scientific research

To meet the requirements of improving training quality and international cooperation, scientific research has become a mandatory activity for faculty members, researchers, postgraduate students, and undergraduates in the Faculty. To date, the Faculty's full-time staff have led and participated in 104 research projects (2 state-level sub-projects; 18 ministerial-level projects; 2 provincial-level projects; 54 national university-level projects; and 28 university-level projects); 8 international projects; 19 monographs; 40 to 50 articles annually published in nationally and internationally indexed journals; 30 textbooks and lecture notes that have been approved; and 15 to 2 student research projects each year.
Currently, the Department is focusing on the following main research areas:
• Psychosocial issues of different social groups.
• Mental health issues.
• Studies on psychopathology and the quality of mental well-being in the fields of healthcare, education, community, and work.
• Socio-psychological issues related to climate change, non-traditional security, etc.
Over the past period, the Faculty has successfully organized and co-organized 13 major international conferences:
• “Children-Culture-Education”, Hanoi, October 2000.
• “Children, youth and assistance”, Hanoi, November 2003.
• “Rural Migration and Regional Development”, Quebec, Canada, November 2005.
• “Rural areas in transition”, Hanoi, November 2006.
• “Culture in Globalization”, Hanoi, July 2007.
• “Culture in Globalization – A Psychological Approach”, Hanoi, July 24-25, 2008.
• “Needs, Orientations and Training in School Psychology in Vietnam”, November 2010.
• “The current state of psychological trauma among victims of chemical warfare agents used in the Vietnam War and models of assistance”, Hanoi, March 2010.
• “Training, research and application of Psychology in the context of international integration”, November 2012.
• "Psychological trauma and support activities", November 2016.
• “Human Happiness and Sustainable Development”, November 2017 (co-organized with the Institute of Psychology and the International Organization for Applied Psychology).
• “Health Behaviors in Modern Society”, November 2019 (co-organized with the University of Gdansk, Poland and the National Institute of Mental Health).
• “The World in Crisis: The Contribution of Psychology”, December 2022 (co-organized with the University of Toulouse Jeans Jaurès, Adepase, and the National Institute of Mental Health).