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Vietnam boasts a specific geopolitical position. This is evident in the resistance wars for national defense in the 20th century. In the 21st century, this position has increasingly influenced geopolitical order in the region and the world. For Vietnam, the method to solve the specific geopolitical problem can only be historical and cultural strategies. Challenges are high and opportunities are not few. Given Vietnam’s culture of thousand-year long history, the internal strength of culture to be take into account are the strength of the people’s aspiration, the national will, patriotism, and desire for development and cultural identity. These are "soft power" in the strategy of development and defense of the Fatherland. That is the assertion of Vietnam’s social science of at present level.
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In the late 20th century and early 21st century, the world has witnessed the rapid development of digital technology. Digital "tsunami" enters every corner of life, deeply and extensively impacting all relations of all circles, occupations, branches, and people from politics to economics, culture and society to foreign affairs; from manufacturing to services in most countries around the world.
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Resolution No. 29-NQ/TW "On radical and comprehensive renovation of education and training" adopted at the 8th plenum of the Party Central Committee, 11th tenure, on 4 November 2013 identifies education quality accreditation one of the important tasks and solutions to improve the quality of education. Education quality accreditation is a process in which educational institutions or training programs are evaluated to determine if applicable quality standards are met.
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Climate change has been a global urgent issue, strongly affecting countries, especially developing countries including Vietnam. Climate change is not just an environmental issue, but its implication has become a political, diplomatic, economic and social factor. So, on national agendas, policies on climate change are becoming increasingly important and given high priority.
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As cultural creators, ethnic community and the Party, the Government of Vietnam have attached great importance to preserving and disseminating quintessence and unique values of Vietnamese cultural heritage. For years, Vietnamese cultural heritage in general and intangible cultural heritage in particular has become one of the important tourism resources, contributing to national socio-economic development.
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Non-traditional security threats are very diverse and found in many areas of socio-economic life; causes to these threats are complex, including natural and artificial threats; have the ability to spread quickly in a large scale and transnational impacts. Some non-traditional security threats can transform into traditional ones if there is lack of security threat control, administration and coordination mechanism for action among nations.
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The Communist Party of Vietnam is aware of and has confirmed in its resolutions that state power belongs to the people. Power control is both humane values of a progressive society to prevent and combat degeneration of state power and society and to achieve the objective of genuine socialism for a sustainable, lasting state in people’s service.
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Along with the rapid and continuous development of information and communication technology, the world has been transiting to information society. This process has caused increasingly new challenges to people, businesses and regulatory bodies. It is an important and urgent demand to develop and implement an effective programme of action to build and develop a safe and healthy information society in Vietnam at present, contributing to the cause of industrialization, modernization and international integration.
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Social security and social equity are the dreams of progressive people in the world. In Vietnam, along with boosting socialist-oriented economic growth, achieving social progress, equity and security is one of the main content in the Socio-Economic Development Strategy of the country.
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Initial results have been achieved in radical and comprehensive renovation of education in recent years. In the coming period, in order to successfully implement Resolution No.29-NQ/TW on 4 November 2013 of the Central Committee of the 12th Party Congress on radical and comprehensive renovation of education, time is needed and the entire Party and people to must exert efforts and responsibility in coordination with ministries, departments, committees, local administration, with creativity of teachers and education administrators at all levels and students’ endeavor in their studies and training.