Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) Institute of Culture Convergence Archiving (Director: Professor Kim Geon) and the Graduate School of Archives and Records Management (Chair: Professor Oh Hyojeong) announced on the 23rd that they have each recently signed memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with the Faculty of Languages, Humanities and Social Sciences (Korean Language Major) at Duy Tan University in Da Nang, Vietnam to strengthen international exchange and cooperation.

Duy Tan University is a leading private university in Vietnam. As of 2026, it is ranked within the top 500 in the QS World University Rankings and placed in the 601–800 band in the Times Higher Education (THE) University Impact Rankings. The university is rapidly growing by strengthening international competitiveness through practice-oriented education.

The JBNU Institute of Culture Convergence Archiving has expanded its global academic network by consistently hosting the international academic forum JIC (Joint International Conference) over the past four years.

The Graduate School of Archives and Records Management also built an international joint-education model by operating a global PBL (Project-Based Learning) capstone project with Van Hien University in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in 2025 with support from the Glocal University 30 program. In particular, this agreement is regarded as the result of active promotion and sustained exchange efforts by Professor Yang Dong-min, who is serving as a research professor in Vietnam.

The MOU is significant because it establishes a practical educational cooperation framework that goes beyond simple academic exchange and jointly aims to strengthen students' learning, growth, and self-directed learning capabilities. By having the institute and the school sign separate agreements, they have created a dual cooperation structure that can simultaneously expand academic research exchange and student-centered education programs.

As their first joint initiative, the two institutions plan to jointly implement this summer a global PBL capstone project titled "Local Storytelling." The project aims to strengthen students' problem-solving skills and international collaboration experience by identifying local historical and cultural resources and creatively reinterpreting them.

Kim Geon, Director of the JBNU Institute of Culture Convergence Archiving, said, "We plan to continuously expand student-centered international practical projects and international collaborative research through this agreement. Through these efforts, we will build a model of education and research cooperation that expands beyond Asia to the world."