Organizational structure of the  Sociology Department

History background

The Sociology Department (formerly the Sociology team in the Marxist-Leninist Political Economy Department) was formed in 1994. In 2008, the Department of Sociology was established under the Faculty of Political and Social Science (According to Decision No. 303/QD-NNI dated March 4, 2008 of the Rector of Hanoi University of Agriculture I).

The Sociology Department, Faculty of Political and Social Science, Vietnam Academy of Agriculture is constantly educating the qualified sociology human-resources, improving the academic researches  in the field of social and rural development, providing the  practical contributions to the socio-economic development of the country.

Staff

Currently, the Department of Sociology has 06 lecturers, including 01 Associate Professor, 2 PhD, 03 masters. Most of the lecturers in the subject are graduated from leading universities in Vietnam such as University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi National University of Education, etc., and received post-graduate training at the prestigious European institutions such as the Institute of Social Studies (ISS, The Netherlands), the University of Liège (ULG, Belgium), the Swedish Agricultural University (SLU). In addition, Sociology Department also attracts the most prestigious visiting professors in the social sciences such as Prof. Dr. Dang Canh Khanh, Prof. Dr. Le Thi Quy; Prof.Dr. Pham Van Quyet, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Duc Chien...

Location of department office: Room 323 – Administration Building, Vietnam Academy of Agriculture.

Training activities

Since its establishment in 2008, the Department of Sociology has been training over 1000 sociology students. In addition, the Department has participated in guiding and assisting the doctoral theses and master's theses of the graduated students and the international students in the framework of international cooperation programs such as  the Freedom University, University of Liege, Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium); Savannakhet University  (Laos). The department staff have been teaching the Sociology of Development for the international graduated students in the IMARES program in cooperation with Belgian universities. They also participated in the training courses for Czech students, the Social Work program with the German school Munich; gender mainstreaming training within the framework of the ACCCU project, Wageningen School, as well as mentoring graduated students, majors in social work at Thang Long University and affiliated units of the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences and other faculties in Vietnam Academy of Agriculture

Responsible subjects

The Department currently undertakes 22 subjects for Sociology students and the whole VNUA students, including:

1.       Introduction to Sociology

2.       Sociology

3.       History of Sociology

4.       Modern Sociological Theories

5.       Non-economic development theories

6.       Rural Sociology

7.       Urban Sociology

8.       Sociology of the family

9.       Sociology of Gender

10.   Sociology of youth

11.   Sociology of Development

12.   Political Sociology

13.   Migration and social change

14.   Rural social stratification

15.   Sociological research methods 1

16.   Sociological research methods 2

17.   Internship in sociological research methods 1

18.   Internship in sociological research methods 2

19.   Social work

20.   Social Policy

21.   Social Security

22.    Participatory Rural Rapid Assessment

Main research directions

The main research direction of the Sociology Department focuses on social issues related to rural development such as:

1. Land issues and land relations

2. Labor and employment issues

3. Population, population fluctuations

4. Migration and its impacts

5. Family and rural family transformation

6. Rural culture

7. Food security and food sovereignty

8. Gender and generation

9. Social protection and social works

Scientific research activities

The Department has chaired and participarted in many international cooperation projects as well as other projects such as:

2022:  “Gender roles in reducing food loss”, IFC

2021:  “FCDO Covid-19 Social Science Research Evidence Platform: Governance of equitable access to vaccination and food security for internal migrants in Vietnam and Laos: How has the Covid-19 pandemic affected food and nutrition security of migrant workers in Vietnam?” the  Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), Institute of Development Studies (IDS-UK) and VNUA

2020: “Social and environmental impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic in Vietnamese provinces bordering China and Laos following border closure”, The UKRI GCRF/Newton Fund, University of Glasgow, CRES and VNUA

2019: “Gender in Rice Value Chain in Mekong River Delta Region”, IFC, Rikolto Vietnam and VNUA

2019: “UKRI-GCRF OneHealth poultry Hub”, Led by Royal Veterinary College of London.

2019: “Gender roles in land management and use in Vietnam Central Highlands”, GLA (Netherland), CRES and VNUA

2018: “Deforestration - Free sustainable landscape in Lac Duong district, Lam Dong province”, IDH, CEDAD and VNUA

2018: “Capacity building for integrated gender and youth in agricultural value chain and development project”, ARES-CCD, Belgium, Rikolto and VNUA.

2018: “Gender Assessment on promoting fish-rice integration to adapt to climate change”, Rikolto Vietnam

2017: “Assessment Forest restoration and solution for forest preservation in Dong Nai Biosphere Reserve, Vietnam” collaborated between Silviculture Research Institute, CRES and FPSS (VNUA), funded by MOST

2017: “Antibiotic surveillance in Vietnam: Stakeholder mapping and analysis” collaborated between CIRAD (France) and FPSS (VNUA)

2016: “Cross - border labor migration to China: Crop boom and resource extractivism” collaborated between ISS (Netherland), CRES and VNUA

2015:  “Climate Change and Poverty in Vietnam” collaborated between World Bank, CRES and VNUA

2015: “Sanitary water for the poor” collaborated between East Meet West Center, National Center for Sanitary Water and Environment (MARD), Sydney University, CRES

2014: “Framework of Livelihood restoration plan for the Ash Pond No 2 – Mong Duong II Power Plant”

2014: “Engendering the agricultural land use and labor migration in social differentiation in Red River Delta region, Vietnam”

2014: “Gender labor division and relation in aquaculture production in Hai Hau district, Nam Dinh province”

2013: “The determinations of household agricultural land disposition in Red River Delta, Vietnam”

2013: “Integrated gender in agricultural research projects” ACCCU project

2012: “Support the integration in Agricultural Curricula of Climate Change concerns at Vietnamese Universities of Agriculture: Hanoi University of  Agriculture, Hong Duc University and Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry’ (ACCCU)

2011: “Dynamism of Peasant Livelihood and Rural- Urban continuum in Industrialization in Hung Yen province”

2009-2010:“Vulnerability Assessment and Participatory Scenario Development for Climate Change adaptation: Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change: Social Component Vietnam” collaborated between The World Bank’s ongoing  economics of Adaptation to Climate Change (EACC) and The Center for Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (CRES), Vietnam National University at Hanoi