrate with the regional and international academic environment, and at the same time boldly delve into new research areas, contributing to clarifying the typical characteristics and position of Vietnam as a closely-knit member of the region. Under the gathering and guidance of Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Kim, Head of the Department of World History, the Asian Maritime and Trade Research Group was formed and has grown steadily. Group members have participated in and organized programs, research projects, established relationships with partners, strengthened their position, and expanded the Group's professional influence.
Pursuing the motto: Research on World History must start from Vietnam's position, placed in the relationship and for the benefit of Vietnam as proposed by the Group Leader, since 1999, the Group has determined the direction of fundamental and in-depth research on trade, especially Vietnam's maritime trade with East Asian countries. That research direction not only contributes to clarifying the tradition of exploiting the sea, developing the marine economy, economic and cultural exchanges at sea in Vietnam's history, but also aims for a comprehensive and increasingly deeper view of Vietnam's history and culture. From focusing on researching maritime trade, the Group is also interested in researching the process of exploring, establishing and protecting Vietnam's sovereignty over the sea and islands.
During the training and research process, the Group always attaches importance to acquiring and developing a system of theories and methods and always links theory, theory and research methods with practice to build and strengthen the fundamental foundations for the sustainable development of the Group.
In 2015, the Asian History and Trade Relations Research Group was officially recognized as one of the 21 strong research groups of VNU. With its achievements, the Group has affirmed its leading position in the field of research and the combination of research, training and publication of research results.
In 2023, the name was changed to the Asian Maritime and Trade Research Group and was continued to be recognized by VNU as a Strong Research Group of VNU.


I. GROUP LEADER - PROFESSOR, DR. NGUYEN VAN KIM

Professor Nguyen Van Kim proposed and chaired the development of a national science and technology project description:Comprehensive investigation and assessment of the characteristics of Vietnam's marine ecological civilization to serve the sustainable development of the marine economy, environmental protection, natural disaster prevention, and climate change response.(Project under the Key Program: Basic investigation of marine and island resources and environment to 2030) implementation period 2022-2025; Chief, Co-editor of national science and technology project:Southern Vietnam from the 7th to the 16th century belongs to the project "The process of formation and development of the Southern region";History of Vietnam, Volume 3 (179-905) (KHXH-LSVN.03/14-18);Vietnam National Geographic, The Book of Rules, Volume 4:Sea and Islands(National Special Project)…
The professor is also the head of scientific projects at the Ministry level and at Hanoi National University level:Vietnam - Japan trade relations in the 16th-17th centuries;The formation and development of ancient Southeast Asian countries and regional relationships; Van Don - Vietnam's international trading port; The impact of cultural acculturation on development in Vietnam today; History of the Vietnamese Government (1945-2015), Volume 4 (In charge of the field of Ethnicity and Religion);Compilation of Vietnamese Encyclopedia, Volume 28 (participated in editing the sections: Politics, Diplomacy, Organization)…
In addition, the Professor is also the Head of international scientific and technological cooperation tasks:Viet Nam - Japan: Traditional trading relations (Sumitomo Foundation); “Ensnared in War: The Koreans and Vietnamese in World War II”(in cooperation with the Korea Academic Research Foundation);“Bridging the Isolated Gulf: A Study of the Japanese-Spanish Alliance to Establish the Tonkin - Manila Trade Route in the Middle of the Seventeenth Century(International project funded by Sumitomo Foundation, Japan).
Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Kim is also the editor, co-editor and author of many valuable policy consulting works applied to Party Committees, State agencies and People's Committees of provinces and cities.
- MonographVan Don - Vietnam's international commercial port(Hanoi National University Publishing House, H., 2014, 2016, Outstanding Science and Technology Work Award of Hanoi National University in 2014, Good Book Award of Vietnam Publishing Association in 2015) by the Team Leader is a typical S&T product. Quang Ninh Provincial People's Committee also issued Document No. 7103/UBND-VX dated December 12, 2014 to Hanoi National University, University of Social Sciences and Humanities and the author to acknowledge the value and contribution of the work. Recently, the work has been proposed as a scientific basis for building a dossier to propose ranking the Van Don Port Historical Relic Complex as a Special National Relic.
- ProjectVietnam - Potential and position(Hanoi National University Publishing House, H., 2021) has recently been proposed by the Ministry of Information and Communications to be digitized for widespread dissemination in society, in order to improve understanding of the potential and position of regions and localities, contributing to promoting the socio-economic development of regions and localities in the process of international economic integration.
- Some other projects such as:Vietnamese with the sea(Cb, World Publishing House, Hanoi, 2011);Vietnam - Traditional maritime economy and culture(Dcb, National Political Publishing House, Hanoi, 2015),Cultural integration and assimilation in Vietnamm (Cb, Publishing House of Hanoi National University, H., 2016),Sea and continent - Role and exchange network in the river basins of the Central region(Dcb, Hanoi National University Publishing House, H., 2018),Legend of a land - Cultural space of the Central Highlands through the Ede epic(Social Sciences Publishing House, H., 2021) has been nominated, received awards and made important contributions in consulting and solving socio-economic issues for the Party, State and localities.
Over the years, Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Kim has published many scientific works (in English and international languages) on the history of diplomatic relations, maritime trade, marine ecological civilization, sustainable development of the marine economy... out of a total of over 300 published works. Many books and monographs have been published in prestigious domestic and international specialized scientific journals.

Refer to information about the research achievements of Professor, Doctor, Meritorious Artist Nguyen Van Kim at the link:https://ussh.io.vn/vi/news/khoa-hoc/gs-ts-ngut-nguyen-van-kim-nguoi-khai-mo-nhung-dinh-huong-nghien-cuu-moi-ve-bien-va-thuong-mai-chau-a-21941.html

II. KEY GROUP MEMBERS


Along with the above members, the Asia Sea and Trade Research Group also has the participation of many experts and researchers from VNU, research institutes and universities: Dr. Dinh Tien Hieu, Lecturer, Faculty of History, University of Social Sciences and Humanities; Dr. Tran Xuan Thanh, Researcher, Center for Sea and Islands, University of Social Sciences and Humanities; Dr. Dinh Duc Tien, Lecturer, Faculty of History, University of Social Sciences and Humanities; Dr. Ho Thanh Tam, Lecturer, Faculty of History, University of Social Sciences and Humanities; MSc. Postgraduate Vu Thi Xuyen, Lecturer, Faculty of Vietnamese Studies and Vietnamese Language, University of Social Sciences and Humanities; MSc. Postgraduate Tran Van Manh, Researcher, Center for Sea and Islands, University of Social Sciences and Humanities; Dr. Le Thi Khanh Ly, Lecturer, Faculty of Cultural Studies, Hanoi University of Culture; Dr. Nguyen Tien Dung, Deputy Director of the Institute of Cultural Studies, Hanoi University of Culture; PhD. Do Truong Giang, Researcher, Institute of Imperial Citadel Studies, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences; Master. Researcher Le The Lam, Lecturer, Academy I, Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics,...


III. GROUP'S RESEARCH OBJECTIVES

The above research orientations contribute to an increasingly deeper and more comprehensive understanding of Vietnam's history as well as the position and role of Vietnam's seas and islands in international relations. These research orientations also clarify the potential of Vietnam's marine economy, prepare arguments and scientific bases for the development of policies and strategies for marine economic development, exploitation and promotion of marine resources, protection of sea and island sovereignty and the successful implementation of the Strategy for sustainable development of Vietnam's marine economy.

IV. KEY RESEARCH CONTENT OF THE GROUP

In the next 3 years (2023-2025), the top priority of the Asian Marine and Trade Research Group is to focus on implementing the Project: Comprehensive investigation and assessment of the characteristics of Vietnam's marine ecological civilization to serve the sustainable development of the marine economy, environmental protection, natural disaster prevention, and climate change response (National special project under the "Key program for basic investigation of marine and island resources and environment to 2030".
Based on the results of basic and comprehensive surveys of all cultures and marine cultural heritages nationwide; assessment of reserves and unique values ​​of heritages and types of heritages through historical periods, the ability to promote the value of those heritages in the present and future; the Project will propose solutions on policies, strategies, planning, management, conservation, promotion and dissemination of cultural values ​​and marine ecological civilizations to serve the sustainable development of the marine economy, environmental protection, natural disaster prevention, climate change response, etc.

V. OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE RESEARCH GROUP IN THE LAST 3 YEARS

1. Publish research works in ISI, Scopus and prestigious international scientific journals
- In the past 3 years, the Group has published many works on the history of diplomatic relations, maritime trade, etc. in prestigious international and domestic scientific journals.
- In recent years, the Group Leader has also published many other scientific works (in English and some international languages) on the history of diplomatic relations, history of maritime trade, marine ecological civilization, sustainable development of the marine economy... in a total of over 300 works published in prestigious domestic scientific journals. These research works have contributed to clarifying the tradition of exploiting the sea, developing the marine economy, and maritime trade relations in Vietnam's history, and have also contributed to a comprehensive view of Vietnam's history and culture.
From focusing on marine trade research, these studies also focus on the process of exploring, establishing and protecting Vietnam's sea and island sovereignty; proposing solutions on policies, strategies, and plans to preserve, promote and advertise cultural values ​​and marine ecological civilization to serve the sustainable development of the marine economy, protect the environment, prevent natural disasters, respond to climate change, and contribute to the successful implementation of the Vietnam Marine Sustainable Development Strategy.
- Along with publishing research results in domestic and international specialized scientific journals, in recent years, the Group has (in conjunction with the Center for Sea and Islands) successfully organized a number of scientific seminars on the history of diplomatic relations and maritime trade such as: "Sea with continent - Role and network of exchanges in the Central River Basin" (in conjunction with the Vietnam Historical Science Association); "North Central Coast commercial port system - Potential, position and regional and inter-regional exchanges" (in conjunction with Hanoi University of Culture); "South Central Coast commercial port system - Potential, position and regional and inter-regional exchanges" (in conjunction with Hoi An City - Hoi An Cultural Heritage Management and Conservation Center)... These are seminars that demonstrate specialized research thinking combined with interdisciplinary research to continue to clarify the potential and position of Vietnam's sea; maritime cultural traditions; Vietnam's economic and maritime relations with regional and international countries.
 

 Scientific workshop "Identifying the value, preserving and promoting the Van Don commercial port relic complex"

 

 
2. On the capacity of scientific and technological cooperation
In terms of cooperation, the Group has cooperated with many domestic and international researchers. Along with key members, the Research Group also has the participation and advice of: Prof. Dr. Vu Duong Ninh, Prof. Dr. People's Teacher Nguyen Quang Ngoc, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thua Hy (VNU); Prof. Dr. Kikuchi Seiichi (Showa University), Prof. Dr. Momoki Shiro (Osaka University, Japan), Prof. Dr. Bruce Lockhart (National University of Singapore)... Experts and scientific advisors have actively supported the research, training, publishing, international cooperation and development activities of the Group.
In the past 3 years, the Group has successfully implemented a joint research and development project with domestic/international partners, namely an international project with the Sumitomo Foundation, Japan: “Bridging the Isolated Gulf: A Study of the Japanese-Spanish Alliance to Establish the Tonkin - Manila Trade Route in the Middle of the Seventeenth Century”.
The group members include experts from international intellectual property organizations; economic experts; architects/chief economists in a number of industries and fields or senior experts or members of the Prime Minister's Advisory Council: The group leader is the Vice Chairman of the National Cultural Heritage Council (Decision No. 1522/QD-TTg dated October 7, 2020 of the Prime Minister).
In 2014, the Research Group was awarded a Certificate of Merit by VNU for its research achievements (Decision No. 1587/QD-VNU dated May 13, 2014 by the Director of VNU). In 2022, the Asia Maritime and Trade Research Group continued to receive a Certificate of Merit from the Director of VNU for collectives and individuals with outstanding achievements in science and technology activities. The scientific reputation of the Group in research and training has been recognized by VNU, management agencies and domestic and international science and technology organizations.

3. Training support
In 1999, Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Kim founded the “Group of Asian Commercial Studies” (USSH, VNU) with the core being lecturers from universities as well as young researchers studying, researching and working at research institutes and scientific management agencies in and outside the country.
During the training and self-training process, many members of the Group can use 2 or 3 foreign languages ​​in scientific exchange and research. All key members have had the opportunity to study (Master, PhD) or exchange science, research, and teach abroad: Netherlands, Germany, France, Australia, Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand,... In recent years, the number of PhD students trained by the Group Leader is 16 (10 PhD students have successfully defended their theses), the number of masters trained is 36, of which 34 are HVCH students who have successfully defended their theses.
With outstanding achievements, especially in 2022, the Asia Maritime and Trade Research Group was awarded a Certificate of Merit by the Director of Vietnam National University, Hanoi for collectives and individuals with outstanding achievements in science and technology activities in 2022 (According to Decision No. 540/QD-VNU, dated February 24, 2023)

VI. CONTACT INFORMATION
Center for Sea and Islands, University of Social Sciences and Humanities
Room 205 and 206, Building B, 336 Nguyen Trai, Thanh Xuan, Hanoi
Phone: Dr. Tran Xuan Thanh: 0913553003 – Master.PhD. Tran Van Manh: 0971373295.

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