Scientific conference: METHODOLOGIES IN RESEARCH ON THE BASIC HUMAN AND CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF OVERSEAS VIETNAMESE COMMUNITIES TODAY

Abstract

Several different branches of social sciences and humanities are particularly concerned with studying human beings and their culture. Therefore, in order to study the basic traits of human beings and culture in general, or to do research on the people and culture characteristic of overseas Vietnamese communities in particular, it is necessary to take many of these branches into consideration. Thus, at the Conference on Methodologies in Research on the Basic Human and Cultural Characteristics of Overseas Vietnamese Communities, speakers presented on the various research methods that their specific scientific branches utilize, with the intent to study this subject from many angles. The conference was held in November 2008 in Hanoi within the framework of the same-name national-level research (Code no. KX.03.19/06-10) undertaken by Dr. Vũ Hào Quang, Associate Professor at the Institute for Public Opinion Studies, Central Committee for Education and Instruction.