ASEAN Centre in MGIMO-University the MFA of Russia

On May 27, 2023 Dr. Nikita Kuklin, Expert of the ASEAN Centre delivered an open lecture "Discovering Indonesia: culture and history" as part of the Indonesia Days in the Hermitage Garden Moscow, organized by the KBRI Moscow and the Friendship Society with Indonesia on May 27-28, 2023.

On May 24-25, 2023, the delegation of the ASEAN Centre represented by Dr. Ekaterina Koldunova, Director of the ASEAN Centre, Dr. Viktor Sumsky, Senior Expert of the ASEAN Centre, Ms. Ekaterina Tronevskaya, Deputy Director of the ASEAN Centre as well as the ASEAN Centre Experts Dr. Valeria Vershinina, Dr. Nikita Kuklin and Ms. Kira Tabunova attended the II Eurasian Economic Forum as participants.

On April 28, 2023 MGIMO hosted a traditional, large-scale celebration of the Vietnamese culture - the 8th Vietnam Day, which was jointly organized by ASEAN Centre in MGIMO and the Vietnamese Students’ community.

A leading Russian academic publishing house “Aspect Press” published a monograph by Dr. Valeria Vershinina, ASEAN Centre’s Expert, titled Regional Organizations in Vietnam’s Foreign Policy: a Middle Powers Concept Perspective.

On March 11th, MGIMO hosted the Second All-Russian Contest of Translation in the field of professional communication (social and political translation) in Vietnamese language. The event was aimed to improve the students’ knowledge and practical skills in the field of Vietnamese language and socio-political translation.

On March 1, the Eurasian Economic Commission and ASEAN hosted a joint seminar on digital transformation processes. Dr. Ekaterina Koldunova, Director of the ASEAN Centre, attended the seminar.