SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES IN VIETNAM: OBJECTIVE AND APPROACH

Main Article Content

Pham Duc Dong

Abstract

Over the last 20 years, since the founding of the SEA Studies Institute (1973-1993), we have step by step determined the objectives of the SEA studies in Vietnam and got a general, comprehensive view through a multi-branch and inter-branch approach, within a general research institute in terms of subjects and organizational structure.  We believe that the objective of the SEA Studies as a regional research is the examination of the whole region of SEA in its diachronic and synchronic relations as well as in its relations in space and time. (1) SEA is a historical and cultural region an entity born of a particular natural and social-ecological environment and existing from prehistory to this day. (2) With this common historical and cultural background today, SEA is a modern developed strategic composed of 10 independent nations with different socio-political systems: Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Brunei. In this field, the various branches of social science will make researchers as main motive forces. 

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Article Details

Section
Articles