From April 9 to April 14, 2024, the Center for China’s Relations with Neighboring Countries at Fudan University (CCRNC Fudan) conducted a work visit to Hanoi, Vietnam. The delegation, led by Professor Zhao Weihua, the director of the Center, also included Associate Professors Xue Song and Wen Yao.
During their stay, the CCRNC delegation visited local academic institutions such as the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU Hanoi and the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences. These visits fostered extensive discussions on a variety of topics, including enhancing academic partnerships between Chinese and Vietnamese universities, the development of the Network of ASEAN-China Academic Institutes (NACAI), pragmatic bilateral cooperation, and regional economic development.
(Bui Thanh Nam, Deputy Secretary of the CPV Committee and Vice Chairman of the University Council at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU Hanoi, engaged in insightful dialogues with the CCRNC delegation.)
(Professor Zhao presented Nguyen Xuan Cuong, Director of the Institute for Chinese Studies at the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, with a copy of Journal of China's Neighboring Diplomacy.)
The CCRNC is the initiator, co-founder, and permanent secretariat of the NACAI. With a dedicated focus on Southeast Asian studies, the Center has dispatched delegations to visit academic institutions in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand, thereby enhancing scholarly networks and promoting regional understanding.
