Email this article Vietnam during the first half of the 19th century: scientific and technical theory and the reality of the country revisited
- Authors: Nguyen M.D.1
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- Vietnam National University
- Issue: Vol 3, No 3 (2019)
- Pages: 64-73
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://journal-vniispk.ru/2618-9453/article/view/87019
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.24411/2618-9453-2019-10028
- ID: 87019
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Being considered as the last and longest ruling family in the monarchical history of Vietnam, there are so far a good number of researches on Nguyen Cochinchina and the Nguyen Dynasty based on dimensional approaches and new materials. Nonetheless, history of Vietnam from the standpoint of science and technology in fact remains unstudied. The purpose of the article is to reassess the scientific and technical theory and the reality of Vietnam during the first half of the 19th century in the main contents: (i) knowledge-building, scientific and technical potentials; (ii) national situation in terms of seapower and ability facing technical achievements; and (iii) a critical point of Vietnamese science and technique at the time.
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Manh Dung Nguyen
Vietnam National University
Email: nmd@vnu.edu.vn
PhD, Associate Professor, Vice Director of the Institute of Policy and Management - University of Social Sciences and Humanities Hanoi
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