Promoting traditional family values in building cultural families in the Red River Delta today

4.2. Specific methods

The thesis uses many methods in research on philosophy - socio-politics such as: logic - history, analysis, statistics, comparison, synthesis... In addition, the thesis used methods of information collection, including:

Secondary information: collecting documents, materials, documents, directives, resolutions of the Party, reports, statistics of competent authorities and results of published research works on family issues, family values and building a cultural family in the Red River Delta, in Vietnam today.

The thesis uses the sociological investigation method through questionnaires for a number of evaluation indicators such as: the current status of content, methods of propaganda, education and subjects promoting the value of family education in building a cultural family in the Red River Delta today... The subjects of the questionnaire are people who have completed general education, qualified to perceive and evaluate the process of recognizing family education values of themselves from birth to adulthood in the Red River Delta. The survey was conducted in 06 provinces representing the region as stated in the scope of the study. A total of 900 questionnaires were divided equally among 6 provinces, each province had 150 questionnaires. The survey was conducted from April to August 2016.

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5. New contributions of the thesis

- Contribute to clarifying the current status of promoting the value of family education in building family culture in the Red River Delta region and the current issues.

- Propose some main and feasible solutions to effectively promote the value of family planning in building family culture in the Red River Delta region in the current period.

6. Theoretical and practical significance of the thesis

- Contribute to providing some theoretical and practical arguments for formulating policies related to the construction of cultural families in Vietnam in general and the Red River Delta in particular.

- Serve as reference material for research and teaching on topics related to family issues, building a cultural family in Vietnam in the field of scientific socialism and related fields such as sociology, political science, cultural studies, women's studies, etc.

7. Structure of the Thesis

In addition to the introduction, conclusion, list of references, appendix, the thesis is structured into 4 chapters and 9 sections.

Chapter 1

OVERVIEW OF RESEARCH RELATED TO THE TOPIC

1.1. OVERVIEW OF RESEARCH WORKS RELATED TO THE TOPIC

1.1.1. Research projects abroad

William J. Goode, World Revolution and Family Patterns, The Free Press [164]. The author mentioned the changes in family models in China, Japan, India, Sub-Saharan Africa and Arab countries in the second half of the 20th century with changes in the political institutions of each country as well as changes in the region. Accordingly, the author surveyed and researched the process of industrialization and urbanization affecting all aspects of family life, changing the scale, structure, marital issues and relationships in the family... from there, proposing new family models suitable for each country and region.

Michael Anderson, Family structure in nineteeth century Lancashir , Cambridge University press [163]. The book deals with the impact of industrialization and urbanization on kinship relations among the working classes in 19th century Lancashir and why people should care more about and maintain kinship relations than about other people in their social life. The author presents household structure, residence patterns, population turnover in towns, migration patterns, poverty rates, the role of families in finding housing and employment for relatives. He also addresses age at marriage, parent-child conflict, and childcare when mothers go to work. He conducted a survey and compared specific situations in rural Lancashire before and during the Irish famine, and presented his findings on family transformation in this diverse cultural and historical context. He also asserted that the lives of Lancashire residents were best served by the help of relatives.

Jessie Bernard , The future of marriage, Yale University Press [162]. The book discusses marriage, gender, changes in marital behavior, attitudes, knowledge, and the gap between men and women in marriage. Jessie Bernard also predicts that today's couples are struggling to improve their marriage by working together, sharing child-rearing, and harmoniously combining family responsibilities with personal autonomy...

Janet Finch, Family obligations and social change , Cambridge: Polity Press [161]. The book discusses the nature of family life, especially the concepts of responsibilities, duties and obligations. The author examines the prevailing political debates in this area from a collection of research papers in the social sciences. She draws on a historical perspective, using empirical evidence from contemporary families, highlighting gaps in research on these topics. The whole discussion is set in the context of economic and social changes in the 20th century including social policy, social security provisions that have created external pressures on family life. The author argues that this affects the need for support and the capacity of family members to implement it.

Charles L.Jones, Lorne Tepperman, Susannach J.Wilson, The futures of the Family [20]. The book discusses the transformation of the family, contemporary family issues and future family forecasts based on research on marriage, feminism, gender equality, etc. The authors have pointed out that the family is based on marriage but does not stop there, it also includes the relationship with generations in the family and clan. The modern scientific and technological revolution, globalization (TCH) and international integration have increasingly deep and wide impacts on the family, changing the structure and even the nature of many families in the world. Through research, the authors also predict that in the future there will be many different types of family models, notably homosexual families (breaking the nature and function of the family).

Elaine Leeder, The Family in Global Prespective - A Gendered Journey , Sage Publications [160]. Author Elaine Leeder has used many different historical, theoretical, comparative perspectives to expand cross-cultural understanding of family life. The book examines the diversity of family life in Western countries, contrasting them with family stories in parts of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. After comparing the history of the family in many parts of the world, Elaine Leeder analyzed the impact of globalization on family structure, gender behavior, intergenerational relationships in the family, ethnicity, religion, race, and issues of education, violence, and social policy related to family life. The book has been evaluated as an ideal supporting and supplementary textbook for courses on marriage and family, and is also a valuable source of documents for family studies, social work, sociology, psychology and women's studies...

1.1.2. Domestic research projects

1.1.2.1. Research works on family and traditional family values

Mai Huy Bich, Sociology of the Family [8]. The author approaches the family from the perspective of sociological research with contents divided into seven chapters discussing: definition of family; sociological perspective on family; diversity of family forms; marriage and family from a gender perspective; life path and development, transformation of family along life path; family transformation and theoretical approaches to family. Through the content of the book, it can be seen that the author has discussed many important theoretical and practical issues about the family. The book has contributed to making the study of the picture of the family increasingly comprehensive, general but clearer and brighter.

Le Trong An, Studying the work: The family origin of private ownership and the state [3]. The author has introduced and oriented readers to comprehensively and effectively research this important classic work. Based on the analysis of the classic work of Marxism - Leninism, the author has affirmed: the theoretical guidelines of Marxism - Leninism are the basic and necessary theories for the study of modern families and cultural families in Vietnam today.

Dang Canh Khanh, Le Thi Quy , Family Studies [60]. The book is a systematic and elaborate scientific research work. The authors have highlighted a number of theoretical research contents aimed at building and developing the family studies major; clarifying the characteristics of Vietnamese families in tradition and the characteristics of the formation and development process of Vietnamese families from tradition to modernity; clarifying the gender aspect in family and society; issues on state management of family and raising orientations, solutions as well as conditions for implementing solutions to build Vietnamese families suitable to the requirements of the current stage.

The book by Le Thi Quy, State management of family: theory and practice [101] has written and collected articles of a number of researchers in the field of State management of family. This is a useful document, providing the author of the thesis with basic knowledge of the theory of state management of family, at the same time it is a field document in a number of localities to serve the research and construction of family culture in the Red River Delta region in the current period, specifically: research on intervention models and reliable addresses for preventing domestic violence in Thai Binh province [101, p.317, 326]; research on family management issues in Kien Thuy district, Hai Phong... [101, p.338].

Traditional family and family values are issues that many authors are interested in and research from many different perspectives. Through an overview of research works, it can be divided into the following three research groups:

Firstly, the research group studies specific family rituals, ceremonies, customs and behaviors: family ancestor worship, traditional weddings, husband and wife communication... mainly with the purpose of guiding implementation and practice. For example:

Le Minh, Behavioral situations in the family [85]. The book deals with common things in the family such as behavior between husband and wife, parents and children, grandparents and grandchildren, siblings and families, communities and society. The author analyzes behavioral situations that have occurred in Vietnamese families throughout history, which have had a great impact and determined the formation of children's personalities. From there, it helps readers draw conclusions.

Lessons, education on personality, ethics, and lifestyle for people in every family today.

Vu Van Khieu, Dat le que thoi (Vietnamese customs) [64]. The author has written 12 chapters with small segments and used many folk songs, proverbs, poems, verses... to express Vietnamese culture and customs. The book has been highly appreciated by researchers. Its content expresses quite fully and deeply about Vietnamese customs. The book is considered a miniature encyclopedia of Vietnamese culture and traditional customs. Through the content of the book, readers will see that Dat le que thoi still exists for a long time, it has been deeply ingrained in the subconscious and consciousness of Vietnamese people.

Bui Xuan My, Rituals in Vietnamese families [90]. The book is structured into 9 chapters including: Chapter 1 - Infancy, childhood; Chapter 2 - Adulthood; Chapter 3 - Marriage; Chapter 4 - Old age; Chapter 5 - Funeral; Chapter 6 - Relationships; Chapter 7 - Ancestor worship; Chapter 8 - Folk beliefs and Chapter 9 - Festivals in the year. The book analyzes the rituals in Vietnamese families to clearly see the way of explaining the world, the thoughts, and aspirations for a better life of Vietnamese people in history, thereby continuing to inherit the reasonable points, while eliminating bad customs and superstitions in the practice of rituals of Vietnamese families today.

Second, the group fully researched the GĐTT culture in all aspects, typically:

Toan Anh , Old customs, Vietnamese people, traditional customs - Ho Chi Minh City [2]. The book has helped readers learn about Vietnamese customs through family customs such as giving birth, raising and educating children, building a future for children... At the same time, through ceremonies, festivals, etc., the author contributes to highlighting the cultural identity of the Vietnamese people.

Customs and practices of Vietnamese ethnic groups by Dang Van Lung, Nguyen Song Thao and Hoang Van Thu [71]. The book helps readers know and understand more deeply about customs and practices through ceremonies, festivals, funerals, marriages, etc. of the Vietnamese people and ethnic minorities in Vietnam.

Third, the research group on traditional Vietnamese culture, in which family culture is the most important component. Typical research works include:

Program KX-07-02: Traditional values and Vietnamese people today by Phan Huy Le, Vu Minh Giang [67]. In this work, from an objective and scientific perspective, the authors have researched and presented in detail the process of formation, development and transformation of Vietnamese traditional values in history. At the same time, with a specific historical perspective, the work has raised the traditions of Vietnamese people (including family traditions), which have both strengths and weaknesses. From there, the authors have boldly proposed directions and solutions to promote the values, overcome the limitations of Vietnamese traditions in order to successfully carry out the cause of building and protecting the socialist Vietnamese Fatherland in the new era.

Work: Traditional spiritual values of Vietnam by Tran Van Giau [42]. The content of the book has basically summarized the concepts of traditional spiritual values of the nation such as: patriotism, solidarity, compassion, honesty, diligence, creativity, optimism, modesty, simplicity... in life and the influences of history on the development of those values in the past and present. Through the book, it helps the author have a more comprehensive and accurate view of the basis of formation, as well as the content and expression of traditional spiritual values of the Vietnamese people, including the value of GĐTT. Those spiritual values are imbued in relationships from family, clan, village to community, society and become the strength of the Vietnamese people.

Tran Quoc Vuong, Vietnamese Culture, Research and Reflection [157]. The book is one of the works of synthesis, "collection of great achievements" for those who do cultural research. Each chapter of the book is truly a discovery containing new, unique, different and profound scientific ideas that help to open up interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research directions for current cultural studies in general and for cultural researchers when approaching the study of Vietnamese culture past and present, the value of GĐTT... in particular, both in terms of content and

approach. In the book, the author of the thesis focuses on the sections “general issues”, “folklore”, “behaviour” and especially the content of “cultural consciousness of the residents of the Northern Delta” from page 487 to page 500. In this content, the Professor explains the name of the Northern Delta, analyzes the natural conditions, economic and social characteristics to form the behavioural culture of the residents of the Northern Delta in the traditional agricultural society.

Pham Xuan Nam, Vietnamese Family - Traditional Values [92]. In this book, the author affirmed: through many generations, Vietnamese families have been formed and developed with good value standards, contributing to building the national cultural identity. At the same time, based on the analysis of the country's reality, the author also made predictions about the movement and change trends of traditional values under the strong impact of the market economy and the process of international integration.

Nguyen Trong Chuan, Nguyen Van Huyen, Traditional values in the face of globalization challenges [22]. The book mentions traditional values (including traditional family values) and issues related to globalization. Thereby, it discusses the challenges, difficulties as well as opportunities brought by globalization to preserve and promote traditional values of the Vietnamese people.

Dang Canh Khanh, Family, children and the inheritance of traditional values [59]. Author Dang Canh Khanh compiled the book with the aim of providing knowledge and serious and profound re-awareness to learners, researching issues related to family, especially the importance of family and community in preserving good traditional values, promoting the superiority of national cultural quintessence, building a happy and cultural family on the basis of preserving and absorbing cultural values in Vietnamese families. The content of the book has solved basic problems such as: generalizing the theoretical basis of the role of family and community in preserving traditional cultural values; Analyzing the current situation of traditional values education in family and community; drawing some conclusions and recommendations. The book is a useful reference for the author.

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