Friday 28 October
Engaging With Vietnam #13
26-28 October 2022 at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities (USSH), Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City and 29-30 in Trà Vinh
Trường Đại học Khoa học Xã hội và Nhân văn – Đại học Quốc gia TP.HCM
Address: 10-12 Đ. Đinh Tiên Hoàng, Bến Nghé, Quận 1, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
In collaboration with the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City (USSH, VNU-HCMC); HUTECH University; the University of South Australia’s Centre for Research in Educational and Social Inclusion (CRESI); and the International and Comparative Education (ICE) Research Group at Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD).
28 October / Parallel Sessions / 8:30-10:00
Roundtable: Knowledge Production Between Worlds
Fri 28 October
Time: 8:30-10:00
Location: D.502
Chair: Lisa L. Stenmark (San Jose State University, Emeritus)
Participants: Lisa L. Stenmark (San Jose State University, Emeritus), Pham Quoc Loc (Thai Binh Duong University), Nguyen Thi Minh (Ho Chi Minh City University of Education), Nguyen Thi Thuy-Linh (VNU- Hanoi), Trần Ngọc Hiếu (Hanoi National University of Education), Trần Nguyên Khang (USSH, VNU-HCMC), Courtney Work (National Chengchi University) and Whitney Bauman (Florida International University)
Panel 22: Higher Education
Fri 28 October
Time: 8:30-10:00
Location: D.509
Chair: Phan Lê Hà (Universiti Brunei Darussalam)
Investigating University Autonomy During a Transitional Period: A Case Study at a Public University
Nguyen Vuong (University of East Anglia)
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Revisited: US Soft Power in Vietnam Higher Education Reform
Mary Beth S Marklein (George Mason University)
The Impact of AUN-QA Accreditation on University Admissions in Vietnam
Trần Cẩm Thi and Pham Thanh Sang (Thu Dau Mot University)
Panel 23: The Nguyễn Dynasty Imperial Archive: Administrative Tool, Historical Source
Fri 28 October
Time: 8:30-10:00
Location: 5.503
Chair: Bradley Camp Davis (Eastern Connecticut State University)
The Military Administration of the Western Borderlands in Nineteenth-Century Quảng Ngãi: What We Learn from the Phạm Hiên Report (Châu Bản Tự Đưc tập 260 tờ 227)
Andrew Hardy (École française d’Extrême-Orient)
Mở rộng không gian làng xã Nam Bộ đầu triều Nguyễn qua phân tích tư liệu Châu bản 硃本 (trường hợp thôn Nhơn Hòa, tổng Châu Phú, huyện Tây Xuyên, phủ Tuy Biên)
Trần Văn Quyến (Thang Long University)
Tracking the Thổ Ty: The Vietnamese Empire and Tai Muang (mường) in the Northwest through the Châu Bản materials, 1820s-1840s
Bradley Camp Davis (Eastern Connecticut State University)
Workshop: An Introduction to Critical Autoethnography in Vietnamese Studies
Fri 28 October
Time: 8:30-10:00
Location: D.501
Chair: Giang Nguyen Hoang Le (Brock University)
Participants: Giang Nguyen Hoang Le (Brock University) and Vuong Tran (Nipissing University)
28 October / Break / 10:00-10:15
28 October / Parallel Sessions / 10:15-12:15
Panel 24: Religion
Fri 28 October
Time: 10:15-12:15
Location: D.501
Chair: Tam Ngo (NIOD/MPI)
Acculturation of the Tay Minority with the Viet Majority through Belief Practice: The Worship of Hung Kings at Pit Temple in Bao Loc District, Lao Cai Province
Lê Thi Cúc (Hanoi University of Culture in Vietnam)
Exploring Gender Within Two Religions in Two Geographical Contexts in Asia: Bahuchara Mata (India) and Dao Mau, Worshipping the Mother Goddess (Vietnam)
Sheba Saeed (RMIT Vietnam)
Tín ngưỡng thờ thần sông nước ở Việt Nam nhìn sử liệu và truyện cổ – trọng tâm là giai đoạn từ thế kỷ XI-XV
Nguyễn Thị Oanh (Thang Long University)
Vietnamese Scholarship on the Catholic Marian Devotion: From taboo to Boom in the Discourse of National Cultural Identity
Duong Van Bien (Universiti Brunei Darussalam)
Panel 25: Changes in Gender Relations in Contemporary Vietnam
Fri 28 October
Time: 10:15-12:15
Location: D.503
Chair: Nguyễn Bảo Thanh Nghi (Hoa Sen University)
Women’s Agency in Gender-Traditional Religion: A Review of Female Caodaists in Tay Ninh, Vietnam
Võ Thị Thanh Thủy (USSH, VNU-HCMC)
Gender as an Artistic Inquiry in Contemporary Arts in Ho Chi Minh City
Trương Trần Trung Hiếu (USSH, VNU-HCMC)
Fashion Narratives of Young People in Ho Chi Minh City
Lương Nguyễn Kim Hoàng (USSH, VNU-HCMC)
Localized Toxic Masculinity: An Emergent Movement in Vietnam
Võ Văn Cường (USSH, VNU-HCMC)
Gender-Based Violence and the New Arts of Public Resistance in Vietnam
Nguyễn Bảo Thanh Nghi (Hoa Sen University)
Panel 26: History
Fri 28 October
Time: 10:15-12:15
Location: D.306
Chair: Anthony Morreale (University of California, Berkeley)
Constructing a Dam to Build a Nation: The Case of the Da Nhim Hydroelectric Power Dam in the Republic of Vietnam (1955-1975)
Chu Duy Ly (National University of Singapore)
Marine Science in a Period of Decolonial Nationalism: The Oceanographic Institute of Nha Trang and the Transition from French Indochina through to the Republic of Vietnam, 1950-1955
David J. McCaskey (University of California Riverside)
Vietnamese Intellectuals with the Transmission and Contest of Political Thoughts in the Twentieth Century
Truong Thùy Dung (Institute of History) and Ninh Xuân Thao (Hanoi National University of Education)
Rare Animals, Natural Disasters and Pandemics in The Discourses of Vietnamese Medieval History and Literature
Bùi Linh Huệ (Thai Nguyen University of Sciences TNUS)
Panel 27: The Educational Paradigm of Progress (Bhāvanā) of the Vietnamese and for Vietnamese People (A Case Study of Chí Dũng Center, Cantho City, Vietnam)
Fri 28 October
Time: 10:15-12:15
Location: D.502
Chair: Phan Chí Dũng (Chí Dũng Center)
The Philosophy of Education: A Review from East to West and a Case of the Educational Paradigm of Progress
Phan Chí Dũng (Chí Dũng Center) and Lê Thị Mỹ Phương (Sunway University, Lancaster University)
The Educational Paradigm of Progress (Bhāvanā): A Solution to Ascending Lifelong Learning and Practicing
Phan Chí Dũng and Thiều Thị Trà Mi (Chí Dũng Center)
A Set of Beneficiary-Oriented Teaching Methods: Lecture Strategies and Learner Experiences in the Educational Paradigm of Progress (Bhāvanā)
Thiều Thị Trà Mi (Chí Dũng Center)
Companion Activities based on the Educational Paradigm of Progress for Inside and Outside of the Classroom
Thiều Thị Mỹ Duyên (Independent Researcher), Đỗ Lê Mỹ Dung (Van Lang University), Huỳnh Tài Lộc (Cần Thơ University)
Theoretical Study of the Educational Paradigm of Progress (Bhāvanā) in the Case of Chí Dũng Center
Ký Thanh Chương (Cần Thơ University)
Panel 28: Politics
Fri 28 October
Time: 10:15-12:15
Location: D.509
Chair: Bùi Hải Thiêm (NAFOSTED Research Council on Philosophy, Political Science and Sociology)
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: How Vietnam Has Learned to Use Soft Power in Defending its Maritime Territory
Trần Cẩm Thu, Van Bao Ngoc and Đỗ Thị Thu Quyên (USSH, VNU-HCMC)
The Role and Engagement of Vietnam in the Indo-Pacific Strategy
Trần Hoài Thu (USSH, VNU-HCMC)
Resistance to Euro-American Imperialism: A Comparative Study of Popular Movements in India and Vietnam
Laxman Satya (Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania)
Hedging for Good: Vietnam and the Role of Weak States in the Era of Great Powers Rivalry
Dang Ngoc Tram (National Sun Yat-sen University)
Panel 29: Higher Education, Desire, Ideology and Human Capital
Fri 28 October
Time: 10:15-12:15
Location: D.504
Chair: Van Thi Minh Huyen (Foreign Trade University)
“What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger”: Vietnamese PhD Non-Completers Reflecting on Dropping out and Building Back their Career and Life Beyond the PhD
Nguyễn Thị Thu Huyền (Bilingual Canadian International School)
Human Capital Flow from Vietnam: Brain Drain and Potential Brain Circulation
Vũ Văn Hải (University of Languages and International Studies, VNU-Hanoi)
Pursuing Higher Education in the West and Asia: Desires, Imagined Benefits, and Paradoxes
Brendan Ch’ng (University of Malaya) and Ibro Him (Universiti Brunei Darussalam)
Teaching National Ideology and Nationalism in Asian HE Curricula: Are they Really Building the Nation?
Mohammod Moninoor Roshid (Universiti Brunei Darussalam) and Brendan Ch’ng (University of Malaya)
28 October / Lunch/ 12:15-1:30
28 October / Parallel Sessions / 1:30-3:30
Panel 30: Fine Arts Training in Vietnam Today: Particularity in Criteria and Rankings
Fri 28 October
Time: 1:30-3:30
Location: D.504
Chair: Doan My Huong (Vietnam National Institute of Culture and Arts Studies)
The Situation of Quality Accreditation of the Fine Arts Training Programs of Universities in Vietnam
Nguyen Trung (Vietnam University of Fine Arts)
Difficulties in Assessing the Evaluation Criteria for Quality Accreditation in Applied Fine Arts Training in Vietnam
Đặng Mai Anh (University of Industrial Fine Arts)
Training Doctors Specialized in Fine Arts: Flexibility in the Application of Theory and Practice Capacity
Doan Thi My Huong (Vietnam National Institute of Culture and Arts)
Research Development in Vietnam Fine Arts Training Institutions: Interdisciplinary Integration for Research and Creativity
Nguyen My Thanh (Cultural Research Institute)
Panel 31: Education and Wellbeing
Fri 28 October
Time: 1:30-3:30
Location: D.509
Chair: Phùng Hà Thanh (University of Languages and International Studies, VNU-Hanoi)
Factors Affecting EFL Teachers’ Well-being in Vietnamese High schools: An Ecological Perspective
Tran Thi Tuyet (Hanoi University of Business and Technology)
A Continuing Professional Development Framework for Lecturer Motivation and Wellbeing in a Time of Changes: A Vietnamese Case
Nguyen Thi Thanh Hang (University of Melbourne)
A Collaborative Autoethnography: Reflections on the Education and Training of Graduate Studies in Vietnam
Giang Nguyen Hoang Le (Brock University), Vu Anh Le (Thu Dau Mot University), Nguyen Thi Thinh (University of Languages and International Studies), and Kien Phan (USSH, VNU-Hanoi)
Being and Becoming: A Trio-ethnographic Reflection on How Confucianism Impacts Higher Education Teacher Identity
Nguyen Khanh Phuong (University of Economics, HCMC), Le Nguyen Hai Van (University of Foreign Language Studies, The University of Da Nang), Tran Ha Phuong (Hanoi University)
Panel 32: Economics and Business
Fri 28 October
Time: 1:30-3:30
Location: D.306
Chair: Phương Tố Tâm (Foreign Trade University)
Foreign Direct Investment Strategy: Reduces Risk, Reduces Dependence
Nguyễn Thanh Hoàng, Nguyễn Quang Phước, Huỳnh Ngọc Thanh Xuân, Nguyễn Phạm Thái Hà and Lê Hoàng Hạnh Lan (USSH, VNU-HCM)
Vietnam’s Economic Development through a Feminist Lens
Thuy Thi Thanh Do (Simon Fraser University and Hoa Sen University)
Middle Manager Perspectives on Employee Voice: A Qualitative Approach
Lương Ngọc Trung Hạnh (Hoa Sen University)
The Paradox of the Public Sector in Vietnam: Autonomy and Autocracy within Harmony
Tam Nguyen (Swinburne Vietnam – FPT Education) and Huynh Gia Han (Swinburne Vietnam)
Panel 33: Categorizing Abilities and Disabilities
Fri 28 October
Time: 1:30-3:30
Location: D.501
Chair: Nguyễn Văn Hoàng (HUTECH University)
Conceptualisation of Intellectual Disability: International Perspectives and Implications for Vietnam
Le Thi Huong Giang (Center for Creative Initiatives in Health and Population)
Examining Disability in Colonial Vietnam: The Literature of Nguyễn Đình Chiểu and Educational Institutions for the Blind and the Deaf
Vo Eileen (Gallaude University)
Language Barriers of Students in Very Small Population Ethnic Groups When Implementing the General Education Program 2018
Nguyen Thu Quynh (Thai Nguyen University of Education), Ngo Thi Diem Hang (School of Interdisciplinary Sciences, VNU) and Duong Thu Hang (Thai Nguyen University of Education)
Framing the Minority: Online News Coverage and Vietnam’s Policy of Ethnic Groups
Đỗ Anh Đức (USSH, VNU-Hanoi)
Panel 34: Heritage of the Nguyen Dynasty: Local Perspectives in the Global Era
Fri 28 October
Time: 1:30-3:30
Location: D.503
Chair: Phan Thanh Hải (Department of Culture and Sports, Thua Thien Hue Province)
Royal Tombs of The Nguyen Dynasty in Hue
Phan Thanh Hải (Department of Culture and Sports, Thua Thien Hue Province)
The Architecture of Residential Palaces (Phủ Đệ) of Nguyễn’s Princes and Princesses
Trần Văn Dũng (Department of Culture and Sports, Thua Thien Hue Province)
A Study on Three Religious Element in Bronze Decorative Arts of the Nguyen Dynasty in Hue
Phan Lê Chung (University of Arts, Hue University)
The First Wave of Globalization and Vietnam: A Short Study on The Evolution of the Bronze Cannon Casting Tradition During the Nguyen Dynasty
Lê Nam Trung Hiếu (International School of Hue University)
Panel 35: Language Issues
Fri 28 October
Time: 1:30-3:30
Location: D.502
Chair: Le Thuy Linh (Engaging With Vietnam)
Cultural-Linguistic Comparative Analysis of Vietnamese And Russian Mutual And Self-Perceptions Leveraging Corpus Linguistics Methods
Hien Pham (Institute of Linguistics, VASS), Istvan Lenart and Irina Markovina (Sechenov University)
A Survey Study on Linguistic Attitude Towards the Linguistic Landscape of Bui Vien Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Trần Thị Phương Ly, Duong The Toan, Nguyễn Trần Tuấn Đạt, Lê Hiển My, Đinh Thục Trang and Phùng Diệp Phương Uyên (Saigon University)
Semantic Features of Cultural Words in Selected English Course Books for Students
Phạm Thị Thanh Thúy and Hà Hồng Nga (Hanoi National University of Education)
Vietnamese Anti-proverbs and The Youth’s Perspectives
Hoàng Lê Gia Bảo, Đặng Mỹ Linh and Ninh Thuận Nhi (International University, VNU-HCMC)
28 October / Break / 3:30-3:45
27 October / Closing Ceremony / 3:45-5:00
Location: Van Khoa Hall (Hội Trường Văn Khoa)