Researchers at the 6^th international conference on Vietnamese studies (ICVNS 2021) have discussed various aspects ranging from history, language, literature, Sino-Nom, to ethnicity and religion, said Dang Xuan Thanh, Vice President of the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS).

The 6^th International Conference on Vietnamese Studies (ICVNS 2021) with the theme "Vietnam’s Active Integration and Sustainable Development" co-hosted by the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences and the Vietnam National University, Hanoi officially took place on 28-29 October 2021 on both online and offline platforms.

ICVNS 2021 focuses on diversified contents relating to different fields and sectors of social sciences and humanities that is to be presented in 10 panels, including: International and Regional Issues; Ideology, Politics; Ethnicity, Religion; Education, Training and Human Development; Economics, Technology, Environment; Linguistics, Literature; State and Laws; History, Archaeology, Sino-Nom; Cultural Studies; Social Issues.

In his speech concluding the two-day event on October 29, Thanh said the conference also focused on the relation between Vietnam and the world, comprehensively covering the economic, political, cultural, social, legal, educational, and environmental issues of Vietnam from the perspective of Vietnamese studies.

Themed "Vietnam’s Active Integration and Sustainable Development", the event was co-hosted by the VASS and the Vietnam National University, Hanoi, on both online and in-person forms.

The ICVNS 2021 mulled over diversified contents relating to different fields and sectors of social sciences and humanities presented in 10 panels. A total of 120 papers were selected for the discussion from more than 730 papers submitted by Vietnamese and international scholars to the event.

The conference featured a forum on the achievements and prospects of Vietnamese studies.

The next edition of the international conference is slated for 2024.