Vietnamese Language Research Articles

Analysis of Grammatical Transformations (Using the Example of Translation from Vietnamese into Russian)

The article considers the issue of using grammatical transformations in the process of translating Vietnamese texts into Russian. The author notes that the need for this type of transformation is determined by the discrepancies in grammatical forms and structures in Russian and Vietnamese languages, which belong to different language systems. The article distinguishes absolute and partial discrepancies, analyzes the frequency of using such grammatical transformation techniques as substitutions, rearrangements, division, and unification. Theoretical provisions are illustrated by examples taken from modern Vietnamese media. It is concluded that the use of grammatical transformations, which involve replacing grammatical forms and constructions of the Vietnamese language with formally non-equivalent forms and constructions of the Russian language, contributes to achieving the equivalence of the original and translation texts.

Изучение Вьетнама и вьетнамского языка в Дальневосточном федеральном университете

The article examines the history and current state of the study of Vietnam and the Vietnamese language at the Far Eastern Federal University. The scientific and educational direction of training specialists in Vietnam and the Vietnamese language, the role of Russian Vietnamese centers, as well as Vietnamese universities and Vietnamese specialists in the development of Far Eastern Vietnamese studies are shown.

Examining the Effectiveness of Teaching Vietnamese Language among Ethnic Minority Primary Students in Son La Province

The Vietnamese language is the common language of different ethnic groups and also it is the official language used in the education sector. The development of the language skills of ethnic minority children is a fundamental issue in the development of education in ethnic regions. The main research question is; how effective are the current strategies in teaching the Vietnamese language to the ethnic minority primary students in Son La province? The methods used are collecting secondary documents, analyzing, and evaluating the situation. Data from the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 school years show that ethnic minority students in primary schools in Son La province still face certain limitations in language proficiency when learning Vietnamese. The level of Vietnamese usage among ethnic minority students outside the classroom is 45%, and at home is only 5%. Based on the current situation, this article aims to propose some solutions to help ethnic minority primary school students in Son La province overcome language barriers, especially in light of the new requirements of the 2025 General Education Program, and to provide educators and teachers with guidance on building and selecting content as well as teaching methods that are more suitable for learners. Keywords: Ethnic Minorities, Primary Students, Language Barrier, General Education Program, Vietnamese Language, Son La Province.

Exploring the Challenges of L1 Negative Transfer among Vietnamese English Language Learners: A Qualitative Study

The current study aimed to gain insight into the nuanced challenges that Vietnamese learners encountered due to the interference of their native linguistic structures and norms. This qualitative study explored the experiences of Vietnamese learners in acquiring English, focusing on the influence of negative L1 transfer. This study focused on the influence of negative transfer from their first language (L1) by drawing upon in-depth interviews and observational data from a group of Vietnamese university students. The results showed that despite exhibiting high levels of motivation and enthusiasm for learning English, Vietnamese learners struggled with the shadows of L1 interference in areas such as pronunciation, syntax, and idiomatic expressions. The tonal nature of the Vietnamese language led to intonation patterns in English that deviated from native norms. Direct translations also contributed to unidiomatic English, indicating a deep influence of L1 thought patterns. Additionally, cultural contexts embedded within the Vietnamese language presented challenges, as some concepts and expressions lacked direct English equivalents. Although students faced various obstacles, they utilized a variety of adaptive techniques to lessen the impact of negative transfer. These techniques included code-switching, peer correction, and self-reflection. The study emphasized the significance of recognizing and comprehending the significant role of L1 when creating English language educational programs and teaching techniques for Vietnamese students. By illuminating the specific challenges and adaptive strategies of these learners, educators could personalize their approaches, leading to a more comprehensive and efficacious language-learning atmosphere.

Factors Attracting International Students to Vietnamese Higher Education Institutions: The Case of Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh Cityy

This article investigates factors influencing international students’ decisions to study in member institutions of Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM). Employing qualitative data from interviews conducted with twenty international students from five Asian countries studying in four VNU-HCM’s member universities, the findings identify factors that attract the students to Vietnam and their host institutions. The data show that the students were “pulled” to Vietnam by various factors, among which access to scholarships and financial factors such as Vietnam’s bright economic prospects or job opportunities play crucial roles. Other than that, political and geographical proximity and fondness for Vietnamese language also have their say in international students’ destination choice of Vietnam. Regarding institutional pull factors, the reputation of the institutions in the students’ fields of demand is the most important, followed by influences from family, friends, and social media platforms. Against such findings, this article proposes several recommendations for VNU-HCM and its member institutions as well as other higher education institutions in Vietnam to attract more international students in the future.

‘Tuesday, the mistress’: English relocalization by Vietnamese Facebook users

ABSTRACT Drawing on the concept of relocalization, this study explores the ways in which English, when going digital, is relocalized by Facebook users in Vietnam. The analysis of Facebook data reveals that English relocalization practices are manifest in the repetition of English words, transliteration of English proper names to Vietnamese morphosyntax and orthography, and hybridity between Vietnamese and English. This relocalization process results in new meaning twists, making them incomprehensible to English speakers from other World Englishes circles because English is deeply integrated and embedded into the Vietnamese language system and the local sociolinguistic context. The findings provide more evidence to support the arguments that English is part of the local language. The study also suggests that English relocalization creates a playful space on Facebook where Vietnamese speakers can express themselves freely as the use of Vietnamese words or phrases is considered pejorative and offensive in the local culture.

The Mechanisms of Language Game in the Vietnamese Language

The article is devoted to the study of the specifics and mechanisms of language play in the Vietnamese language. The language game is found in traditional Kazao folk couplets, in paired inscriptions, riddles, poetry, as well as in the texts and headlines of modern media, advertising, colloquial speech, and Internet communications. The following basic means and techniques of language play in the Vietnamese language are highlighted: the use of various types of homonymy; creating inversion puns (inversion of constituent components, rearrangement of tones, rearrangement of rhyme, rearrangement of initials, rearrangement of initials and tone, rearrangement of rhyme and tone, rearrangement of initials and rhyme); decomposition of a word into its component components-morphemes and separate use of them or their homonyms; decomposing a word into its component components and replacing one of the components; use of synonymy and antonymy; the use of polysemy; paronymy; phraseological game. During the research process, extensive illustrative material was used. The research topic is relevant due to the extremely wide distribution of this phenomenon in the Vietnamese language and its importance for constructing a cultural and linguistic picture of the world of Vietnamese speakers.

Research on the Reform of Training Applied Talents in Vietnamese Major in Border Universities -- Guangxi Minzu Normal University

Vietnamese language talents are the bridge and foundation for the sustained and healthy development of good-neighborly friendship and comprehensive strategic partnership between China and Vietnam. With the continuous deepening of China-ASEAN cooperation and the implementation of relevant strategies, today s society has put forward new and higher requirements for Vietnamese language talents. Currently, colleges and universities on the China-Vietnam border are facing problems such as lagging teaching material construction, lack of targeted talent output in cultivating Vietnamese language applied talents. Taking Guangxi Minzu Normal University as an example, combined with the current background and the characteristics of school, the article explores the methods and concepts for cultivating applied talents in the Vietnamese language major in border universities from the aspects of improve teaching mode, strengthening textbook constructio. To cultivate high-standard, high-level, all-round and compound talents who serve local economic and social development and ASEAN cooperation.

Applied Hedge Algebra Approach with Multilingual Large Language Models to Extract Hidden Rules in Datasets for Improvement of Generative AI Applications

Generative AI applications have played an increasingly significant role in real-time tracking applications in many domains including, for example, healthcare, consultancy, dialog boxes (common types of window in a graphical user interface of operating systems), monitoring systems, and emergency response. This paper considers generative AI and presents an approach which combines hedge algebra and a multilingual large language model to find hidden rules in big data for ChatGPT. We present a novel method for extracting natural language knowledge from large datasets by leveraging fuzzy sets and hedge algebra to extract these rules, presented in meta data for ChatGPT and generative AI applications. The proposed model has been developed to minimize the computational and staff costs for medium-sized enterprises which are typically resource and time limited. The proposed model has been designed to automate question–response interactions for rules extracted from large data in a multiplicity of domains. The experimental results show that the proposed model performs well using datasets associated with specific domains in healthcare to validate the effectiveness of the proposed model. The ChatGPT application in case studies of healthcare is tested using datasets for English and Vietnamese languages. In comparative experimental testing, the proposed model outperformed the state of the art, achieving in the range of 96.70–97.50% performance using a heart dataset.

'People Like Us Would Have No Clue If the Information Is Online': Exploring Understanding and Sources of Hepatitis B Information Among Vietnamese Australians.

Socio-cultural and behavioural factors are often not adequately considered in designing health promotion programs for culturally and linguistically diverse communities in Australia. Given that people of Vietnamese background are disproportionately impacted by hepatitis B, the aim of this research was to better understand these factors to inform hepatitis B health promotion messages for the Vietnamese community. Twenty participants (four living with hepatitis B) were interviewed by a Vietnamese-speaking researcher. The interview sessions explored beliefs about health, the body and liver; knowledge and attitudes about hepatitis B vaccines, testing, clinical management and stigma; and sources of health information and value given to information on social media. Participants had a range of understandings of health and hepatitis B which informed their responses to health education and intervention. Participants appeared to have limited knowledge and misconceptions about transmission, prevention, treatment, and management of hepatitis B. Stigma surrounding hepatitis B was apparent, with over half the participants reporting that they distanced themselves from people living with hepatitis B. Participants preferred online information resources for younger people and traditional media in the Vietnamese language for older people. By understanding what Vietnamese people know about hepatitis B and how they access health information, these findings can be used to inform health promotion campaigns using print, media, and radio to ensure wide reach. Knowledge of community specific information is key to reducing the burden of hepatitis B among culturally and linguistically diverse communities and ensuring they are able to access healthcare services for testing, monitoring, and care.

Teaching Vietnamese for Foreigners at Hung Vuong University – Approach from Practical Experience

Teaching Vietnamese to foreigners has been a specific mission of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Culture and Tourism of Hung Vuong University for many recent years. In the Vietnamese language teaching programs for foreigners at Hung Vuong University, in addition to the main professional content directly related to Vietnamese language training, Vietnamese modules/modules are specialized such as culture and society. Vietnam, the country of study, customs and traditions... is an important and meaningful content, and there are specialized training modules in many different fields. From the perspective of implementing training in these specialized modules for foreign students at Hung Vuong University, the article shares some practical experiences in teaching.

Current status of awareness and use the phenomenon of students' language code-mixing and the issue of preserving the purity of the Vietnamese language

In this article, we set out to survey the current state of awareness and use of the phenomenon of language code-mixing among young people, thereby assessing the causes and effects and providing directions in language use by contemporary Vietnamese youth. Currently, code-mixing is a very common phenomenon in young people’s communication, especially pupils and students in high schools and universities. Code-mixing is not only a purely linguistic phenomenon but also a phenomenon recognized in language-cultural contact. This phenomenon has created a lot of mixed public opinion. This phenomenon significantly contributes to maintaining the purity of the Vietnamese language in contemporary times. By using statistical methods based on questionnaires administered to over 1,000 students at Vietnamese universities, we have obtained results regarding the current status of awareness and use of code-mixing phenomenon in the language. The results obtained show that young people in Vietnam have relatively correct awareness about the use of language code mixing phenomenon, but there is still a need for measures to orient a part of young people to improve their language skills. I highly recommend the use of code-mixing phenomenon in particular and modern languages in general. The three measures proposed in the article, namely raising awareness among young people, promoting language education, and coordinating between relevant parties, will certainly contribute to the work of preserving the purity of the Vietnamese language.

An Analysis of the Engagement System of Vietnamese Research Articles in the Light of the Appraisal Framework

Evaluation is widely accepted by many scientists as one of the most basic and important functions of language worth studying deeply. As a result, evaluative language has drawn a lot of interests worldwide. Yet, the Vietnamese language community appears to be rather unfamiliar with this term. In order to shed further light on the use of evaluative language in Vietnam, this article examines how evaluative language is exploited by Vietnamese linguists in a corpus of 35 Vietnamese empirical research articles in the light of the Appraisal framework by Martin and White (2005). More specifically, the study analyses the frequency of categories of the Engagement system in the Appraisal framework and studies in-depth realizations of the Contract sub-system. Results show that Contract resources are more frequently employed than Expand. Writers tend to contract their dialogues more in the Conclusion section of the articles. It is hoped that the research results will be a useful reference for article writers and they can contribute to the literature materials for the fields of evaluative language and academic writing pedagogy in Vietnam.

PHRASEOLOGICAL UNITS WITH THE COMPONENT "EYE / EYES" IN SLAVIC AND VIETNAMESE LANGUAGES AS A MEANS OF EXPRESSING NON-VERBAL PERSON’S BEHAVIOR

The purpose of the study is to determine the representation of non-verbal communicative behavior of the Slavs and Vietnamese in a phraseological way on the example of the behavior of characters in literary translations from several Slavic languages (Ukrainian, Polish, Russian) into Vietnamese. The object of study is the identical, similar and distinctive features of non-verbal communicative behavior by eyes that characterize the Slavs and Vietnamese. Electronic online dictionaries, including phraseological dictionaries of the Ukrainian, Polish, Russian, and Vietnamese languages, as well as several original artistic texts of Slavic authors and their translations into the Vietnamese language, were chosen as research material. The result of the research is the observations highlighted in the presentation of the main material of the article and its conclusions. A comparative analysis of phraseological means of communicative oculesics shows that non-verbal means of communication can have a universal, socially delineated and nationally defined character. Most of the phraseological units with the component “eye / eyes” in the Slavic and Vietnamese linguocultural spaces have equivalents. There are also background and non-equivalent units.

Developing Vietnamese Language Teaching Competence for Pre-Service Elementary Education Students at Tan Trao University

Developing Vietnamese Language Teaching Competence for Pre-Service Elementary Education Students at Tan Trao University

Studying Some Illegal Ways of Speaking in Vietnamese Life on The Basis of Pragmatic Theory

Vietnamese language life always contains many interesting illogical expressions. These illogical expressions reflect the way of thinking as well as cultural elements of the Vietnamese. By statistical methods and linguistic analysis, the report presents some illogical expressions in linguistic life and is based on the theory of pragmatics. These will be specific instructions towards effective service for the process of teaching Vietnamese to foreigners.

Vietnamese Speech Act Realization and Some Factors Influencing Refusal Strategies: A Pilot Study

The purpose of this pilot research was to explore the refusal strategies and factors influencing speech act realization of refusals employed by a group of Vietnamese language learners when making refusals to invitations, requests, offers, and suggestions by 5 participants at Tien Giang University to shed light on the possible problems leading to cross-cultural differences in communication. A Written Discourse Completion Test (WDCT) and 5 interview questions in English versions developed by the researcher were used to collect the data and analyze it qualitatively and quantitatively. The results illustrated that the participants frequently used indirect strategies for refusing each context given in the WDCT. Furthermore, based on the participants’ answers via the interview records, it could be concluded that social contexts, distance, and cross-cultural differences influenced L2 learners of English as a Foreign Language. The findings of this study highlight some strategies to help learners understand and gain more strategies in speech act realization of refusals and misunderstanding can be avoided. Besides, the interlocutors can receive appropriate responses to refusing invitations, requests, offers, and suggestions.

A study on deep learning for Vietnamese text classification

Text categorization aims to automatically assign given text passages or documents to predetermined categories or subjects. Despite the wide array of techniques employed in classifying English text, there remains a dearth of research on Vietnamese text classification. This paper introduces a novel approach utilizing a Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) and Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) with a deep network structure for Vietnamese text classification. Our findings demonstrate a substantial improvement in classification accuracy when applying deep learning techniques to two Vietnamese news corpus datasets. This study contributes to the advancement of Vietnamese text classification by introducing and demonstrating the efficacy of LSTM and CNN with a deeper network structure. The results offer valuable insights for researchers and practitioners working on text categorization in the Vietnamese language.

Lexical Expressions of Motion in Physical Environments a Cognitive Linguistics Perspective

This study aims to delve into the interaction between motion verbs, manners, and paths in the Vietnamese language to look at the lexicalization of motion occurrences. Utilizing Talmy's lexicalization patterns for cognitive linguistics, the study seeks to understand how Vietnamese encodes and conceptualizes motion events in a variety of physical contexts, such as the air, water, and land. A mixed-methods approach is used in this work, integrating qualitative analysis of annotated textual data with quantitative frequency analysis. Vietnamese has a rich system of motion verbs that may be paired with manner and path expressions to produce complex and subtle descriptions of movement, according to the research. The language displays intricate differences when describing the direction, velocity, and kind of vehicle of motion, in addition to various linear, curved, vertical, circular, and multidirectional routes. The complex interplay between language, cognition, and the embodied experience of motion is highlighted by this linguistic variety, which is a reflection of Vietnamese speakers' astute observation and interpretation of the physical world. The work adds to our knowledge of how language organizes and expresses the basic idea of motion and provides insights into the cognitive and cultural bases of language expression.

A Novel Pretrained General-purpose Vision Language Model for the Vietnamese Language

Lying in the cross-section of computer vision and natural language processing, vision language models are capable of processing images and text at once. These models are helpful in various tasks: text generation from image and vice versa, image-text retrieval, or visual navigation. Besides building a model trained on a dataset for a task, people also study general-purpose models to utilize many datasets for multitasks. Their two primary applications are image captioning and visual question answering. For English, large datasets and foundation models are already abundant. However, for Vietnamese, they are still limited. To expand the language range, this work proposes a pretrained general-purpose image-text model named VisualRoBERTa. A dataset of 600k images with captions (translated MS COCO 2017 from English to Vietnamese) is introduced to pretrain VisualRoBERTa. The model’s architecture is built using Convolutional Neural Network and Transformer blocks. Fine-tuning VisualRoBERTa shows promising results on the ViVQA dataset with 34.49% accuracy, 0.4173 BLEU 4, and 0.4390 RougeL (in visual question answering task), and best outcomes on the sViIC dataset with 0.6685 BLEU 4, 0.6320 RougeL (in image captioning task).