Associate Professor, Dr. Vo Van Thang and colleagues received the 13th Tran Van Giau Award for their work "History of Thought"

On September 29, at An Giang University, Ho Chi Minh City National University, the Tran Van Giau Science Award Committee awarded the 13th Tran Van Giau Science Award in 2025 to Associate Professor, Dr. Vo Van Thang, former Rector of An Giang University and Dr. Nguyen Trung Hieu, lecturer of the Faculty of Tourism and Culture - Arts (An Giang University) with the work "Buu Son Ky Huong Religion and the Four Graces of Buddhism in the Southwest Region".

Báo An Giang•29/09/2025

The Tran Van Giau Science Award was established in 2002. This is the first time a research work has been awarded in the field of History of Thought. The work was published by the Ho Chi Minh City National University Publishing House, consisting of 673 pages.

Presenting the 13th Tran Van Giau Science Award to Associate Professor, Dr. Vo Van Thang, former Rector of An Giang University and Dr. Nguyen Trung Hieu. Photo: ANH THU

Associate Professor, Dr. Vo Van Thang, former Principal of An Giang University, said: “This research has created a breakthrough in the study of Buu Son Ky Huong. Previously, although many authors had researched Buu Son Ky Huong, it was not systematic, it was scattered and there were still many open issues, especially when Buu Son Ky Huong formed branches and the process of religious transformation, etc. This research has deeply systematized Buu Son Ky Huong through the stages in many different aspects. At the same time, the work also provides new knowledge about a religion that many scholars in Vietnam have not been interested in or focused on researching, which is the Tu An Buddhism religion. This is an important discovery in the study of Vietnamese culture in general, and Southern beliefs and religions in particular.”