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Culture and Vietnam as a Knowledge Society
Author(s) -
Nguyen Tuyen Thanh,
Johanson Graeme
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the electronic journal of information systems in developing countries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.41
H-Index - 18
ISSN - 1681-4835
DOI - 10.1002/j.1681-4835.2008.tb00228.x
Subject(s) - vietnamese , promotion (chess) , political science , scale (ratio) , knowledge society , knowledge economy , sociology , social science , public relations , economic growth , politics , geography , economics , law , philosophy , linguistics , cartography
Key features of traditional Vietnamese culture are contrasted with modern conceptions of a knowledge society on a national scale. Longstanding features of Vietnamese society inhibit the acceptance of necessary ingredients of a knowledge nation. This article analyses evidence from official publications, recent commentaries about Vietnam, and fieldwork interviews undertaken between 2004 and 2007, relating to economic progress and cultural change, challenges of the market economy to traditional culture, and the contribution of information and communications technologies to the promotion of knowledge.