The Center for Vietnamese and Southeast Asian Studies (CVSEAS), which was established based on the Decision No. 328/TCCB on March 14, 1990 by the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) and was granted the Certificate of Scientific and Technological Activities Registration No. 014 by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (MOSTE) on March 15, 1993, has been working for over 20 years.
Center for Vietnames and Southeast Asian Studies operates under the Decision about the transfer from scientific and technological activity organization to economically autonomy mechanism in accordance with regulation in the Decree 115/2005/NĐ-CP No.403/QĐ-ĐHQG-TCCB, dated May 7, 2010. Therefore, currently, CVSEAS is a self-supporting institution. It has legal rights as well as its own stamp and account.