Phan Thiet University to host 10
Phan Thiet University to
host 10th “Engaging with Vietnam – An interdisciplinary Dialogue”
Conference
BTO – Within 3 days (from
December 17th – 20th), an international conference,
entitled “Engaging with Vietnam – an interdisciplinary dialogue”, in its 10th
times with the theme: “Beyond Dichotomies: Vietnam from multiple perspectives”
was held in Phan Thiet University, Binh Thuan province. The educational event is
co-held by Engaging with Vietnam, University of Hawaii at Manoa – USA,
University of Social Sciences and Humanities – Vietnam National University Ho
Chi Minh City – University of Phan Thiet.
The conference attracted a
great number of domestic and foreign renowned educational institutes to the
event for exchanging experiences and searching for ideas in serve of educational
application in Vietnam in general and in Binh Thuan in particular.
This 10th
conference focuses in particular on dichotomies, the dichotomization of
knowledge, and the discursive constructions of dichotomies in Vietnam-related
knowledge production and scholarship. Dichotomies and dichotomization often come
in the form of ‘Self and Other’ and/or in pairs of contrasts, such as ‘global –
local’, ‘traditional – modern’, ‘Western values – Asian values’, ‘Vietnamese
women – foreign women’, ‘nationalism – cosmopolitanism’, ‘developed –
underdeveloped/developing’, ‘urban – rural’, ‘privileged – disadvantaged’,
‘active – passive’, ‘critical thinking – passive and rote learning’, ‘Global
North – Global South’, and ‘Vietnam – ASEAN’, etc.
Presenting at
the conference, representative of Phan Thiet University shared the topic
relating in “Reducing Vietnam’s marine environment caused by plastic waste”.
Addressing the event, rector of Phan Thiet University hailed the contribution of
the researches and presentations of the attendees to the local young
generations’ future. He expects the findings of the researches will bring better
contributions to the province’s tourism and environment issues.
Translated by My Thien
(Source: Binh Thuan Online)