During this stay in Russia, the Rector joined many meetings with USSH's partners to discuss about opportunities of training and research activities.

In particular, under the witness of Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha, Russian Deputy Minister of Science and Education and representatives of over 40 universities in both Vietnam and Russia, Prof. Dr Pham Quang Minh signed the memorandum of understanding with the Moscow State Linguistics University (MSLU). This is one of Russia's most prestigious universities dealing with linguistics. MSLU currently studies and teaches 36 languages in the world, among which Vietnamese has been officially taught for two years. This memorandum would create opportunities for exchanging lecturers and students specializing in Vietnamese studies, language, history, culture and other social sciences. In the context of increasingly developed Vietnam-Russia strategic relations, Vietnamese studies and the training of Vietnamese language in particular would have ample of opportunities for future development.

Prof. Dr Pham Quang Minh exchanges MOU with Prof. Kraeva (President of Moscow State Linguistics University)

After visiting the Russian Federation, Prof.Dr Pham Quang Minh made another visit to Hungary. There, he also had important meetings with his partners. Hungary is a small country, a member of EU and located at a strategic location in Middle Europe and has a relatively developed and highly internationalized education, providing 200 annual scholarships for Vietnamese students.

Under the witness of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and Vietnamese and Hungarian high-level officials, Prof. Dr Pham Quang Minh signed the memorandum of understanding on increasing student exchanges under the framework of Erasmus plus with Corvinus University of Budapest, one of Hungary's prestigious universities.

Prof. Dr Pham Quang Minh exchanges MOU with the representative of Corvinus University of Budapest

In addition, the Rector established USSH's relations with Eötvös Loránd University, preparing for the foundation of the Faculty of Vietnamese studies and its equivalent major at the number 1 university of Hungary and Middle Europe.

Prof. Dr Pham Quang Minh and Prof. Laszlo Bohry (President of  Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary)

On behalf of the University, at the Second Hungarian-Vietnamese Rectors Conference, Prof. Dr Pham Quang Minh presented his paper "Internationalization of Higher Education: Implications for Vietnam-Hungary Cooperation". The paper asserted the importance of internationalization of higher education, the relevant opportunities, challenges and implications for Vietnam-Hungary educational cooperation, with an emphasis on such activities as student and lecturer exchanges in the form of 2+2 and 3+1 programs, focusing on both countries' languages, history and cultures as the foundation for the recently approved Vietnam-Hungary comprehensive Partnership.

Prof. Dr Pham Quang Minh presented his paper "Internationalization of Higher Education: Implications for Vietnam-Hungary Cooperation"