This book explores how Vietnam's leadership conceptualises and conducts public diplomacy (PD) and offers a comparative analysis with regional powers. Drawing on social constructivism as its theoretical framework it investigates the rationale behind an authoritarian regime's implementation of public diplomacy to contribute to a better understanding of the broader framework of foreign-domestic policy. This theoretical and practical exploration of Vietnam's PD in cases of cultural diplomacy, South China Sea diplomacy and online activism situates it in the general academic and theoretical discussion on soft power. Key variables to the conceptualisation and conduct of Vietnam's PD, namely national interest, national identity and changing information technologies, especially the Internet and social media, are also thoroughly investigated. With crosscutting themes ranging from politics and international relations to communication studies, it will appeal to students and scholars of identity politics, populism and nationalism.
Sau gần một tháng trốn tránh giặc thù, nhóm công chúa Mai Lan cũng tới được Vạn Kiếp. Đứng nhìn giòng Bạch Đằng Giang rực rỡ trong ánh chiều tà, Mai Lan không khỏi bồi hồi xúc động nhớ lại những chiến tích vẻ vang của Trần gia, của dân Việt.
Seminar paper from the year 1999 in the subject Sociology - General and Theoretical Directions, grade: 1,0 (A), Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (Institute for Sociology), course: Seminar: Margaret Archers contribution to modern sociological theory building, language: English, abstract: Abstract: The central problem of social theorizing lies in the relations or mediations between system (in particular, structure and function), agency (particularly,action and subject) and time (in particular, history and process). Historically, these problems can be grouped in what I call the four micro-macro problems. In this paper, I show that Margaret Archer's "morphogenetic approach" can be seen as an attempt to simultaneously address these four micro-macro problems. Reconstructing a core architecture of Archer's model of sociological explanation, the "analytical dualism," I argue that this is a marriage of a two-level methodology based upon the distinction structure/interaction and a three-world ontology based on Karl Popper's metaphysics. As such, Archer's social theory shares a basic feature with Jürgen Habermas's "theory of communicative action," Bernhard Giesen's "evolution-theoretical model," and Manfred Hennen's and Elisabeth Springer's "basic schema of action theories." By pointing that out, I propose a hypothesis that a solution for the four-fold micro-macro problem would be a construct combining a multi-world ontology that allows the possibility of emergence in social reality and a multi-level methodology that provides a linkage between the different levels of social life. [...]
Genetic diversity is of fundamental importance in the continuity of a species as it provides the necessary adaptation to the prevailing biotic and abiotic environmental conditions, and enables change in the genetic composition to cope with changes in the environment. Genetic Diversity in Plants presents chapters revealing the magnitude of genetic variation existing in plant populations. The increasing availability of PCR-based molecular markers allows the detailed analyses and evaluation of genetic diversity in plants and also, the detection of genes influencing economically important traits. The purpose of the book is to provide a glimpse into the dynamic process of genetic variation by presenting the thoughts of scientists who are engaged in the generation of new ideas and techniques employed for the assessment of genetic diversity, often from very different perspectives. The book should prove useful to students, researchers, and experts in the area of conservation biology, genetic diversity, and molecular biology.
Từ dạo nguy�n tổ A-dong v� E-v� rời vườn địa đ�ng, nh�n loại trải qua bao ngh�n năm dằng dặc trong lam lũ khổ đau, nhất l� phải chết. Nhưng trong đ�y l�ng c�c con ch�u vẫn hy vọng một ng�y kia họ c� thể trở về chốn hạnh ph�c ấy, nơi một thời đ� l� gia nghiệp. Thật l� một giấc mơ cao q�y v� hợp ph�p. Thực vậy, từ ng�y nguy�n tổ A-dong v� E- v� đ� đi xa, vườn thi�ng xưa vẫn c�n đấy mong chờ từng đứa con nh�n loại quay về. Địa Đ�ng của Merton trong ph�n t�ch cuối c�ng th� ở tr�n mặt đất n�y, v� l� một nơi trong nội t�m con người. N�i đ�ng hơn l� một th�i độ của con tim, một trạng th�i của � thức trong cuộc h�nh tr�nh t�m linh. Sự kh�m ph� ra C�i Địa Đ�ng xẩy ra khi c�i t�i của ch�ng ta trở n�n trống vắng như sa mạc. C�i t�i ồn �o ấy c�ng mờ nhạt đi th� C�i Địa Đ�ng c�ng hiện ra r� r�ng trong tất cả vẻ đẹp của n�. Nhất l�, C�i Địa Đ�ng huyền diệu ấy lộ ra Khu�n Mặt của Thi�n Ch�a, kh�ng phải chỉ l� một bức tranh tưởng tượng, nhưng l� đ�ch thật hiện hữu của Ng�i. Khu�n mặt của c�i t�i c�ng nhạt nho� đi chừng n�o th� T�n Nhan Thi�n Ch�a c�ng hiện ra r� r�ng trong vinh quang, quyền năng v� thiện hảo. Con đường tu h�nh sa mạc thiết yếu l� cuộc h�nh tr�nh trong nội t�m hơn l� ở ngo�i m�i trường địa l� của kh�ng gian v� thời gian. V� thế, địa đ�ng xuất hiện trong t�m hồn của tất cả mọi người chứ kh�ng phải chỉ d�nh ri�ng cho c�c ẩn sĩ sa mạc. Theo Thomas Merton, bạn kh�ng cần phải l� gi�m mục, linh mục, nam nữ đan sĩ, tu sĩ hay ẩn sĩ; bạn c� thể chỉ l� một gi�o d�n b�nh thường, đi lễ, v� rất bận bịu với những bổn phận hằng ng�y, nhưng chắc chắn bạn vẫn c� thể l� Người C�i Địa Đ�ng.
Seen and Unseen Worlds -- A Love Story" is a novel, talking about a group of eminent students and their excellent teacher, starting at a boarding school, through a lot of bitter-sweet situations in Vietnam war and their first steps in the US, the promised land. However, its center contains the most outstanding thoughts that have ever been heard (appearance of God, soul origin of life....). With its new, original and convincing ideas somehow can satisfactory answer the spiritual need of all generations about life and nothingness.
Despite her tragedies from the political turmoil of 1950s-60s Viet Nam, Bright Moon achieved education and freedom in 1970s America. Can she overcome her emotional vulnerability and choose...Ted or Star?
This book explores how Vietnam's leadership conceptualises and conducts public diplomacy (PD) and offers a comparative analysis with regional powers. Drawing on social constructivism as its theoretical framework it investigates the rationale behind an authoritarian regime's implementation of public diplomacy to contribute to a better understanding of the broader framework of foreign-domestic policy. This theoretical and practical exploration of Vietnam's PD in cases of cultural diplomacy, South China Sea diplomacy and online activism situates it in the general academic and theoretical discussion on soft power. Key variables to the conceptualisation and conduct of Vietnam's PD, namely national interest, national identity and changing information technologies, especially the Internet and social media, are also thoroughly investigated. With crosscutting themes ranging from politics and international relations to communication studies, it will appeal to students and scholars of identity politics, populism and nationalism.
By tracing the evolving worldview of Vietnamese communists over 80 years as they led Vietnam through wars, social revolution, and peaceful development, this book shows the depth and resilience of their commitment to the communist utopia in their foreign policy. Unearthing new material from Vietnamese archives and publications, this book challenges the conventional scholarship and the popular image of the Vietnamese revolution and the Vietnam War as being driven solely by patriotic inspirations. The revolution not only saw successes in defeating foreign intervention, but also failures in bringing peace and development to Vietnam. This was, and is, the real tragedy of Vietnam. Spanning the entire history of the Vietnamese revolution and its aftermath, this book examines its leaders' early rise to power, the tumult of three decades of war with France, the US, and China, and the stubborn legacies left behind which remain in Vietnam today.
Higher and tertiary education are crucial to modern nations. Vietnam has great potential, but its universities and colleges are poor-performing, under-funded and slow to change compared to those in neighbouring East Asian nations. This book analyses the problem and provides constructive solutions for the reform of higher education.
When the British Museum is gifted with half a golden tiger under unusual circumstances, the Museum Evaluator, Alex Burton, is entrusted with the task of finding the other half. It is said that when the two halves are re-united, the mystery of the missing Nguyen Gold of Vietnam will be unravelled. Not having all the necessary knowledge to begin his search, Burton enlists the help of an academic of The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) of London University. Their quest takes them on an extraordinary journey along the infamous Ho Chi Minh Trail and reaches a dramatic end in a spectacular mountainous area of Central Vietnam.
What does it mean when a city of 180,000 people has more than 5,000 women working as prostitutes? This question frames Vu Trong Phung’s 1937 classic reportage Luc Xi. In the late 1930s, Hanoi had a burgeoning commercial sex industry that involved thousands of people and hundreds of businesses. It was the center of the city’s nightlife and the source of suffering, violence, exploitation, and a venereal disease epidemic. For Phung, a popular writer and intellectual, it also raised disturbing questions about the state of Vietnamese society and culture and whether his country really was "progressing" under French colonial rule. Translator Shaun Kingsley Malarney’s thoughtful and multifaceted introduction provides historical background on colonialism, prostitution, and venereal disease in Vietnam and discusses reportage as a literary genre, political tool, and historical source. A fully annotated translation of Luc Xi follows, in which Phung takes readers into the heart of colonial Hanoi’s sex industry, portraying its female workers, the officials who attempted to regulate it, the doctors who treated its victims, and the secretive medical facility known as the Nha Luc Xi ("The Dispensary"), which examined prostitutes for venereal diseases and held them for treatment. Drawing from his interviews with doctors, officials, and prostitutes and the writings of French doctors on prostitution and venereal disease, Phung provides a rare, firsthand look at the damage caused by the commercial sex industry. His sympathetic portrayal of the Vietnamese underclass is considered one of the most accurate, but he also provides one of the most acerbic, humorous, and critical views of the changes wrought by colonialism in Southeast Asia.
A must-have resource for any emergency or urgent care setting, Fleisher & Ludwig’s 5-Minute Pediatric Emergency Medicine Consult, 3rd Edition, provides clear, succinct guidance on hundreds of diseases and common pediatric conditions. Editors-in-Chief Drs. Robert J. Hoffman and Vincent J. Wang lead an editorial and author team who put evidence-based answers at your fingertips—essential information on clinical orientation, differential diagnosis, medications, management, discharge criteria, and more.
Muoi hai" in this book title means twelve months in a year which according to the author, "each month has its own plaintive beauty, personal nostalgia ...". Vu Bang conveys his sweet memory about Hanoi by the beauty of culture, lifestyle, food art etc. and especially the deep love of his wife apart.
This report discusses the political, economic and social opportunities and constraints that will influence the design and implementation of REDD+ in Vietnam. In particular, four major direct drivers (land conversion for agriculture; infrastructure development; logging (illegal and legal); forest fire) and three indirect drivers (pressure of population growth and migration; the states weak forest management capacity; the limited funding available for forest protection) of deforestation and degradation in Vietnam are discussed, along with their implications for REDD+. These drivers and their impacts vary from region to region, and change over time no one-size-fitsall formula will function across the whole of Vietnam. The report also examines the lessons learnt from various forestry and economic development policies and programmes and suggests how a future REDD+ mechanism can overcome the major challenges, which include limited funding for forest protection, weak local governance capacity, poor vertical and horizontal coordination, low involvement of the poor, women and indigenous groups, low economic returns, elite capture of land and benefits, and corruption. The report suggests that if REDD+ is to succeed, it must be participatory, that is, all players are given fair and ample opportunity to be part of the programme (particularly those with the least resources or the greatest economic disenfranchisement); transparent, that is, all players can trace how the programme is administered, including the distribution of benefits; and well-monitored, to ensure that the programme is conducted such that it meets its overarching objectives and guidelines. The success of REDD+ will also require that it take a pro-poor and pro-gender equity approach.
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