Vietnamese studies training programs in Vietnam in the context of international integration: Reality and development orientation

This paper is aimed to answer what distinguishes Vietnamese studies from other social sciences and humanities disciplines; how should interdisciplinarity, rather than a mere addition to forming general knowledge, be clearly understood to carry out the true nature; and how should the Vietnamese studies training program organization be designed to meet the new requirements set by the integration context. To achieve the research objectives mentioned above, the historical - documentary method, and observation - interview method were used in this paper.
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Vietnamese studies training programs in Vietnam in the context of international integration: Reality and development orientationDOI: 10.31276/VMOSTJOSSH.64(3).105-114 VIETNAMESE STUDIES Vietnamese studies training programs in Vietnam in the context of international integration: Reality and development orientation Thi Thu Hoai Nguyen* Hanoi National University of Education, 136 Xuan Thuy Street, Dich Vong Hau Ward, Cau Giay District, Hanoi, Vietnam Received 27 December 2021; revised 28 February 2022; accepted 15 March 2022Abstract:Vietnamese studies was launched as a training program in Vietnam in the last decade of the twentiethcentury at Da Lat University. Since 1994, Vietnamese studies has gradually become established as ahighly applicable science in the context of international integration. After nearly 30 years, dozensof international and national seminars on research and training orientation have been organised toevaluate early achievements as well as shortcomings and limitations that need to be addressed. Thisstudy is based on an analysis of the development process to find answers to the fundamental problems ofVietnam so it can thereby perform its roles and missions well under the current context of internationalintegration. Vietnamese studies is a subject built on general knowledge about Vietnams geography,history, literature, people, and culture. This paper is aimed to answer what distinguishes Vietnamesestudies from other social sciences and humanities disciplines; how should interdisciplinarity, ratherthan a mere addition to forming general knowledge, be clearly understood to carry out the true nature;and how should the Vietnamese studies training program organization be designed to meet the newrequirements set by the integration context. To achieve the research objectives mentioned above, thehistorical - documentary method, and observation - interview method were used in this paper.Keywords: current situation, development, international integration, mission, Vietnamese studies.Classification number: 101. Introduction developed into a major field of study in colleges across many countries such as the US, Russia, Globally speaking, Vietnamese studies were Germany, Korea, Japan, Australia, and China. Theborn within the framework of area studies and focal issues to be studied were the Anti-Americanare a science that generally studies and evaluates resistance war, from the war for independence,Vietnam. Scholars may come from a wide variety the war in South Vietnam, and the US sabotage ofof disciplines like history, geography, languages, the construction of socialism in North Vietnam, asand political economy; however, their studies well as the Southwest border war and the Northernare often interdisciplinary and form general, border war. The topic of socialism construction andcomprehensive knowledge about Vietnam. These the Doi Moi issue in Vietnam were also studied.studies aim to provide a comprehensive and By the 1990s, the research themes expanded togeneral understanding and find out specific and economic and social issues.unique factors about the country and people of However, since Vietnam has deeply integratedVietnam. into international life, developed rapidly in In the twentieth century, Vietnamese studies economy and trade, and opened itself to the world* Email: thuhoai.nguyen@hnue.edu.vn VMOST Journal DECEMBER 2022 • VOLUME 64 NUMBER 3 of Social Sciences 105 and HumanitiesVIETNAMESE STUDIESmarket, the research has become more diversified. After the significant contributions of internationalIn recent years, research topics on Vietnam have scholars to Vietnam in the twentieth century,mainly focused on political institution reform, the twenty-first century has witnessed the rapidforeign policy, socio-economic reform, sovereignty growth of generations of domestic and overseasprotection, sea and island issues, religion, Vietnamese scholars. The trend of collaborativebelief, development, poverty eradication, and research is also increasingly popular, which allowsenvironment, to name a few. An overview of this the issues to be further examined from differentissue was analysed, evaluated, and commented on perspectives, and thus Vietnam Studies flourishedby V.M. Giang (2008) [1]. The study provides an in many countries such as Japan, Korea, China, theoverview of Vietnamese studies in a broad range US, and Australia.of countries around the world including Russia Regarding South Korea, the Korean Associationand Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia, Korea, Japan, of Vietnamese Studies (KAVS) and the VietnameseAustralia, China, and the United States. Studies Review in Korea have been the premise D.G. Marr (1981) [2], as well as ...