Wednesday 26 October
Engaging With Vietnam #13
Knowledge Producation in the Age of Metrics and Global Rankings
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).
26 October / Registration / 7:00-8:00
(Payment in cash at registration for Gala Dinner and Tra Vinh Tour.)
26 October / Opening Ceremony / 8:00-8:30
26 October / Keynote Session / 8:30-10:00
Jazz and Knowledge Production
Location: Van Khoa Hall (Hội Trường Văn Khoa)
Hosts: Stan BH Tan-Tangbau (Independent Scholar), Phan Lê Hà and Liam C. Kelley (University Brunei Darussalam)
Panelists: Stan BH Tan-Tangbau, Quyền Văn Minh, Lưu Quang Minh, Quyền Thiện Đắc, and Hoàng Xuân Tùng
This keynote presentation introduces the study of jazz in Vietnam and its significance for both Vietnam studies and the field’s scholars. Specifically, we wish to highlight how jazz in Vietnam (and the study of jazz in Vietnam) highlights an inclusive endeavor of knowledge production engaging different targeted audience during the music’s journey into the official soundscape of socialist Vietnam, which essentially planted the seeds that grew into a continuously evolving nuanced sound in its own right, Vietnamese jazz.
26 October / Break / 10:00-10:30
26 October / Plenary Session / 10:30-12:00
Reflections on Methodology, Sustainable Development Goals and Publication Mandates
Location: Van Khoa Hall (Hội Trường Văn Khoa)
Host: Phan Lê Hà
Panelists: Bùi Hải Thiêm (NAFOSTED Research Council on Philosophy, Political Science and Sociology), Catherine Earl (RMIT Vietnam), Tam Ngo (NIOD Institute for War, Genocide and Holocaust Studies), Phương Tố Tâm (Foreign Trade University) and Masitah Shahrill (Universiti Brunei Darussalam)
This plenary session will address the various issues that have emerged as universities around the world have increased their participation in global systems in recent years, from university rankings to UN sustainability goals. How do scholars balance the various requirements that they now face? What are the challenges and opportunities in the current academic environment? These are the types of questions that will be addressed in this session.
26 October / Lunch/ 1200-12:15
26 October / Parallel Sessions / 1:15-3:15
Panel 01: Migration Studies in Vietnam – Interdisciplinary Approaches
Wed 26 October
Time: 1:15-3:15
Location: D.509
Chair: Truong Thi Thu Hang (USSH, VNU-HCMC)
A 300-Year Journey: Migration, Integration and Development of the Chinese Communities in the Southwest Region, Vietnam
Huỳnh Hoàng Ba (USSH, VNU-HCMC)
Reshaping Identities in Social Spaces of the Migrants in Vietnam (The Case of the Korean and the Arabs in Ho Chi Minh City)
Tạ Thị Lan Khanh (Institute for Cadre Development, HCMC), Phan Thanh Huyen and Tran Ngan Ha (USSH, VNU-HCMC)
Economic Activities and Cultural Adaptation in Islamic Practice of Arabs in Ho Chi Minh City
Phan Thanh Huyen (USSH, VNU-HCMC)
The Trend of Leaving Cities to Rural Areas to Start-up of Young People in Southern Region in Vietnam
Quách Thuyên Nhã Uyên and Trương Hoàng Tố Nga (USSH, VNU-HCMC)
Panel 02: Work, Leadership and Employability
Wed 26 October
Time: 1:15-3:15
Location: D.504
Chair: Phương Tố Tâm (Foreign Trade University)
Academic Women and Leadership in Eastern and Western Cultures: Experiences of Women Leaders in Vietnam, Malaysia and the U.S.
Ngoc Lan Thi Dang (Vietnamese-German University)
The Role of Internship in Improving Students’ Work Readiness at Foreign Trade University, Vietnam
Đinh Thị Ngoan (Foreign Trade University)
Dự định làm việc trong môi trường quốc tế của Gen Z
Ngô Tiểu Hy, Củng Hồng Lợi, Nguyễn Lý Kim Ngân, Lê Tú Anh, Ly Xuan Anh, and Huỳnh Hoàng Vy (USSH, VNU-HCM)
Towards the Conceptualisation of Employability for Vietnamese Graduates
Phung Thi Duc (The University of Tasmania)
Panel 03: Evolving Meanings of “Freedom” in Twentieth Century Vietnam
Wed 26 October
Time: 1:15-3:15
Location: D.503
Chair: Sean Fear (University of Leeds)
Volontés d’Existence, Language and Intellectual Freedom
Yen Vu (Fulbright University Vietnam)
A Forgotten Sacred Army: The Birth of the Chaplain Force in the Army of the State of Vietnam in the First Indochina War
Ho Thanh Tam (VNU-Hanoi)
Development through Social Revolution: Intellectual Discourse and The Case of New Life Construction Plan in Saigon, 1965-1971
Bùi Chí Thiện (USSH, VNU-HCMC)
The “Miệt Vườn” and Early 20th Century Cochinchinese Politics
Anthony Morreale (University of California Berkeley)
Panel 04: Teaching and Assessment
Wed 26 October
Time: 1:15-3:15
Location: D.502
Chair: Le Thuy Linh (Engaging With Vietnam)
Designing Listening and Speaking Activities for Textual Fluency and Critical Thinking: The Involvement of Deeper Learning and Career Orientation Based on the Technology Platform
Hà Tú Anh (FPT University) and Lê Thị Vân Anh (Cau Giay Junior Highschool Hanoi)
Baselining the Motivations in Shadow Education and Mathematics
Masitah Shahrill, Daniel Asamoah, and Farida Nurhasanah (Universiti Brunei Darussalam)
Teaching Practices to Empower Learners of English as a Lingua Franca
Ngô Thị Liên Hương (Hue University of Foreign Languages)
Do Pre-Service Teachers’ Conceptions of Assessment Determine their Perceived Formative Assessment Practices? A Comparative Study Between Brunei Darussalam And Indonesia
Daniel Asamoah (Universiti Brunei Darussalam)
Wed 26 October / Break / 3:15-3:30
Wed 26 October / Parallel Sessions / 3:30-5:30
Panel 05: UNESCO’s Heritage Conventions: Heritage Dynamics in Vietnam
Wed 26 October
Time: 3:30-5:30
Location: D.509
Chair: Nguyen Thi Hien (VNU-Hanoi)
Authorized Heritage Discourse: The Dynamics of Heritagization in Vietnam
Nguyen Thi Hien (VNU-Hanoi)
Sacredness, Privacy, and the Public: Controversies over Ritual Practices and Performances in the Vietnam’s Heritage Post-inscription Context
Tran Hoai (VNU-Hanoi)
Governance Achievements and Challenges in a World Heritage Site: The Case Study of Ho Dynasty’s Citadel in Thanh Hoá
Hoàng Thuý Quỳnh (VNU-Hanoi)
Theatricalization as a Method of Safeguarding, Promotion and Exploitation of UNESCO’s Inscribed Intangible Cultural Elements in Vietnam
Lu Thi Thanh Le and Nguyễn Hoàng Dương (VNU-Hanoi)
“Authorized Heritage Discourse” in the Process of Heritagization: A Case Study of Bach Ma Temple, Hanoi
Tran Thi An (School of Interdisciplinary Studies, VNU-Hanoi)
Panel 06: Art and Literature
Wed 26 October
Time: 3:30-5:00
Location: D.503
Chair: Stan BH Tan-Tangbau (Independent Scholar)
Vietnam Colonial Heritage Perception through French Cinema
Trần Huỳnh Bảo Khánh (USSH, VNU-HCMC) and Nguyễn Thanh Phương (Vietnam Japan University)
Contemporary Vietnamese Theatre in Lưu Quang Vũ’s Blue Chrysanthemum in the Swamp
Yuko Saito Nobe (Taisho University)
National Art Exhibitions and Awards in Vietnam – Artistic Standards or Mere Formalities
Tran Thi Hoang Ngan (Vietnam University of Fine Arts)
From the Perspective of Eco-Criticism in Nguyen Ngoc Tu’s Literature to the Conservation of the Southern River Environment in the 21st Century
Hoàng Thị Hiền Lê (Hanoi National University of Education)
Roundtable: Upheavals and Impacts of the Challenging Post-Covid 19 Context on Higher Education
Wed 26 October
Time: 3:30-5:00
Location: D.504
Chair: Vuong Tran (HUTECH University)
Participants: Vuong Tran (HUTECH University), Huỳnh Hoàng Lâm (HUTECH University) and Huỳnh Nhật Hải (HUTECH University)
Workshop: Vietnamese Hip-Hop
Wed 26 October
Time: 3:30-5:00
Location: D.502
Chair: Nguyễn Minh Tiến (Fulbright University
Participants: TBA
GALA Dinner!! 26 October
$10 per person to be paid at registration on the morning of 26 October.
Thursday 27 October
Engaging With Vietnam #13
Knowledge Producation in the Age of Metrics and Global Rankings
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).
27 October / Plenary Session / 8:30-10:00
Translation and Knowledge
Location: Van Khoa Hall (Hội Trường Văn Khoa)
Hosts: Phan Lê Hà (Universiti Brunei Darussalam) and Nguyễn Như Huy (visual artist, independent curator, art critic, translator, poet and song composer)
Panelists: Nguyễn Thị Minh (HCMC University of Education), Nguyễn Như Huy (visual artist, independent curator, art critic, translator, poet and song composer), Châu Huy Ngọc (USSH, VNU-HCMC), and Phạm Hòa Hiệp (RMIT Vietnam)
This plenary panel discusses and examines issues surrounding knowledge, knowledge mobility, and knowledge production in the practice of translation and in translated works including academic texts and popular/ know-how texts. Through an interactive and spirited dialogue and debate among the hosts and invited panelists, we will attempt to cover several key matters, namely the choice of works and authors for translation, translation as an effort to make social change, the multi-faceted impact of translation, and translation in the market economy and the age of global rankings and metrics.
27 October / Break / 10:00-10:15
27 October / Parallel Sessions / 10:15-12:15
Panel 07: Rethinking Asian Capitalism. The Achievements and Challenges of Vietnam Under Doi Moi
Thurs 27 October
Time: 10:15-12:15
Location: D.306
Chair: Tran Thi Anh-Dao (University of Rouen)
The Hybrid Nature of the Vietnamese Market Economy: Personal Relationships and Debt in the Dairy and Maize Sectors
Emmanuel Pannier (Research Institute for Sustainable Development)
Core Values in Educating Human Resources for Socio-Economic Transformation in Vietnam
Nguyen Duy Mong Ha and Văn Thị Nhã Trúc (USSH, VNU-HCMC)
Agricultural Land Conversion and Land Rights in Vietnam. A Case Study of Farmers’ Resistance in the Peri-Urban Areas of Hanoi
Phan Thanh Thanh (Institute of Human Studies, VASS)
Income-Based Social Stratification in Vietnam, 1998-2018
Bui The Cuong (Independent Researcher)
Vietnam’s WTO Accession and the Pathway to a Global Playing Field. A Critical Perspective
Tran Thi Anh-Dao (University of Rouen)
Panel 08: Gender
Thurs 27 October
Time: 10:15-12:15
Location: D.307
Chair: Truong Thi Thu Hang (USSH, VNU-HCMC)
Feminine Marketplace: Informal Work of Vietnamese Women
Kim Kyungmin (Seoul National University)
Students’ Perception of Gender Roles and a Need for Feminist Pedagogy
Phạm Thị Hồng Ân (USSH, VNU-HCMC)
Panel 09: Cultural Heritage
Thurs 27 October
Time: 10:15-12:15
Location: D.503
Chair: Quang Đại Tuyên (HUTECH University)
Tourism Development Based on Cultural Heritage Resources in Ho Chi Minh City: The Context of District 1
Nguyen Trung Nam (Vietnam Tourism Research)
Giữ gìn và phát huy bản sắc văn hóa Việt Nam qua lễ hội dân gian: trường hợp lễ hội Nghinh Ông của người Việt ở Cần Thạnh (Cần Giờ, TPHCM)
Nguyen Minh Giang (USSH, VNU-HCMC)
Contestation of Managing Colonial Heritage in a Post-Colonial Era: A Case Study of French Heritage in Hue, Vietnam
Phan Thị Diễm Hương (University of Hue) and Nguyen Vu Quynh Thi (Nguyen Tat Thanh University)
Drawing the Value of Connection from the Cultural Legends of Ben Tre
Phạm Van Luan (Bentre College) and Phạm Nguyễn Phúc Toàn (University of Information Technology, VNU-HCMC)
Roundtable: Creativity and Higher Education in Vietnam in the Age of Metrics
Thurs 27 October
Time: 10:15-12:15
Location: D.501
Chair: Catherine Earl (RMIT Vietnam)
Participants: Catherine Earl (RMIT Vietnam), Jonathan J. Felix (RMIT Vietnam), Vo Doan Tho (University of Economics, HCMC), Nguyen Minh Tri (HCMC University of Education) and Lu Thi Thanh Le (School of Interdisciplinary Studies, VNU-Hanoi)
Panel 10: Inscriptions of Love in Modern Vietnamese Culture
Thurs 27 October
Time: 10:15-12:15
Location: D.502
Chair: Phùng Hà Thanh (University of Languages and International Studies, VNU-Hanoi)
Young-adult Love in Vietnamese Literature: From Romanticism in the Early 20th Century to Discourses of Trauma after 1975
Tran Ngoc Hieu (Hanoi University of Education)
Popular Love Songs in North Vietnam and South Vietnam between 1954 and 1975: Waiting and Women’s Identities in Nationalist Propaganda
Lý Thu Hằng and Phùng Hà Thanh (University of Languages and International Studies, VNU-Hanoi)
Impermanence in Trịnh Công Sơn Ca: An Aesthetic of Love
Nguyễn Thị Huyền Linh and Phùng Hà Thanh (University of Languages and International Studies, VNU-Hanoi)
For the Love of Words: Selfhood in Writing, Over-reading, and Presence in Teaching
Phùng Hà Thanh (University of Languages and International Studies, VNU-Hanoi), Nguyễn Thanh Nguyệt (Independent Researcher) and Ngô Thị Thanh (Independent Researcher)
Imagination of Love: Vietnamese Boys’ Love Culture, Digital Fandom, and Shipping Practices
Võ Tuấn Sơn (Independent Researcher)
Panel 11: Film & Media
Thurs 27 October
Time: 10:15-12:15
Location: D.504
Chair: Stan BH Tan-Tangbau (Independent Scholar)
The Influence of Box Office, the Distribution System, and Streaming Platforms on Global Film Studies of Vietnamese Cinema
Agnieszka Kiejziewicz (RMIT)
Critique of the Stage Hypothesis: Films and Media on Vietnam During and Post War
Vishnu P Satya (Independent Scholar, University of Southern California)
Social Network Usage, Body Image Concerns, and Depression with Physical Appearance Comparison among Taiwanese and Vietnamese High School/College Students
Nguyen Duc Nhan (National Sun Yat-sen University)
Contentious, Alternative Media: The Provocation that is Le Bao’s “Taste” (2021)
Vo Nhan Minh Anh and Jonathan J. Felix (RMIT University Vietnam)
Panel 12: Migration
Thurs 27 October
Time: 10:15-12:15
Location: D.509
Chair: Peter van der Veer (Max Planck Institute)
Ethnic Minority Migration Under Conditions of Triple Exposure: Evidence from Vietnam
Timothy Gorman (Montclair State University) and Christine Bonnin (University College Dublin)
Second-Generation Viet Kieu (Overseas Vietnamese) and the Narratives of Return
Trần Thu Trang (Independent Researcher)
Cumulative Disadvantages and Risks for Stateless Vietnamese Migrants’ Families Returning from Cambodia
Nguyen Nu Nguyet Anh (USSH, VNU-HCMC)
The Politics of Naming Marriage Migrants: The Case of Vietnamese Women in South Korea
Bui Thi My Hang (Seoul National University)
27 October / Lunch / 12:15-1:30
27 October / Parallel Sessions / 1:30-3:30
Panel 13: Education and Its Reach
Thurs 27 October
Time: 1:30-3:30
Location: D.504
Chair: Le Thuy Linh (Engaging With Vietnam)
General Education Policy in Rural Vietnam: Discursive Explorations in Equality and Equity
Pham Mien Hoang and Jonathan J. Felix (RMIT University Vietnam)
Social Justice in Language Curriculum: Where Do Teachers and Learners Stand?
Truong Thi Thanh Canh, Le Thanh Ha and Vũ Phương Hồng Ngọc (Foreign Trade University, HCMC)
Knowledge-oriented Development in a Community Project – Grounded Theory Research in Mỹ Xương – Đồng Tháp
Lê Thanh Hải (Community College of Dong Thap)
Engagement of Vietnamese Religious Communities in National Education: Enormous Resources, Challenges, and Opportunities
Duong Van Bien and Ibro Him (Universiti Brunei Darussalam)
Panel 14: Diaspora
Thurs 27 October
Time: 1:30-3:30
Location: D.509
Chair: Dang Phuong Anh (USSH, VNU-Hanoi)
Fighting for a Place to Care – Elderly Vietnamese Buddhists and the Affective Dimension of Dying in the Diaspora
Müller Max (Freie Universität Berlin)
Parenting in Vietnamese Sojourner Families in Australia: Mismatches between East and West
Đàm Hà Thuỷ (RMIT Australia)
“Đọc sách con nghe” để duy trì tiếng Việt trong gia đình tại Nhật Bản: Phản ứng của trẻ đối với sách tranh và các yếu tố ảnh hưởng đến việc duy trì
Phạm Phi Hải Yến (Osaka University)
“A” Eye Shape and “O” Mouth Shape: The Vietnamese-German Adolescents Can Write Vietnamese
Tran Thi Minh (Nguyen Tat Thanh University)
Panel 15: Field Documentation in Vietnamese Villages: Research Approaches and Prospects
Thurs 27 October
Time: 1:30-3:30
Location: D.501
Chair: Ueda Shinya (Thang Long University)
An Essay on the Family Structure in Nineteenth-Century Vietnam Based on an Examination of Village Documents
Ueda Shinya (Thang Long University)
Sự thích ứng của cư dân vùng đầm phá Tam Giang qua phân tích tư liệu làng xã
Trần Đình Hằng (Vietnam National Institute of Culture and Arts Studies)
Tư liệu nguyên gốc tại địa phương Phủ Giầy trong việc phát hiện sắc phong cổ nhất mang niên đại 1683 cho Liễu Hạnh công chúa
Chu Xuân Giao (Institute of Cultural Studies, VASS)
Hình thành không gian làng xã khu vực thành hóa châu (thừa thiên huế) qua phân tích tư liệu địa phương
Trần Văn Quyến (Thang Long University)
Panel 16: Youth
Thurs 27 October
Time: 1:30-3:30
Location: D.503
Chair: Phương Tố Tâm (Foreign Trade University)
“Ninja Lead”: A Symbol of Vietnamese Women Pragmatism in the 21st Century
Đinh Hồng Hải (USSH, VNU-Hanoi)
Mate Choice Preferences: Gender Differences Studied in Vietnam’s Gen Z and Millennials
Nguyễn Thị Hồng Anh (National Economics University)
Tattoos and the Latent Messages about Youth’s Identification
Nguyen Thieu Tuan Long (University of Sciences, Hue University)
A Study on Consumer Perceptions and Tendency of Online Purchase Driven by Social Media in Vietnam – Implications for E-commerce Businesses
Văn Thị Minh Huyền (Foreign Trade University)
Panel 17: Memory Politics: The Secular and the National
Thurs 27 October
Time: 1:30-3:30
Location: D.306
Chair: Tam Ngo (NIOD Institute for War, Genocide and Holocaust Studies)
Germany Memory Politics and the Destruction of the Past
Peter van der Veer (Max Planck Institute)
Journeys from Victimhood to Empowerment to Appropriation: Representations of the Fate of Former Sexual Slaves in Museums in Korea and China
Eveline Buchheim (NIOD)
Reconsidering the Public Sphere of Memory in Japan: Focusing on the Muenbotoke Concept
Akira Nishimura (Tokyo University)
Forever 20s: State and Local Contestation over Commemoration of Human Lives Lost in Quang Tri Citadel
Tam Ngo (NIOD/MPI) and Ha Lan Tran (NIOD/UVA)
Panel 18: Publishing in Academic and Popular Media
Thurs 27 October
Time: 1:30-3:30
Location: D.502
Chair: Liam C. Kelley (Universiti Brunei Darussalam)
Funding Based on International Peer-Reviewed Journal Publication Outcome at Nafosted: Agenda-Setting, Rule-Making and Practice-Regularizing
Bùi Hải Thiêm (NAFOSTED Research Council on Philosophy, Political Science and Sociology)
Publication of Vietnamese Authors on International Journals in Tourism Field
Nguyễn Văn Hoàng, Quang Dai Tuyen and Tang Thong Nhan (HUTECH University)
Public Opinion Survey of the Press in Vietnam on Customs Modernization Reform
Vũ Thị Ánh Hồng (USSH, VNU)
27 October / Break/ 3:30-3:45
27 October / Parallel Sessions / 3:45-5:15
Panel 19: Digital and Online Education
Thurs 27 October
Time: 3:45-5:15
Location: D.509
Chair: Le Thuy Linh (Engaging With Vietnam)
Factors Influencing Student Satisfaction in E-Learning during COVID-19
Pham Thi Hong Yen (Foreign Trade University)
Thực trạng và giải pháp giảng dạy đại học trong bối cảnh covid-19 và hậu covid-19
Dương Thị Tuyết Trinh (Vĩnh Long College)
The Experiences of Vietnamese Students Learning Online During the COVID_19 Pandemic: A Collaborative Autobiographical Narrative Inquiry
Tran Thi Thuy Hang (University of Regina & Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education), Phạm Minh Nhật, Lê Thị Ngọc Diễm, Nguyen Phi Thuy Trang and Quách Ngọc Nhã Quỳnh (Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education)
Roundtable: Métissage Approach to Reflect the Production of Knowledge in Vietnam
Thurs 27 October
Time: 3:45-5:15
Location: D.501
Chair: Nguyen Duy Cuong (University of Pennsylvania, GSE)
Participants: Nguyen Duy Cuong (University of Pennsylvania, GSE) and Le Thi Phuong Lien (Open University HCM City)
Panel 20: Knowledge and Profit in Education
Thurs 27 October
Time: 3:45-5:15
Location: D.504
Chair: Mohammod Moninoor Roshid (Universiti Brunei Darussalam)
‘Which Knowledge Matters?’ Rethinking the Adoption of Competency-Based Education in Vietnam
Nguyễn Thị Hạ Ni (Naval Academy & USSH, VNU-HCMC)
Internationalising the Curriculum: A Transformational Approach Utilising Cultural-Historical Activity Theory
Nhi Luong and Le Thi Minh Tam (Van Lang University)
Profit at Any Price: A Tale of Deception from the Education Industry
Mark A. Ashwill (Capstone Education)
Roundtable: Beyond the Thực Lục – Sources for Imperial Vietnamese History
Thurs 27 October
Time: 3:45-5:15
Location: D.502
Chair: Bradley Camp Davis (Eastern Connecticut State University)
Participants: Bradley Camp Davis (Eastern Connecticut State University), Nicolas Weber (Fulbright University Vietnam) and Vũ Đường Luân (VNU-Hanoi)
Panel 21: Beyond Binaries: Vietnam and its Diaspora
Thurs 27 October
Time: 3:45-5:15
Location: D.503
Chair: Dan Le (Kanazawa University)
Permanent Settlement, Return to the Homeland and Ideas of “Successful” Migration among Recent Educated Vietnamese Migrants in Vancouver and Paris
Anne-Cécile Delaisse (University of British Columbia)
Reproducing Hegemony?: Returns of the Western-born
Dan Le (Kanazawa University)
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)