http://www.viet-country.com Vietnam Travel Information | Vietnam War Tours History Travel Culture | Hanoi Ho Chi Minh City Saigon cs PHP RSS generator http://www.viet-country.com/article/the-1-000th-anniversary-of-hanoi http://www.viet-country.com/article/the-1-000th-anniversary-of-hanoi Tens of thousands of people flocked to Hoan Kiem Lake in the heart of the city o­n Saturday night to enjoy art performances to celebrate the 999th anniversary of the Thang Long-Ha Noi Citadel and inaugurate the Year of National Tourism 2010. Present at the event - hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism - were Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung, secretary of the Ha Noi Party Committee Pham Quang Nghi and chairman of the Ha Noi People’s Committee Nguyen The Thao. Opening th Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.viet-country.com/article/vietnamese-traditional-family-values http://www.viet-country.com/article/vietnamese-traditional-family-values Traditional values of Vietnamese lifestyle were deeply affected by Confucian ethics. During thousand years the Chinese invaded and maintained control Vietnam, Vietnamese culture was permeated by their Confucian philosophical beliefs. This philosophy based for the existence of and extended family structure through 2,000 years of Vietnamese history (Lam). It was believed that: ..."in order to achieve human perfection, one must follow the established codes of behavior of Confucianism which include Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.viet-country.com/article/the-teacher-in-old-vietnam http://www.viet-country.com/article/the-teacher-in-old-vietnam On April 16, 1985, Therese K. Dozier, in a solemn ceremony at the White House, received her Teacher of the Year award from the President of the United States. It happened that this outstanding teacher was a half-blooded Vietnamese. The Vietnamese community took pride of the distinctive honor and most Vietnamese magazines in the area have run the news on their front page. It was no surprise to those people who were aware of the long tradition in Vietnam where the Teacher was only second to the K Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.viet-country.com/article/non-verbal-communication http://www.viet-country.com/article/non-verbal-communication As in most cultures, non-verbal communication plays an important role in Vietnamese society, sometimes to accompany and reinforce linguistic symbols, sometimes as a substitute for words. In a previous article, it was pointed out that respect is the cornerstone of interpersonal relationships in Vietnamese society. Respect is conveyed by the use of special terms of address and certain stylistic devices. But respect is also expressed by nonverbal behavior. A Vietnamese student who sits quietly and Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.viet-country.com/article/social-relationships http://www.viet-country.com/article/social-relationships The desire to achieve harmony between the self and the non-self remains an essential preoccupation of the Vietnamese in interpersonal relations outside the family group. The basic principles underlying family relationships is extended to the relationships between members of wider social groups. The concept of society as an extension of the family is evident in the transposition into social usage of a language originally intended for domeslic life. Vietnamese uses more than a score of kinship ter Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.viet-country.com/article/vietnamese-value-system http://www.viet-country.com/article/vietnamese-value-system The Vietnamese value system is based on four basic tenets: allegiance to the family, yearning for a good name, love of learning, and respect for other people. These tenets are closely interrelated. Allegiance to the family The most important factor in the value system of the Vietnamese is, no doubt, the family. The family is the center of the Vietnamese common man's preoccupation and the backbone of Vietnamese society. By virtue of the principle of collective and mutual responsibility, each in Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.viet-country.com/article/naming-system http://www.viet-country.com/article/naming-system Status of the individual Despite his concern for a certain amount of individuality, the Vietnamese is not an individualist. In Vietnamese culture the interest and destiny of an individual are rarely conceptualized outside the framework of the immediate and extended families. Anything a Vietnamese does, he does out of consideration for the welfare of the family, rather than for himself alone. As an individual, the Vietnamese endeavors to live in harmony with himself as well as with the outer wo Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.viet-country.com/article/the-tay-son-movement http://www.viet-country.com/article/the-tay-son-movement A Brief History of the Tay Son Movement (1771-1802) This essay is designed as a cursory introduction to the Tay Son movement and its main phases. The focus on this essay is on broad military and political events during this period, with some description of economic and social factors that precipitated the uprising. This essay does not attempt to explore the very important, and to my mind, more interesting social and ideological ramifications of the Tay Son movement. It is thus far from complet Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT