Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences

About: Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences is a education organization based out in Hanoi, Vietnam. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Vietnamese & Poverty. The organization has 228 authors who have published 222 publications receiving 1690 citations. The organization is also known as: VASS.

Graphemic borrowings and transformations from Sinitic: The case of Quốc Âm Thi Tập:

Abstract: This essay studies Vietnamese demotic Nom characters used to transcribe Sinitic loanwords in the text of Quốc Âm Thi Tập [Poetry Collection in the National Language] by Nguyen Trai (1380–14...

Ancestor Worship and Quality of Life: Transforming Bonds with the Deceased in Contemporary Japan

Abstract: Literature in cultural psychology on happiness has argued that the connectedness and interdependence of the self with others is a key feature of East Asian societies. Ancestor worship is regarded as the most significant social institution in East Asian societies sharing Confucian tradition, such as Japan and Vietnam. Ancestor worship is a kind of reciprocal system in which the living and the deceased exchange mutual care. It links one’s self to the ever-continuing family lineage, providing a basis for an individual’s identity. In contemporary Japan, such beliefs and customs are rapidly diminishing due to drastic changes in population and family structure since the Second World War. This chapter addresses the question that how people in Japan cope with the situation in which the traditional assurance for their afterlife does not work well, and identifies the ways in which they seek alternative bases for their identity by examining the case of a new trend in burial. The new trend in death preparation indicates a silent transition from “bonds with the deceased” to “bonds with the living” in contemporary Japanese society. Both types of bonds can assure one’s sense of self and the meaning of life and fit the contextual features of East Asian societies.

Ho Chi Minh thought on solidarity and the social sustainable development in Vietnam

Abstract: The very humanistic thought is the foundation for Ho Chi Minh develops his thought on great solidarity. Great solidarity is to be built on the humanistic basis is the solidarity oriented to build a social life where the dignity of man is respected, a life without oppression, exploitation and discrimination. Thus, Ho Chi Minh's thought on solidarity serves as the basis to unite all the Vietnamese together in the fight to regain independence for the nation, bring freedom to all Vietnamese and open opportunities for all people to pursuit happy life. Following Ho Chi Minh on solidarity, we would like to argue in this paper that there exists an intimate relation between solidarity and social sustainability or social sustainable development, because the goal of building a Republic mastered by the people is the same as the goal of the cause of construction of a socialist society, which is a socially sustainable society. In other words, the goal of building and developing a socialist republic in Vietnam not only consists in creating a foundation for a wide solidarity of all strata of the people of Vietnam but also serves as a driving force encouraging all the people to participate and contribute to the national cause of development in order to achieve the noble goal of “the rich people, the strong country, the democratic, just, civilized society”. In this way, we can see the relation between social solidarity and social sustainable development in Vietnam.