Moderator
NguyễnThị Thu Hường
Head of Division of Scientific Management and International Cooperation
Vietnam National Institute of Culture and Arts Studies
Emanuel Pastreich
Director
The Asia Institute
Seoul
Jung Woojin
Director
The Asia Institute
Hanoi
Vietnam National Institute of Culture and Arts Studies (VICAS)
The Vietnam office of the Asia Institute is located in the Vietnam National Institute of Culture and Arts Studies (VICAS) and will work closely with Vietnamese experts in a broad range of fields. We will start monthly lectures on critical issues for Asia that offer a unique opportunity for dialogue.
Responding to Vietnam’s new intellectual openness, the Asia Institute invites everyone to join us in this exciting project and to offer us suggestions as to how we can improve our work in the future so promote real integration and cooperation in Vietnam, and throughout the region.
The director of the Vietnam office of the Asia Institute will be Professor Jung Woojin, a founding member of the Asia Institute currently serving as a visiting professor at the Vietnam National University Social Science & Humanities.
You are cordially invited to attend our opening ceremony on Friday January 12, 2017 (10 AM – 11:30 AM).
The opening ceremony will be held at
The Asia Institute Vietnam Office at the
Vietnam National Institute of Culture and Arts Studies (VICAS) http://en.vicas.org.vn
Hanoi 32 Hao Nam, O Cho Dua, Dong Da, Hanoi Tel: (84-4) 8519570 (ext. 303)
Schedule
Opening Remarks by distinguished figures
“Vietnam’s role in the international community”
(Emanuel Pastreich Founding Director of the Asia Institute)
Ribbon Cutting
Networking time and refreshments
RSVP: jungwoojin1228@gmail.com
The Asia Institute submitted a report detailing concrete recommendations for a possible Korean program for science diplomacy featuring science diplomacy centers that may be developed by the Korea Foundation of Science and Technology Societies and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
This project, sponsored by Korea Foundation of Science and Technology Societies, involved a survey of best practices for science diplomacy in other nations and concrete proposals for innovative approaches that Korea can adopt to maximize its impact and respond to real needs. We stressed the need to customize such science diplomacy centers to the needs of regions, and countries, and to encourage exchange and an equal dialog on critical issues for our time.
Asia Institute director Emanuel Pastreich served as primary researcher and Asia Institute’s Rachel L. Stine was research director. We thank assistant researchers Olga Krasnyak, Ibrihim Ahmaid & Kadir Ayhan for their help.
A seminar on the topic of science diplomacy is planned for February, 2018.
