Associate Professor, Dr. Vu Tuan Hung, Deputy Director in charge of the Southern Institute of Social Sciences and Dr. Truong Cong Hoa, Deputy Director in charge of operations of the National Academy of Public Administration, Ho Chi Minh City Branch, signed a Cooperation Agreement with 6 main contents, including:

Coordinate and closely link in research work, promote survey and investigation activities..., implement training tasks, topics, and scientific research projects chaired or implemented by both parties;

Coordinate the organization of transfer and application of scientific results of the parties in the Southern region and the whole country on the basis of expanding the dissemination channel to perform well the functions and tasks of the parties, promote more strongly the research and application of scientific research results into practical life through providing reference data for lecturers, trainees and students; carry out rapid survey and assessment activities to provide policy advice to central and local agencies on issues related to the Southern region;

Coordinate the organization of scientific events (seminars, seminars, forums, etc.) annually. Develop a coordination plan at a level appropriate to the needs, functions and resources of the parties. Pay special attention to exploiting the direction of organizing scientific events associated with central and local agencies, ministries and branches;

Invite or introduce experts, scientists, lecturers of both sides to implement topics, projects, research tasks, training or scientific events that one of the two sides presides over or participates in in the Southern region and the whole country. Thereby, mutually supplementing high-quality "soft human resources" to better perform the functions and tasks of both sides;

Sharing databases, scientific information, libraries, scientific publications, training, etc. in accordance with the digital transformation process of the two agencies, in accordance with legal regulations.

Training, education, sharing, cooperation and exchange of magazine articles, book publishing or other activities on the basis of suitability with the functions, tasks and resources of either party.

Delegates took a photo to celebrate the signing ceremony of the cooperation agreement.

Speaking at the signing ceremony, Dr. Phan Chi Hieu, President of the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences expressed his delight at the cooperation between the two agencies in the Southern region. The signing of the Cooperation Agreement will create opportunities for extensive cooperation, creating a cohesive institution to better perform the functions and tasks of the two agencies in research, policy advice, training participation and transfer of scientific research results in the Southern region.

The two sides have more favorable conditions in sharing and utilizing human resources and experts in research and consulting, contributing to mobilizing "soft" human resources to better perform assigned functions and tasks in the context of streamlining the payroll, the decline in the team of leading experts and the increasing demand for research, policy consulting and application of transfer of results in the Southern region.

Dr. Phan Chi Hieu, President of the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, spoke at the signing ceremony.

This event will continue to consolidate and strengthen the working coordination relationship not only between the two direct signatories but also between the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences and the National Academy of Public Administration to promote the strengths and all resources of the two agencies, contributing to the country's development in the current context.