Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City
College of Social Sciences and Humanities
FACULTY OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Course Syllabus
CONSULAR AND DIPLOMATIC PROTOCOL
1. Course Name: Diplomatic Protocol and Etiquette
Course Code:
2. Course Credit: 03
3. Level: Year 3
4. Course Prerequisites: Students are expected to have completed
Foundation course(s): Introduction to International Politics (mmma), International Law (QTE), International Modern Politics (QTE013), International Cultural Communication (QTExxx) and English for International Relations (QT113)
Skills: Presentation (level ???), Team-working (level ????), critical thinking (level ???).
5. Lecturer’s information:
Lecturer / LecturerName: ĐINH THỤY MỸ QUỲNH / Name: NGUYÊN PHƯƠNG HÀ
Department: Politics & Diplomacy / Department: Politics & Diplomacy
Email: / Email:
6. Time allocation: 45 periods (9 weeks)
· Lectures/ Theories: 30 periods
· Seminars/ Student’s presentation/Practice: 15 periods
7. Course overview:
The aim of this course is to equip students with fundamental knowledge of protocol and etiquette in general and also for Foreign Service officers in a diplomat world. The course will introduce Vienna Convention in 1961 and Vienna Convention 1963 – related to Consular. Students will gain confidence in communication especially in international relations. Students also know how different roles and the procedure in receiving foreign guests, manner of host country and how to behave when hosted by another country. Students also get to understand the roles of diplomat in consular and embassy offices.
Over the classes, students are expected to build up their team-working skills, critical thinking skills, soft skills of negotiations in personal level to multi-level negotiations, bi-parties negotiations to multi-parties negotiation via attending lectures, seminars, discussions, simulations at the same time participate in Q&A exercises and cases in class.
8. Course Learning Outcomes:
On completion of the course, students will be able to:
· Define different definition, the roles and responsibilities, privileges given to diplomat working in embassy and consular offices,
· Equip students with fundamental skills in governmental etiquette both in theory and practice.
· Analyze and prepare for different cases in consular offices and in working with foreign colleague.
· Improve the persuasive skills in a logic manner that can be applied both in personal discussion as well as general discussion.
· Pay attention and improve listening skill in normal discussion
· Accept difference in a multi-cultural world.
· Behave politely and accordingly in governmental communication.
· Improve their transferable skills, including but not restricted to reading, data/ information collecting and processing, research planning, team-working (level 2), writing, presentation & rhetoric (level 2), and critical thinking (level 2), argumentative, critical and creative.
9. Learning Assessment
Assessment criteria / Score / Percent of final gradeMid-term test / Midterm score / 30%
Participation / 10%
Class discussion and contribution / 10%
Final test / Final score / 70%
100%
(10/10)
10. Course policies:
A. Class organization
In this semester, classes are scheduled on Wednesday every week, from March 28th to Jan 07th from 7:00am – 11:30 am.
All of the course content, grade summary, assigned readings, reference materials and other requirements are assigned in the detailed teaching schedule. Students are responsible to complete these readings and finish all exercises before class.
B. Student expectation
· Students are required to be on time and remain until the conclusion of the class. Those students who arrive late within 15 minutes will be marked as ‘late’ yet still allowed to join the class. Those students who arrive late more than 15 minutes will not be accepted to attend the class.
· Students are expected to be well-prepared before class.
· All assignments and homework need to be handed in at the beginning of the class. Late submission is NOT accepted.
· Students are required to have positive attitudes and cooperate with the lecturer during the semester.
· Students who take part in class contribution and discussion are highly evaluated.
· Students are not allowed to use laptops/mobile phones/tablet computers during the class unless there is a special requirement from the lecturer. Those students who use laptops/mobile phones/tablet computers during the class may be required to leave the class and marked as absent.
· Foods are not allowed during the class.
· Lecturer reserves the right to allow/deny students to join the class.
C. Examination policies
The learning assessment of this course is based on the accumulative study progress of students. Students always have chances to improve their final grade or get bonus marks by taking part in classes positively and completing additional exercises.
There will be no makeup exercise/midterm for those who absent from the class, except for the emergency cases with authorized proofs.
Cheating, academic dishonesty and plagiarism are NOT FORGIVEN. Those students who violate these terms will be expelled from the course and receive “zero” for their final grade.
11. Texts & materials:
Textbook:
1. Tập bài đọc: ThS Nguyễn Tăng Nghị, Nghiệp vụ ngoại giao, lưu hành nội bộ Khoa Quan hệ Quốc tế.
2. PGS. TS Vũ Dương Huân, Ngoại giao và Công tác Ngoại giao, NXB Chính trị Quốc gia, Hà Nội.
3. Louis Dussault, Lễ Tân – Công cụ giao tiếp, NXB Chính trị Quốc Gia, 2015
- Tài liệu tham khảo:
1. TS Tạ Thị Thanh Tâm, Lịch sự trong giao tiếp tiếng Việt, NXB Tổng hợp TP.HCM
2. Phùng Công Bách, Nghi thức và lễ tân đối ngoại, NXB Thế giới, Hà Nội, 2009.
3. Phan Thiện, Nghệ thuật trong giao tiếp hằng ngày, NXB Thanh Hóa
4. Leil Lowndes, Nghệ thuật giao tiếp để thành công, NXB Lao động Xã hội.
- Trang Web/CDs tham khảo
www.mofo.gov.vn
www.mofahcm.gov.vn
www.fmprc.gov.cn
www.state.gov
www.stateprotocol.mofa.gov.vn/default.aspx
- Văn bản quy phạm pháp luật
1. Công ước Viên năm 1961 về quan hệ ngoại giao.
2. Công ước Viên năm 1963 về quan hệ lãnh sự.
3. Luật cơ quan đại diện nước CHXHCN Việt Nam ở nước ngoài năm 2009.
4. Pháp lệnh về quyền ưu đãi, miễn trừ dành cho cơ quan đại diện ngoại giao, cơ quan lãnh sự và cơ quan đại diện của tổ chức quốc tế tại Việt Nam năm 1993.
5. Pháp lệnh về hàm và cấp ngoại giao năm 1995.
6. Nghị định của Chính phủ số 82/2001/NĐ-CP ngày 6/11/2001 về Nghi lễ Nhà nước và đón khách nước ngoài.
7. Quyết định của Thủ tướng Chính phủ số 14/2000/QĐ-TTg ngày 27/01/2000 quy định các đoàn trong nước và khách nước ngoài đến Việt Nam có xe cảnh sát giao thông dẫn đường.
12. Detailed teaching schedule:
See the attached.
Hochiminh City, February, 2016
DEAN OF FACULTY HEAD OF DEPARMENT AUTHOR
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DETAILED TEACHING SCHEDULE
WEEK / UNIT / ASSIGNED READING / EXERCISES / TEACHING ACTIVITIESWEEK 01
(5 periods) / UNIT 01: INTRODUCTION:
1. The need to study the course
2. Requirement for IR
3. The importance of etiquette in daily communications and in foreign service. / - FIR collected readings
- Louis Dussault Lễ tân Công cụ giao tiếp, NXB Chính trị quốc gia, trang 115 -132.
- PGS TS Vũ Dương Huân, Ngoại giao và công tác ngoại giao, NXB Chính trị quốc gia, trang 104-132; trang 494-508. / - / - Lecture
- Presentation
- Q&A
WEEK 02
(5 periods) / UNIT 02: THE VIENNA CONVENTION 1963 ON CONSULAR RELATIONS
1. The establishment of consular relations
2. Consular functions
3. Privileges and Immunities relating to consular posts / - FIR collected readings
- Vienna Convention 1963 on consular relations / - The difference between Consulars and Embassy / - Lecture
- Q&A
- Presentation
WEEK 03
(5 periods) / UNIT 03: VIENNA CONVENTION ON DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
1. Functions of a diplomatic premises
2. The structure of a consular, embassy
3. Privileges and Immunities of diplomats, premises of the mission / - FIR collected readings
- Vienna Convention on Diplomatic relations / - Prepare a brief introduction about the structure of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, the United States and Vietnam.
- / - Lecture
- Q&A
- Presentation
WEEK 04
(5 periods) / UNIT 04: INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
1. Difference in the communication of the East and the West
2. Communication skills with foreigners / - FIR collected readings
- Hồ Chí Minh và những câu chuyện ứng xử ngoại giao, ThS. Vũ Kim Yến, Báo điện tử Chính phủ
- .Fisher.Roger and Ury.William.. Chương V: Ten questions people ask about getting to YES (pg 20 – 40). Getting to YES – Negotiating Agreement without giving in, 2011
MIDTERM
Multiple choice
WEEK 05
(5 periods) / UNIT 05: DIPLOMATIC ETIQUETTE
- Introduction to etiquette
- History
- Protocol in receiving high-ranking officials
- Preparation process
- / - FIR collected readings P95-99 and page 122-127.
- Louis Dussalt. Lễ tân Công cụ giao tiếp, NXB Chính trị quốc gia, trang 221-228.
- PGS.TS Vũ Dương Huân. Ngoại giao và công tác ngoại giaoNXB Chính trị quốc gia, trang 15-46; trang 452-460.
- Đọc thêm: Bắt tay không đơn thuần là... bắt tay, Bộ Ngoại giao, http://www.tgvn.com.vn/Item/VN/NgoaiGiao/2013/11/D80E4B8170C815A7/
- Đọc thêm: Tài liệu tập huấn lễ tân ngoại giao (Bộ Ngoại giao) dành cho cán bộ văn phòng Chính phủ
WEEK 06
(5 periods) / UNIT 6: SEATINGS ARRANGEMENT
- Ranking in Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Seating arrangement in cars, meetings, formal dinner, meetings
- Seating arrangement in stadium, in formal meeting / - FIR collected readings, p.100-121 / - Seating arrangement in a formal meeting of round table, oval table, square table…
WEEK 07
(5 periods) / UNIT 7: FORMAL DINING
- State Dinner, Diplomat dinner : definition, rules and procedures
- Preparation process: invitation, menu, list of guest, seating….
- Matter to be discussed during the dinner
- Dining etiquette: dress code / - FIR collected readings / - Setting for a formal dinner with forks, knives, wine glasses for a 4-course menu
- Etiquette in a western dinner. / - Presentation
- Q&A
WEEK 08
(5 periods) / UNIT 8: ROLE PLAY
- Protocol in receiving high rankings officials
- Formal dining seating
- Role play of high-ranking officials / - FIR collected readings / - Presentation
- Q&A
WEEK 09
(5 periods) / FINAL
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