What is the Status of Russian in Vietnam?

Hanoi hosted the nation-wide scientific conference “Russian Language in Modern Vietnam: Its Status and Issues in Teaching and Research” organized with the support of the Russkiy Mir Foundation.

Over 100 educators and researchers from all over Vietnam gathered at the Institute of Foreign Languages under the Hanoi University. Konstantin Vnukov, Russian Ambassador, and Yelena Zubtsova, Director of the Russian Center of Science and Culture (RCSC) in Hanoi, were guests of honor.

In her speech at the opening ceremony, Yelena Zubtsova stressed that supporting and promoting Russian in Vietnam was a priority. “In the span of 65 years of diplomatic relationship between our countries, thousands of highly qualified specialists have been trained in a variety of fields; many of them were and still are distinguished politicians in Vietnam,” Ms. Zubtsova said.

Ms. Zubtsova stressed that the Center would continue giving required instructional support to Vietnamese Russian-language teachers with regard to advanced training for young teachers, development of training programs and writing nation-based and professionally-oriented Russian-language textbooks and manuals.

Four panels were held at the conference, namely: “Contemporary Issues in Linguistics”, “Methodology of Teaching Russian as a Foreign Language”, “Cultural and Literary Studies” and “Translation Studies and Russian Studies in Vietnam”.