On December 15th, the 5th International Conference on Vietnamese Studies (ICVNS2016) was held at the National Convention Center in Hanoi with the theme “Sustainable Development in the Context of Global Change”. It was hosted by the Vietnam National University, Hanoi and collaboratively organized by ministries and leading research institutions in Vietnam.
The conference aimed at providing an international academic forum for discussing and proposing solutions that Vietnam is experiencing in the context of global change. It was expected to promote a global network of scientists, experts, policy makers and entrepreneurs from various fields and different countries. The conference was meant to make contributions to the establishment of an international institution on Vietnamese studies in the future.
