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Bài báo/Newspaper From regional identity to national designation: Gia Long and The naming of Việt Nam Authors: Trần Thị Xuân (2024) This article provides a comprehensive examination of the naming of Việt Nam during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. In 1804, the Nguyễn dynasty (1802–1945) adopted Việt Nam as the state name, not through international law or any formal legal framework, but as a result of conventions and negotiations between Nguyễn Vietnam and Qing China. This study delves into the complex implications of state names within traditional Vietnam and China. It investigates the motivations behind the Nguyễn's initial proposal to adopt the name Nam Việt, and their rejection of the name An Nam. It also explores the reasons for the Qing's refusal to grant the Nguyễn domain the name Nam Việt and its pre...

Bài báo/Newspaper A Maritime Vietnam From Earliest Times To The Nineteenth Century By Li Tana, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Cambridge University Press, 2024, 354 pp., $34.99 (paperback), ISBN-10: 1009237640 ISBN-13: 978-1009237642 Authors: Đỗ Thị Thùy Lan (2024) A Maritime Vietnam From Earliest Times to the Nineteenth Century (2024) is a systematic summary of almost all the achievements of more than 40 years of research on Vietnam by the scholar. The great work has led to a comprehensive, complete and convincing overview of maritime Vietnam. Li Tana not only brings new perceptions about Vietnam, but from the maritime approach, the author also effectively and correctly supplements the general history of Vietnam in the Pre-Modern period.

Bài báo/Newspaper Phạm Huy Thông: Considerations on language policy Authors: Trần ThịMinh (2024) This study explores Phạm Huy Thông's perspectives on language policy through selected manuscripts and speeches archived in the National Archives Center III. From the collection, 11 key documents on linguistic issues were chosen to highlight his contributions. These writings reflect his dedication to pressing concerns such as language standardization, bilingualism, and foreign languageeducation -topics that remain central in contemporary linguistic discourse.