BESETOHA is a forum

Forum (legal)

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 in which four representative East Asian Universities—Peking University

Peking University

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, Seoul National University

Seoul National University

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, the University of Tokyo

University of Tokyo

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 and Hanoi National University—meet to discuss the present state and future directions of university education, basic education and educational culture. The BESETOHA forum takes its name from the names of the attending universities.