On March 13, 2012, the University of Social Sciences and Humanities in collaboration with the Canadian Embassy organized a scientific seminar with the theme "Canadian Studies: The relationship between domestic and foreign policies".Attending the seminar were Ms. Deborah Chatsis - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Canada to Vietnam, Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Khanh - Rector of the University, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pham Quang Minh - Vice Rector of the University, scientists from Canada and Vietnam. At the seminar, scientists presented papers and exchanged opinions on domestic policies and foreign policies of Canada in the context of the current volatile world and globalization trends. In his opening speech, Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Khanh emphasized: As a leading training and research center in the Vietnamese higher education community, the USSH has established cooperative relationships with Canadian universities such as the University of Toronto, the University of Ottawa, the University of Quebec in Montréal, and the University of Quebec En Abitibi Témiscamingue. In November 2011, during his working trip to Vietnam, the Governor General of Canada David Jonhston was very interested and took the time to visit the school. Continuing that good relationship, the School is honored to co-organize a scientific seminar on Canada with the participation of research and teaching in Vietnam.
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Canada to Vietnam Deborah Chatsis affirmed: The relationship between Vietnam and Canada is increasingly strengthened and developed. Trade and trade turnover between the two countries reached 1.6 billion dollars in 2011. Vietnam is Canada's third largest export market in Southeast Asia and Canada is the fifth largest investor in Vietnam. Canada's policy orientation in the coming time will continue to pay more attention to cooperation with the Asia-Pacific region, including Vietnam. Referring to the relationship between Canada and Vietnam since the two countries officially established diplomatic relations, Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Thi Vinh (Hanoi National University of Education) pointed out the results achieved in the fields of politics - diplomacy, economics - trade and considered the prospects of this relationship. In her speech, Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Thi Vinh said: Vietnam and Canada have established diplomatic relations for nearly 40 years, the economic potential of the two countries is not small, but in reality, economic - trade relations and investment cooperation are not commensurate with the potential of the two countries. The prospect of developing Vietnam - Canada relations, especially in the economic - trade field, depends largely on trade and investment promotion, image promotion, and updated information between the two countries... In her research on Canada, MSc. Duong Hong Anh (Faculty of International Studies - University of Social Sciences and Humanities) learned about Canada's multicultural policy. MSc. Duong Hong Anh mentioned the multicultural picture of Canada, the formation process of Canada's multicultural policy and gave assessments on the implementation of multicultural policy in Canada domestically and internationally. MSc. Duong Hong Anh emphasized: A very important and practical point is that Canada's multicultural policy allows immigrants to combine their original national identity with a new national identity in the direction of "integration" rather than "integration". In addition, a number of other studies have also discussed specific issues related to Canada's domestic and foreign policies: MSc. Nguyen Ngoc Manh (Institute of American Studies) gave an overview of the political system, the basic roles and functions of the Government and Parliament of Canada, thereby showing the influence of the political system on the implementation of the policies of the Canadian government; Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Thi Thanh Thuy (Faculty of International Studies - University of Social Sciences and Humanities) gave an overview of the achievements of cooperation between Canada and ASEAN, contributing to understanding the potential for international cooperation and foreign policy of Canada in general and in relations with Southeast Asian countries in particular. The scientific seminar has contributed to enhancing understanding and cooperation between Vietnam and Canada, expanding the research and teaching network about Canada in Vietnam.
