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.

Notes on Nationalism in South Vietnam: Vulnerable Indian Migrants

Abstract: In mainstream Vietnamese history, written by communist intellectuals, the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) occurs as an alien, marginal political entity because its nation-building ideologies were allegedly not derived from what is called “Vietnamese nationalism.”

Diversification into Tourism Development and Community Participation in Rural Areas: A Case Study from Danang, Vietnam

Abstract: Tourism has been a focus of diversification for a considerable period of time and widely promoted as a supporting alternative for local economy in response to increasing agriculture values in rural areas. Rural tourism is likely to become a powerful force of change in the economy restructuring in Viet Nam. Research on diversification into tourism development and the significant roles of the local involvement and its community participation in rural tourism development in Central Viet Nam, a developing country, should be fully explored and assessed. This paper describes the diversification and development of this form of rural community-based tourism on the outskirts of Danang city, Hoa Vang rural district, based on 26 informants, highlighting the nature of the rural diversification, the background of rural community’s participation/involvement in tourism diversification. In identifying this the paper contributes to a literature on how rural tourism products evolve in developing countries, for not only deeply understand and firmly grasp government’ policies in building new-style rural areas, promoting rural residents' involvement, diversifying resources sustainably for new rural construction associated with agricultural structuring but in retaining rurally cultural patterns of life and raising awareness of the commercial and social values of traditions. Keywords: Rural tourism, diversification, community participation, sustainable development, Vietnam

Developing human resource in research and development: international experiences and implications for Vietnam

Abstract: Human resource is the key driving force of research and development of a nation. Japan and Korea are two examples of how appropriate strategies in developing human resources have been transferred i...