EDITORIAL FOREWORD
The second number of volume two is the second issue in English of the
Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities since it was introduced in October,
2015. It consists of 5 main research articles, two discussions, a book review
and information related to academic activities and conferences held by VNU-USSH
recently.
In the research article section, the opening article is written by Andrew Wells-Dang
and his colleagues, and focuses on the transformation of land usage in Vietnam
under the perspective of political economy. It contributes knowledge and
analysis to literature regarding land conflicts in Vietnam in recent years
(roughly mid 1990s to the present). These authors nicely couple the discussions
with examples of land disputes to write an insightful conclusion. A new
philosophical topic on intercultural personhood is presented in the second
paper by Nguyen Vu
Hao. By the flow of literature review, Nguyen Vu Hao
shows the recommendations in this topic and also opens for new ideas on further
research about intercultural personhood, which is critical for the human
development, especially while Vietnam keeps the pace to globalization, TPP and
Asean community as well. Do Dieu Khue, in
the third articles, presents her ideas about the impacts of Nixon doctrine on
allies in East Asia comparatively. She examines its impacts on the domestic
development and international relations during the war in Vietnam, contributes
to further understandings of international politics in the East and Southeast
Asian regions.
Next, Pham
Van Min, the VNU-USSH's staff currently working as postdoctoral fellow in
University of South Australia, shows the original comparative analysis of
China's approach to bilateral and multilateral cooperation on energy issues.
This analysis applies the framework of three stage approach: Passive followers,
active participant and advanced cooperation or return to passivity. The
following paper, on the field of social work and social welfare for the
marriage migrant women in Korea, Nguyen Thi
Phuong Thao, covers the current
situation of life stress, coping skills and mental health among them. The
author applies the approach of Amirkhan to classify coping behavior into three
categories: problem solving, social support seeking and avoidant behaviours.
In the discussion section, Phan Quang Anh¸
on reviewing Anthony Reid's work, makes the discussion about the national
identity in South East Asia which could bring many benefits for current social
research related to nationalism in Vietnam. The hot topic of TPP is also
discussed by Pham
Hoang Tu Linh, by reviewing the United States factors on negotiating and
approving the partnership. It can be seen a book review, by Dinh Xuan Lam and
Tran Van Kham, about the newly published book, titled Vietnam Nationalist
Party (author Nguyen Van Khanh), by Springer Publisher in January 2016.
This review is critical and benefited for readers interested in the topic of
Vietnam Nationalist Party.
The publication of the second issue in English shows the significant
efforts by editorial board, authors, contributors, reviewers, and VNU-USSH. It
also represents the new strategy of USSH to make its publication to meet the
international standards of a scientific journal. The third issue of the journal
in 2016 will be available in this June in Vietnamese. The editorial board gives
the thankfulness to Prof Ivan Welty, Ms Michelle Galvez for their contribution
as the language editor to this issue. The editorial board welcomes all
comments, supports and suggestions for the development of the journal.
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