On November 30^th, 2021, an online seminar was held under the theme “The collision and reconciliation between Vietnamese indigenous culture and Chinese culture”.

As part of the series of events of UNC 2022, the event was jointly organized by ULIS-VNU and Van Tao University of Foreign Languages.

The seminar aims to introduce Vietnamese culture as well as the process of collision and reconciliation between Vietnamese indigenous culture and Chinese culture through a number of typical historical periods. In addition, attendees also had the opportunity to exchange and interact with experts and scholars of Vietnam and Van Tao University of Foreign Languages on relevant issues in the discussion session.

In his opening speech, President Do Tuan Minh expressed the University’s desire to further develop scientific research activities in the coming time, in which a series of seminars and workshops towards UNC 2022 will be held.

On the side of Van Tao University of Foreign Languages, Vice President Huai-Zhi Sheu said that the two schools have had a long and friendly relationship. She believed that the seminar would partly help scholars, experts, teachers and students have the opportunity to learn about knowledge and interact with one another.

At the seminar, Dr. Dinh Van Hau presented his paper on the topic “The collision and reconciliation between Vietnamese indigenous culture and Chinese culture”, through which he shared about the history, influence, and cultural correlation between the two regions.

Following the paper was a roundtable discussion with the participation of experts. Many questions were also raised by the attendees.

The online seminar “The collision and reconciliation between Vietnamese indigenous culture and Chinese culture” attracted nearly 1,000 registrations and nearly 800 attendees.