SOCIAL ISSUES - TRADITION

Tradition:
In the past, Vietnam’s Confucian heritage has served the country well. However, some aspects of Confucian behaviour are now putting a brake on progress and, in some cases, causing harm. In the workplace, a strict hierarchy of deference blocks initiative and innovation, and bureaucracy, red tape and low-level corruption abound. In schools, a rigid fact-based curriculum and didactic teaching stifles imagination and curiosity.
In the family, male dominance relegates women to menial tasks, limits their freedom and legitimates risky sexual behaviour by men. On the positive site, Vietnam’s strong Confucian traditions have been a major factor in maintaining political stability during a period of rapid change, and have been a significant curb on some of the more pernicious excesses of globalisation.




Tradition:
Trong quá khứ, Vietnam’s Nho giáo di sản has served the country well. However, some phương diện of Confucian cách ứng xử are now dừng phát triển and, in some cases, causing harm. In the nơi làm việc, a strict hierarchy of deference blocks initiative and sự đổi mới, and sự quan liêu, red tape and low-level corruption abound. In schools, a rigid fact-based curriculum and didactic teaching stifles sự sáng tạo and sự tò mò.
In the family, male dominance relegates women to menial tasks, limits their freedom and legitimates risky sexual hành vi by men. On the positive site, Vietnam’s strong Confucian traditions have been a nhân tố chính in maintaining political sự ổn định during a period of nhanh chóng change, and have been a quan trọng curb on some of the more pernicious excesses of sự toàn cầu hóa.