Digitizing Việt Nam

Digitizing Vietnam marks a digital leap forward in Vietnam Studies with the Columbia-Fulbright collaboration. The joint venture started with the memorandum of understanding between two universities in 2022. Weatherhead East Asian Institute of Columbia and Vietnam Studies Center of Fulbright will be spearheading research in the field of Vietnam studies, and Digitizing Vietnam will be one among many collaborative endeavors to come in the future.

Do you want to try reading Hán-Nôm scripts, or to see how chữ quốc ngữ was used in the early 20th century? Our eclectic collections range from pre-modern Hán-Nôm texts to the first Vietnamese women's magazine. While by no means comprehensive, they provide rarely seen snapshots of Vietnamese history.

The blog is a special part in this digital hub for studies on both premodern and modern Vietnam. Here, you will find scholarly research as well as non-specialist insights related to Vietnam's historical and cultural evolution. We also invite you to contribute to the discussion on our collections, and share any insights you might have.