Main research orientations

• Rural transformation, agriculture, rural and urban areas in Vietnam; urban social services; public spaces; urbanization; community development; urban development, etc.

• Cultural, education and religious implications of social transformations

• Social welfare and security; social policy

• Transformations of the Vietnamese families

• Social work with different social groups (handicapped people; addicts; victims of school violence; seniors; single women; social work management; professional social work)

Prominent research themes currently pursued

• Urbanization, urban social transformations and urban civilization.

• Rural areas, agriculture, farmers and community development.

• Social transformation and stratification in remote areas.

• Culture, cultural transformations and the social aspects of tourism.

• Social aspects of climate change.

• Social welfare and security, the implementation of rights to social benefits and professional social work.

• Public policy and social policy

• Education, management and social policy

• Medical sociology, health care and social work in the health care and hospital services.

• Intervention in the social issues.

• Management of traditional markets in Hanoi; the Vietnamese's social conduct at public places, etc.

Prominent research projects in progress

• Project "Civilized urban wards" in Hanoi.

• Project "Buddhism and Social work" with Japanese, Thai and Sri-Lankan partners.

• Project of training high-quality human resources in applied social work concerning public policy and business management (MAPE) - with Toulouse 2 Jean-Jaurès University (France) since 2007.

• Project Social Work Education Enhancement Program (SWEEP) chaired by San Jose State University (America) and sponsored by USAID (2012-2015).

• Collaborate with Lund University (Sweden) to implement the program "Social Welfare Assessments: East Asian and Scandinavian Redistribution Models in a Global Context) (2012-2015).

• Program "Multi-cultural families" with Degu University (South Korea) (2013-2015).

• Training course "Supplementary certificates for graduates majoring social work" sponsored by UNICEF.

• Joint training and research activities with Manster Metropolitan University (UK).

• Pending project on youth violence with the Brazilian partners.

• Continue the master's program "Public policy and business management" with the French partner.

• Develop some new international joint projects.

• Develop the joint master's training program on Social work with San Jose University (America) and implement the master's program on "Public and business management" according to the 16+23 program (in collaboration with France)