20 years of Thai Studies in Vietnam

Tóm tắt

Thai Studies Vietnam official came into being by late 1980s of the 20^th Century as a Programme for the organisation of researches focusing on 6 basic clusters regarding ethnic minorities belonging to Tay – Thai languages family, Thai-kadai in Vietnam.

The paper written by Associate Prof. PhD. Vương Toàn, Vice Dean of Thai Studies Vietnam Programme offers an overview on the coming and scientific process (research, training and exchange activities, scientific works being published and under way) under the Thai Studies Programme over the past 20 years.

Social Sciences Information Review, hereby, has the honour to introduce the paper.