2023 International Workshop on Vietnamese Culture from an Anthropological Perspective-國立成功大學永續發展SDGs

For the purposes of promoting the cultural and educational interaction between Taiwan and Vietnam and increasing the international visibility and academic prestige of Taiwan, NCKU held the "2023 International Workshop on Vietnamese Culture from the Perspective of Anthropology" on May 27th and 28th at the Taiwanese Literature Department Building of Li-Hsing Campus. There were totally 14 scholars from Vietnam and 1 scholar from Canada participating and presenting their papers. The workshop was also open for the public and attracted about 100 audiences.

The organizers of "Vietnamese Culture from the Perspective of Anthropology" international workshop includes NCKU Center for Vietnamese Studies (CVS, NCKU, Taiwan／Đại học Quốc gia Thành công), department of Taiwanese Literature, Taiwan-Asia Exchange Foundation, Taiwan-Vietnam Cultural Association, Vietnam National University of Ho Chi Minh City, Taiwanese Pen Association, Taiwanese Romanization Association, and so on. In the opening ceremony in 27th, the speeches were given by Professor Wi-Vun Chiung, the director of Center for Vietnamese Studies, Professor Shin-Mei Kao, the dean of college of liberal arts and Professor Hsin-Huang Hsiao, the senior advisor to the President in Vietnamese, Taiwanese, Hakka, Chinese and English.

There were two keynote speeches in the two-day workshop. The first speech was given by Professor Hsin-Huang Hsiao, the senior advisor to the President. The content was about the new southbound interaction results of Taiwan-Asia Exchange Foundation. The second one was given by Professor Luong Van Hy, the previous director of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) and the professor from the department of anthropology of University of Toronto. The content was about the new trend of Vietnamese cultural study. There were a total 15 papers published, related to Vietnamese culture including Buddhism, Christianity, Catholicism, languages, dialects, society, economy and ethnic relations in Vietnam. The organizer indicated that the papers could be downloaded on the workshop website, and would be published as a book later.