In recent years, as Vietnam rapidly integrates into the regional and global community, Vietnam and Vietnamese language in particular are increasingly drawing attention from the international community. Vietnamese language is being taught as a foreign language in a markedly rising number of universities and institutions inside as well as outside Vietnam. Additionally, students of Vietnamese as a foreign language is steadily growing in number and remarkably diversifying as well, both in terms of occupational structure and levels of study. A great number of graduate students and Ph.D students with a research interest in Vietnam are also pursuing long – term Vietnamese language courses.

In response to the growing need for teaching and learning of Vietnamese language in the international scale, international research cooperation in teaching Vietnamese as a foreign language should be particularly emphasized and promoted.

2. THE ORGANIZER AND STEERING COMMITTEE

Organizer: Faculty of Vietnamese studies – University of Social Sciences and Humanities – Vietnam National University - Hochiminh city

Faculty of Vietnamese studies (University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hochiminh city) has been the largest institution for teaching Vietnamese language and Vietnames studies in Vietnam. Currently the number of foreign students has reached 700, while our faculty staff include as many as 50 full-time and contract instructors. This conference is also held in year 2008 marking the 10th anniversary of establishment of Faculty of Vietnamese studies, formerly known as the Center for Vietnamese and Southeast Asian studies.

Steering committee: