On August 5^th – 6^th, 2019, the delegation of ULIS – VNU attended the One Asia Convention Seoul 2019 held in Lotte Hotel in Seoul, Korea. This year, the convention drew the participation of more than 650 scholars from 325 universities in 32 countries in Asia and around the world. This is the 9^th annual convention held by One Asia Foundation. Within the framework of the event, a plenary session and four panel sessions were held.

The main theme of this year is “Education and Peace” with many motivating presentations on how to build a peaceful and cooperative Asian community through education. In particular, this convention was attended by former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon, former Prime Minister of Japan Mr. Hatoyama Yukio, former Minister of Education of Korea Mr. Seo Namsoo and many famous scholars all over the world.

The delegation of ULIS – VNU attending the convention included Vice President Ngo Minh Thuy, Director of Cooperation & Development Do Minh Hoang, Head of the Division of Vietnamese Language & Culture Chu Thi Bich and lecturers of different departments.

During the time in Seoul, ULIS delegation attended all the Convention sessions and had meetings with delegations from other countries. Vice President Ngo Minh Thuy and ULIS’s staff also met Mr. Yoji Sato – President of One Asia Foundation and its members to extend their thanks and share the positive results that ULIS had achieved after successfully organizing the One Asia Convention 2018 in Hanoi and hoped to have more new cooperation opportunities with the Foundation in the future.