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Vietnamese studies (Vietnamese: Việt Nam học), or Vietnamology, in general is the study of Vietnam and things related to Vietnam. It refers, especially, to the study of modern Vietnamese and literature, history, ethnology, and the philological approach, respectively.
The specialist in this area is called a Vietnamist.
In Central Europe, the oldest university, Charles University in Prague, also offers a study programme focused on Vietnamese studies, formerly Ethnology with Vietnamese and since 2019 renamed Asian Studies: Vietnamese. Masaryk University in Brno offers a Vietnamese Studies programme and Palacký University Olomouc offers Vietnamese Philology and also Asian Studies with Specialization on Vietnamese Language and Culture.
In Germany, Vietnamese Studies (Vietnamistik) has been taught at the Asien-Afrika-Institut of the University of Hamburg since 1982. Vietnamese studies that took place in 1970 at Berlin's Humboldt University, four years after German unification was entered with the Institute of Oriental Studies and Studies in Southeast Asia. In 1998, the position of professor of Vietnamese studies was canceled. From 2002 until now Jörg Thomas Engelbert is professor of the field at the University of Hamburg. In Bulgaria, a BA degree programme "South, East, Southeast Asia" was introduced in Sofia University in 2013. The curriculum focuses on the Asian region and includes Vietnamese Studies specialisation.
Phan Huy Lê, Prof., Department of History, College of Social Sciences & Humanities, VNU. (15 September 2004). "Vietnamology on the path of development international exchange, and cooperation". Vietnam National University Journal of Science. Retrieved 19 June 2023. Vietnamology (Vietnamologie) or Vietnamese Studies is a scientific discipline specialized in studying Vietnam in such fields as history, geography, language, literature, culture, economics, politics, and ecological environment or in the fields of interdisciplinary studies.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Jack D. Harris, "Growing a Vietnamese Studies Program," ASAIA Network Exchange, Winter 2006, p. 21, found at Asia Network websiteArchived October 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved June 21, 2011.
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