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Date:         Sun, 12 Apr 1992 18:03:00 GMT
From:         "Vietnam Publications" <0004741206@MCIMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Introduction to a language center...
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New York, April 11, 1992

Dear Netters:

We have just received a brochure introducing a Center for Vietnamese Language
and Literature Studies for Foreigners in Hanoi.

We would like to introduce to you.

Regards,
Ngo Thanh Nhan
Vietnam Publications

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     CENTER FOR VIETNAMESE LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE STUDIES FOR FOREIGNERS

               Hanoi National Teachers Training Unversity, No. 1

I. OBJECTIVES OF THE CENTER:

1. To provide training courses for foreigners in Vietnamese Language and
   Literature, including Languages and Literatures of ethnic minorities, such
   as Muong, Thai, Ede, etc.

   To give lectures in interdisciplinary sciences: history, ethnology, history
   of culture and arts.

   Types of courses:
   - One to two year courses based on the formal programmes and fundamental
     curriculum of the Faculty of Letters of the Hanoi National Teachers
     Training University No.1. Final examinations will be held and
     certificates granted.
   - One to six months intensive courses with special lectures.
   - Upon request, the Center will provide special lectures for one or several
     days.
   - Students may register individually or in group.
   - Teaching is done in Vietnamese or in other languages (English, French,
     German, Russian, Chinese) either directly or through interpreters.

2. To provide guidance and advice for foreign scholars who desire to conduct
   on the spot research or survey by correspondence in questions dealing with
   linguistics and literature of Vietnam.

3. To coordinate research activities in Vietnamese linguistics and literature
   between the Center and foreign research organisations or individual scholars.

4. Researcher and teaching staff: will be composed of specialists in
   Vietnamese linguistics and literature of the Hanoi National Teachers
   Training University No. 1, of other universities, colleges, institutes in
   Vietnam and foreign specialists in Vietnamese studies.

II. THE DIRECTORATE:

1. Dang Thanh Le, Professor, Department of Vietnamese Literature, Faculty of
   Letters, Hanoi National Teachers Training University No.1, Director.

2. Tran Duc Ngon, Associate Doctor of Philology, Folk Literature Department,
   Faculty of Letters, Hanoi National Teachers Training University No.1,
   Deputy Director.

3. Le Khac Hoa, Associate Doctor of Philology, Department of Literature
   Theory, Faculty of Letters, Hanoi National Teachers Training University
   No.1, Deputy Director.

III. PROFESSORIAL BOARD:

1. Do Huu Chau, Professor, Linguistics Department, Faculty of Letters, Hanoi
   National Teachers Training University No.1.

2. Nguyen Dinh Chu, Professor, Linguistics Department, Faculty of Letters,
   Hanoi University.

3. Hoang Thi Chau, Professor, Linguistics Department, Faculty of Letters,
   Hanoi University.

4. Nguyen Hue Chi, Professor, Department of Vietnamese Literature, Institute
   of Literature.

5. Nguyen Van Hoan, Professor, Department of Vietnamese Literature, Institute
   of Literature.

6. Dang Thi Lanh, Associate Doctor, Linguistics Department, Faculty of
   Letters, Hanoi National Teachers Training University No.1.

7. Phong Le, Professor, Department of Vietnamese Literature, Institute of
   Literature.

8. Dang Thanh Le, Professor, Department of Vietnamese Literature, Faculty of
   Letters, Hanoi National Teachers Training University No.1.

9. Nguyen Dang Manh, Professor, Department of Vietnamese Literature, Faculty
   of Letters, Hanoi National Teachers Training University No.1.

10. Dang Duc Sieu, Professor, Department of Han Nom, Faculty of Letters, Hanoi
    Teachers Training University No.1.

11. Tran Dinh Su, Professor, Department of Theoretical Literature, Faculty of
    Letters, Hanoi Teachers Training University No.1.

12. Bui Duy Tan, Professor, Department of Vietnamese Literature, Faculty of
    Letters, Hanoi University.

13. Hoang Trinh, Professor, Department of Theoretical Literature, Institute of
    Literature.

14. Do Binh Tri, Professor, Folk Literature Department, Board of Education.

15. Hoang Tue. Professor, Linguistics Department, Institute of Linguistics.

IV. ADDRESS ALL CORRESPONDENCE TO:

                Professor Dang Thanh Le
                C/o Prof. Nguyen Van Hoan
                Institute of Literature
                20 Ly Thai To Street
                Hanoi - Vietnam

        Office hours:
                Mondays and Thursday: 9-11 AM
                Intitute of Literature
                20 Ly Thai To Street
                Hanoi - Vietnam
                Tel: 2.53548
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