Professor Furuta Motoo publishes new book, summarizing half a century of research on Vietnam

The work provides an objective, profound and humane perspective on Vietnamese history, culture and people, not only as a researcher, but also from the heart of a Japanese person for Vietnam.

In order to provide readers with a foreign scholar's perspective on Vietnam, the Truth National Political Publishing House in collaboration with Sbooks publishes the book "Vietnam - A view from Japan" by Professor-Doctor Furuta Motoo.

In the book, Vietnam appears quite vividly in terms of natural conditions, economy , politics, culture, history, traditions, foreign relations, people... from the period of the country's founding until the end of the 2010s.

Professor-Doctor of Science -People's Teacher Vu Minh Giang, Chairman of the Science and Training Council of Hanoi National University, Vice Chairman of the Historical Science Association highly appreciated the experience and dedication of Professor-Doctor Furuta Motoo in researching the extremely rich, vivid, unique and also very complex changes in Vietnamese history.

The book is published by the National Political Publishing House Truth in collaboration with Sbooks.

In particular, he was surprised by the interesting and practical details that Professor-Doctor Furuta Motoo included in the book such as: A realistic description of raising pigs and chickens in a small house during the subsidy period; or everyday things such as the way Vietnamese people participate in traffic, the image of a barber holding a mirror and tools running away when the government's security team came to clear him away and then returning when they passed by; or the "housewarming" ceremony when opening a new headquarters - a manifestation of the Vietnamese people's respect for spiritual elements...

According to the publisher, the book shows that author Furuta Motoo has been diligently researching Vietnamese history and culture and rewriting it from his own hard work over nearly half a century. This book can be considered a summary of his research on Vietnam when he is over seventy years old and still continues to love Vietnam through his endless exploration, research, and interpretation.

The book will also add to the knowledge base of domestic and foreign readers a lot of new knowledge and new perspectives, helping readers have a more comprehensive and vivid view of Vietnamese history through the perspective of a foreign professor./.

Professor-Doctor Furuta Motoo is a veteran researcher on Vietnam, fluent in Vietnamese. Having started researching Vietnam since the late 1960s, he has now become a leading expert on Vietnam studies in Japan. He is currently the President of the Japan-Vietnam Friendship Association; Rector of the Vietnam-Japan University, Vietnam National University, Hanoi. He is the author of many research books on Vietnam's historical issues, which have been published in Vietnam in recent years.

The Truth National Political Publishing House in collaboration with Sbooks organized the book launch “Vietnam - A perspective from Japan” with an exchange program with author Furuta Motoo and Professor Vu Minh Giang at 3:00 p.m. on July 18 at No. 6, Lane 86, Duy Tan, Hanoi.

(Vietnam+)

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