The following research projects are undertaken to establish the Vietnam Studies Center (VSC) as a scientific hub for new research achievements about Vietnam from an interdisciplinary perspective, examining Vietnam in relation to the region (East Asia or Southeast Asia), and in the global context, promoting research and expanding research collaboration is one of VSC’s top priorities.
In the “Research” section, VSC introduces research projects conducted by faculty and students of Fulbright University Vietnam. These projects may include completed works that have been published across various academic platforms such as specialized journals or conference presentations). They can also be new research initiatives, first published on the VSC website as working papers, aiming to receive contributions and feedback from the academic community and the public before the final, complete, and official publication.
The “Research” section also welcomes the sharing of research findings from scholars and researchers both domestically and internationally, in order to create dynamic scientific exchange and expand the readership of newly introduced works.
VSC invites you to visit the “Research” section because this is where new knowledge is created and disseminated. VSC always welcomes scientific contributions (including papers) from readers because you are not only the beneficiaries of but also the valuable resources that vitalize Vietnam-related research.
Explore recently published reports by our academics, where new knowledge is generated and shared, creating dynamic academic exchange and broadening our understanding of Vietnam and its place in South East Asia.
Fulbright University Vietnam is honored to host an International Research Conference on the theme “Tonkin Free School & Vietnamese Liberal Arts Education Model” which is expected to take place from November 19 to November 20, 2022. The Conference is organized in the celebration of the 115th Anniversary of Dong Kinh Nghia Thuc (Tonkin Free School) […]
February 5, 2026
Phan Châu Trinh (1872–1926) was one of the most prominent reformist intellectuals of early twentieth-century Vietnam. Throughout his political–social thought and reformist discourse, Phan Châu Trinh consistently affirmed a foundational principle for national renewal and development: “Chi bằng học” (“Nothing is better than learning”). For him, education and intellectual enlightenment were not merely means of […]
November 8, 2024
“The nation’s destiny knit as tightly as woven canes, Today Peace takes root under the Southern sky. When mindful wisdom tends the palace, All warring stops, all strife is gone.” Translated by Nguyễn Bá Chung and Kevin Bowen, from Zen Master Pháp Thuận (915-990)’s “Quốc Tộ” Inspired by the poem “Answering the King’s Question […]
We’re proud to showcase a wide range of completed works by our esteemed faculty that have been published across various academic platforms, including specialized journals and conference presentations. Our aim with these papers is to invite contributions and feedback from the academic community and the general public on Vietnam.
Ấn phẩm nghiên cứu
Nguyen Nam
A Vietnamese Reading of the Master’s Classic: Phạm Nguyễn Du’s Humble Comments on the Analects – As an Example of Transformative Learning
in Roland Reichenbach and Duck-Joo Kwak, eds. Confucian Perspectives on Learning and Self-Transformation – International and Cross-Disciplinary Approaches, Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2021.
Historical and Cultural Translation Studies: The Case of Truyền Kỳ Mạn Lục
Vietnam National University in Ho Chi Minh City, 2002.
Traveling Knowledge: Publications from Japan and China in Early Twentieth-Century Vietnam
in 世界の日本研究 / Japanese Studies Around the World 2021: 10–27.
Vu Minh Hoang
Book Review: Unwritten Rule: State-Making through Land Reform in Cambodia by Alice Beban
in Journal of Asian Studies 82, no. 2 (Summer 2023).
Recycling violence: The theory and practice of reeducation camps in post-war Vietnam
in Galway, Matthew and Marc Opper, eds. Experiments with Marxism-Leninism in Cold War Southeast Asia. Canberra: ANU Press, 2022.
Nguyen Thanh Trung
Sức Mạnh Mềm của Trung Quốc trong cạnh tranh chiến lược với Mỹ ở khu vực Ấn Độ Dương – Thái Bình Dương: Tác động và Hàm ý với Việt Nam.
(co-authored) Nhà Xuất Bản Chính Trị Quốc Gia Sự Thật, 2022.
Authoritarian Empowerment: Vietnam’s Effective Control of Covid-19 in 2020
in Wen-Pin Lin, Khai Leong Ho, and Samuel C. Y. Ku (eds) Southeast Asia Under Stress, Taiwan: Wenzao University Press, 2022.
Authors: Nguyen Thanh Trung and Le Ngoc Khanh Ngan
The Health Silk Road: China’s Vaccine Diplomacy in Southeast Asia
VNUHCM Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 6(3), 1658-1670, Sept. 2022
Authors: Nguyễn Thành Trung, Nguyễn Hồng Tân
Research Databases
Assemble and develop scientific resources for Vietnam studies and research:
A diverse resource of materials is the foundation for learning and research development. The Center will build a Vietnam Studies Reading Room as part of the Fulbright library system.
The Reading Room focuses on collecting invaluable documents of Vietnam and about Vietnam and especially welcomes and honors all individual and collective donations of materials to the Reading Room.
To date, Fulbright has received material donated from several world’s leading Vietnam studies scholars, such as Prof. David Marr (Australian National University), Prof. Hue-Tam Ho Tai (Harvard University), and Cornell University (USA).
In addition to publications, the Reading Room also stores essay films produced by Vietnam Studies students in digital format
Glossary
In this glossary, you can find all the key terms related to our research projects happening at Vietnam Studies Center. You are also invited to add and modify entries to each project. The glossary is a work in progress, and link will be provided soon.
