HAMLETS IN NORTHERN RURAL VILLAGES THROUGH HISTORICAL PERIODS

Abstract

    Hamlet is an "administratively divided unit" within village. It is closely embedded in the existence of village and it is unique to rural areas of Vietnam. For each specific period of history, the hamlet functions also vary in order to be suitable for requirements of the period. In the process of new rural building and international integration, new functions of the hamlet should be re-defined so that it will be forever an indispensable part of the rural in Vietnam