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“Modern and Strange Things”: Peasants and Mass Consumer Goods in the Mekong Delta / David Hunt. // Journal of Vietnamese Studies 2014, Vol. 9, No. 1.
2014
p. 36-61

Alterations in the spending habits of country people constitute one thread in the history of Vietnamese society in the 1960s. Some welcomed and others objected to mass-produced consumer goods and especially to new forms of dress. The ensuing controversy played out amidst the violent crosscurrents of the Vietnam War and led to dissension within the ranks of the National Liberation Front and in the Sài Gòn milieu. The last word belongs to villagers who, in trying to sort out the meanings of new commodities, were trying to decide what sort of future they wished for their country.

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Changes in Social Capital: A Case Study of Collective Rice Farming Practices in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam / Le Anh Tuan, Alison Cottrell, David King. // Journal of Vietnamese Studies 2014, Vol. 9, No. 2
2014
p. 68 - 99.

This paper describes how the social capital of rice farmers of the Mekong Delta of Vietnam, as manifested in the tradition of collective farming practice, has changed. Collective rice farming persisted for decades, irrespective of critical events that challenged its continuation, due to two key factors: the high need for collective farming to ensure subsistence, and the availability of a closely knit social network that facilitated the exchange of labor. Despite its longevity, the practice of collective farming, particularly in terms of labor exchange and mutual aid in farming activities, has not been maintained under current agrarian reforms. Land reform, increased mechanization, and shortened crop cycles leading to labor shortages have all resulted in individualized rice farming, making mobilization for spontaneous collective action at the community level challenging.

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Tình hình sử dụng ngôn ngữ trong giao tiếp của các dân tộc thiểu số tại đồng bằng sông Cửu Lòng / Hoàng Quốc. // Ngôn ngữ và đời sống 2015, Số 1 (231).
2015
60-68 tr.

Mekong River Delta is a multi – ethnic area. As each ethnic group has its unique cultural practices, such uniqueness could have influenced their language usagel.Hence, despite of living in the same area, each ethnic minority group’s language usage could be shaped by his ethnic background. However, each ethnic minority group in Mekong Delta area speak even more than two languages depending on their demographic, economic requyrements, religious characteristics and the social history. Language functions are sometimes dependent on region and purpose of usage. This assumption determined the aim of this study, which was to investigate how status influences language use among ethnic monority group (Khmer Hoa and Cham) in Mekong River Delta. This study suggest that ethnicity might need to be considered in cross – cultural communication in Vietnamese language.