A look back at the 2025-2026 Student Scientific Research Conference

Council 1 with Council Chair Dr. Nguyen Vu Ky; Council members include: MA. Ngo Thi Hong Ngoc and MA. Huynh Ho Dai Nghia; Council Secretary is MA. Ly Xuan Anh

• Topic 04: South Korea's capacity and behavior as a middle power in Northeast Asian maritime security.
• Topic 09: 'Self-reliant India' strategy: India's rise in the global semiconductor industry in the 2020-2025 period.
• Topic 17: Japan's smart power strategy in the role of a middle power in Southeast Asia (2013-2024).

Council 2 with Council Chair Dr. Nguyen Thi Hong Van; Council members include: MA. Nguyen Van Phai and MA. Kieu Diep Phuong Quynh; Council Secretary is MA. Nguyen Tran Anh Thu

• Topic 06: Artificial intelligence and the reshaping of national soft power in the digital age: Opportunities and challenges for Vietnam.
• Topic 10: Vietnam and hydro-political power in the Mekong River basin: From locational disadvantage to soft policy advantage (2010-2025).
• Topic 14: From the Arab Spring to Gen Z protests in Nepal: How has social media reshaped the uprising of political interest groups?
• Topic 20: Proving the impact of the Belt and Road Initiative in the South Asia region from the perspective of Rimland Theory.

Council 3 with Council Chair Dr. Nguyen Tuan Khanh; Council members include: Dr. Nguyen Van Duan and Dr. Nguyen Thu Trang; Council Secretary is MA. Truong Doan Man

• Topic 01: From global movement to local norms: The reception and localization of Black Lives Matter in Asia.
• Topic 02: Developing comprehensive strategic partnerships in Vietnam's foreign policy: Theoretical and practical issues in Vietnam-Australia comprehensive strategic partnership relations.
• Topic 08: BRICS' ability to reduce dependence on Western economic institutions from the perspective of structural theories.

Council 4 with Council Chair Dr. Duong Thanh Thong; Council members include: MA. Mai Viet Khanh and Dr. Lu Vi An; Council Secretary is MA. Le Thi Bich Ngoc

• Topic 03: Ability to maintain hegemonic status through US technology control policies towards China from the perspective of techno-nationalism (2019 - 2024).
• Topic 07: Intra-ASEAN cooperation in the 2008-2025 period through the lens of Institutionalism analysis.
• Topic 11: The role of the Chinese government in controlling the global rare earth value chain (2011 - 2025).
• Topic 15: Collective memory of the resistance war against the US: Case study of Liberation Day and National Reunification Day anniversaries.
• Topic 16: From 'Buy Now Pay Later' to Consumer Fomo Psychology: Crisis - Recovery - Potential for the Vietnamese Market in the 2021-2025 Period.

Council 5 with Council Chair Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tran Nam Tien; Council members include: Dr. Nguyen Thu Trang and Dr. Nguyen Van Duan; Council Secretary is MA. Le Ngoc Khanh Ngan

• Topic 13: US risk-reduction strategy (de-risking) in the field of critical minerals and its impact on the global supply chain (2017-2025).
• Topic 21: Geopolitics of Chinese ideology: From He-Zong and Lian-Heng to US-China competition strategy under Xi Jinping in East Asia.
• Topic 25: Turkey's position in the Central Asian regional order before the challenge of the EU shifting Energy Strategy during the Russia-Ukraine War period 2022-2025.
• Topic 30: Impact of the 'Digital Silk Road' initiative on the Southeast Asian region in the 2015-2025 period viewed from the Hegemonic Stability Theory.

Council 6 with Council Chair MA. Nguyen Van Phai; Council members include: Dr. Nguyen Thi Hong Van and MA. Nguyen Tran Anh Thu; Council Secretary is MA. Kieu Diep Phuong Quynh

• Topic 24: Influence of the Palermo Convention and supplementary Protocols on law and international cooperation in combating human trafficking in the Mekong sub-region (2000 – present).

• Topic 28: Erosion of the 'Silicon Shield' - Impact from the Supply Chain Strategy of the US and China on Taiwan's security in the period from 2018 to 2025.
• Topic 29: Perspectives of students at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU-HCM on Vietnam's diplomatic discourse from the 9th National Party Congress to the 13th National Party Congress.
• Topic 33: Limitations of UNCLOS 1982 in maritime security management: Case study of cooperation in the Strait of Malacca.

Council 7 with Council Chair Dr. Tran Nguyen Khang; Council members include: Dr. Lu Vi An and MA. Huynh Ho Dai Nghia; Council Secretary is MA. Mai Viet Khanh

• Topic 19: 'Wolf Warrior Diplomacy': Analyzing Chinese foreign policy behavior in the 2012-2022 period.

• Topic 23: Analyzing the legal vacuum in the process of Russia recognizing the independence of the two breakaway entities Donetsk and Luhansk: Comparison with the case of Kosovo.
• Topic 27: China's strategy to expand influence through the Silk Road Economic Belt in the Southeast Asia region: Analysis from the perspective of Power transition theory.
• Topic 31: Influence of logistics potential on the process of asserting Vietnam's middle power status.

Council 8 with Council Chair Dr. Nguyen Vu Ky; Council members include: MA. Le Thi Bich Ngoc and MA. Ly Xuan Anh; Council Secretary is MA. Ngo Thi Hong Ngoc

• Topic 18: Hegemony and Non-hegemony: motion, interaction between BRICS and the US Liberal Order from the perspective of Critical Theory
• Topic 22: Impact of China's electric vehicle strategy on the economic-political landscape of the European Union (EU) in the context of US-China trade competition, 2021-2025 period, approached from the analytical framework of 'Weaponized Interdependence'.
• Topic 26: Operation of China's Unmanned Maritime Vehicles (UMVs) system in the South China Sea: Analyzing the legal vacuum and implications for Vietnam.
• Topic 32: 'Impact of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor in the 2015-2025 period viewed from the perspective of Rimland theory'.