University of Social Sciences and Humanities - VNU Hanoi

1. Full name:Tran Xuan Thanh

2. Date of birth: 20/10/1975

3. Place of origin:Nam Dinh

4. Learning process:

- Universities: Hanoi University of Culture; University of Foreign Languages, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

- Master's degree: University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

- PhD: Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

5. Work at the Department of History and Culture: 

• From February 2025 to present: Working at the Department of History and Culture, Lecturer.

• From April 2019 to 2025: Worked at the Center for Marine and Island Studies, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, as a Research Fellow.

• From February 2005 to 2019: Worked at the magazine "Past and Present," Vietnam Historical Science Association (from February 2005).

• From November 1998 to 2005: Propaganda Department of the Ba Ria - Vung Tau Provincial Party Committee (from November 1998).

• Research and teaching direction:

  • Colonial history

  • The potential and strategic position of Vietnam's islands and seas.

  • History, culture, civilization, environment, ecology…

6. List of published works:

6.1. Books

1. The Southern Vietnam Port System: Potential, Position, and Regional and Inter-regional Relationships (Co-editors: Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Kim, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Manh Dung, Dr. Tran Xuan Thanh), Vietnam National University, Hanoi Publishing House, Hanoi, 2025.

2. Vietnam's Electricity Industry: A Chronicle of Documentary Events (Co-authored), Vietnam Electricity Corporation, Hanoi, 2004.

3. History of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and the Vietnamese Youth Movement (1925-2007) (Co-authored), Youth Publishing House, Hanoi, 2007.

4. General Vo Nguyen Giap, Commander-in-Chief, and Vietnamese historiography (compiled by Prof. Phan Huy Le, Duong Trung Quoc, and Tran Xuan Thanh), National Political Publishing House, Hanoi, 2010.

5. Dang Phuc Thong, a true intellectual of the nation (Prof. Dinh Xuan Lam (Editor), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dang Xuan Hoai, Tran Xuan Thanh), Transport Publishing House, Hanoi, 2012.

6. Vietnam's Electricity Industry: A Chronicle of Events and Documents, 2 volumes (co-authored), National Political Publishing House - Truth, Hanoi, 2014.

7. Ten Years of Construction and Development of the Northern High Voltage Power Grid Company (2005-2015) (Co-authored), National Political Publishing House - Truth, Hanoi, 2015.

8. The Mac Dynasty (Tran Hong Duc (Cb), Tran Xuan Thanh), Hong Duc Publishing House, Hanoi, 2018.

6.2. Chapter

9. "Battalion 445 in the Xuan Loc - Long Khanh Offensive," in The Victory of Xuan Loc - Long Khanh in the Spring Offensive and Uprising of 1975, Dong Nai General Publishing House, 2003, pp. 227-231.

10. “Preserving and promoting the value of cultural heritage in the tourism development strategy during the integration period”, in: Preserving and promoting the value of historical and cultural heritage to serve tourism development, National Political Publishing House - Truth, Hanoi, 2015, pp. 87-106.

11. “Mining activities of the Chinese in the highlands of Northern Vietnam during the Nguyen Dynasty” in: Prof. Vu Duong Ninh (ed.), Vietnam in a Changing World, National University of Hanoi Publishing House, Hanoi, 2017, pp. 188-201.

12. “Vietnamese Historians and the Research and Raising of Awareness on the Issue of Maritime and Island Sovereignty in Recent Years” (co-authored with historian Duong Trung Quoc) in: Research and Dissemination on Vietnam's Maritime and Island Sovereignty, Information and Communication Publishing House, Hanoi, 2019, pp. 497-513.

13. “The Border Policy of the Nguyen Dynasty as Seen from Pham Than Duyat's Hung Hoa Ky Luoc” (co-authored with Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Kim) in: Prof. Dr. Vu Minh Giang (Editor), Pham Than Duyat in the Flow of Vietnamese History, Social Sciences Publishing House, Hanoi, 2023, pp. 247-270.

14. “Some achievements in the study of the South China Sea by Vietnamese historians in recent times” (co-authored with historian Duong Trung Quoc) in: Prof. Dr. Nguyen Quang Ngoc (Editor), Research on national sovereignty and territory according to the holistic and comprehensive approach of Vietnamese history, Volume 2: The South China Sea: the living space of communities residing in Vietnamese territory, The Gioi Publishing House, Hanoi, 2025, pp. 603-611.

15. “Interaction of Political Power between Vietnam and Siam in the First Three Decades of the 19th Century” (co-authored with Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Manh Dung) published in The Victory at Vam Nam - Co Hu (1834): 190 Years Later, National Political Publishing House, Hanoi, 2025, pp. 89-108).

16. “The North Central Region in the late 19th and early 20th centuries: Economic potential and position” (co-authored with Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Manh Dung) in Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Kim (ed.), The Central Vietnam Port System: Potential, position and regional and inter-regional connections, National University of Hanoi Publishing House, Hanoi, 2025, pp. 301-321.

17. “Saigon Port in the latter half of the 19th century - early 20th century: potential and economic position” (co-authored with Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Manh Dung) in Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Kim, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Manh Dung, Dr. Tran Xuan Thanh (co-editors), The Southern Vietnam Port System: Potential, position and regional and inter-regional connections, National University of Hanoi Publishing House, Hanoi, 2025, pp. 343-359.

18. “Vietnam Facing War in the Mid-19th Century: The Reality and Scientific and Technical Level of Shipbuilding and Warships in Vietnam” (co-authored with Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Manh Dung) in: Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Kim, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Duong Van Huy, M.Sc. Tran Van Manh (Co-editors), Types of Ships and Methods of Using Ships in Vietnamese History, National University of Hanoi Publishing House, Hanoi, 2025, pp. 332-346.

19. “Eliminating Pirates in the Northeast Seas of Vietnam in the Late 19th and First Half of the 20th Centuries: Knowledge and Action” (co-authored with Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Manh Dung) in Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Kim, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pham Van Thuy, Dr. Nguyen Nhat Linh (co-editors), The Knowledge System of Vietnamese Maritime Culture: Heritage and Value Promotion, National University of Hanoi Publishing House, Hanoi, 2025, pp. 511-529.

6.3. Journal Articles:

20. “Ba Ria - Vung Tau, the road to April 30, 1975”, Journal of Party History, Ho Chi Minh National Political Academy, No. 4 (113), 2000, pp. 39-42.

21. "Not afraid of responsibility, only worried that people won't read our newspaper," Journalist Magazine, Vietnam Journalists Association, No. 10/2007, pp. 41-42.

22. “Comrade Ngo Gia Tu and the Founding of the Communist Party of Vietnam”, Front Magazine, Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, No. 52, 2/2008, pp. 14-17.

23. “Mining activities of the Chinese in the highlands of Northern Vietnam during the Le-Trinh period (17th-18th centuries)”, Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, No. 4 (181), 2015, pp. 63-70.

24. “Chinese mining activities in the highlands of Northern Vietnam”, Journal of Chinese Studies, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, No. 3 (163), 2015, pp. 56-66.

25. "The Chinese and mining in Northern Vietnam during the Le-Trinh period (17th-18th centuries)", Journal of Past & Present, Vietnam Historical Science Association, No. 458, 2015, pp. 36-40.

26. “Mining situation in Central Vietnam in the 19th century (through some historical documents)”, Central Vietnam Social Science Journal, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, No. 1 (57), 2019, pp. 67-76.

27. “Chinese mining activities in Dang Ngoai: Some impacts on Dai Viet and Chinese society in the 17th-19th centuries”, Journal of Social Science Information, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, No. 6 (450), 2020, pp. 37-43.

28. “Nghe An in the foreign policy strategy of Dai Viet during the Ly - Tran - Le period (11th-18th centuries)”, co-authored with Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Manh Dung, Dr. Nguyen Van Chuyen, Central Vietnam Social Science Journal, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, No. 3 (65), 2020, pp. 43-52.

29. “The Border Policy of the Nguyen Dynasty as Seen from Pham Than Duyat's Hung Hoa Ky Luoc”, co-authored with Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Kim, Hanoi National University Journal of Science: Policy and Management Research, Vol. 38, No. 4, 2022, pp. 33-46.

30. “North Central Region at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries: Economic potential and position”, co-authored with Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Manh Dung, Journal of Historical Research, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, No. 1 (561), 2023, pp. 69-81.

31. “The role of the seaport system in the coastal region of Tonkin in mineral trade during the colonial period”, co-authored with Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Manh Dung, Journal of Social Science Information, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, No. 3 (483), 2023, pp. 45-52.

32. “The process of adapting Western science and technology in Vietnam at the end of the 19th century”, co-authored with Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Manh Dung and Nguyen Sinh Hung, Ho Chi Minh City Journal of Social Sciences, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, No. 4 (293), 2023, pp. 65-76.

33. “Indochinese coal trade during the colonial period: Integration into the regional and global economy”, co-authored with Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Kim, Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vol. 9, No. (3), 2023, pp. 228-247.

34. “Quang Nam - Central Vietnam in the late 19th and early 20th centuries: Economic potential and position”, co-authored with Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Manh Dung, Vietnam Journal of Social Sciences, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, No. 8, 2023, pp. 80-89.

35. “History Approached from Science and Technology: A Way of Interpreting and Studying History”, co-authored with Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Manh Dung, Vietnam Journal of Social Sciences, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, No. 5/2024, pp. 80-90.

36. “Vietnam and Siam in the first three decades of the 19th century: Power interaction, consolidation and expansion of influence in mainland Southeast Asia”, co-authored with Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Manh Dung, Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, No. 7/2024, pp. 26-34.

37. “Sustainable Nostalgia to Dystopian Future: toward a Tropical Transnational Ecocinema in Mekong 2030”, Co-author with Assoc. Prof. Giang Hoang, Ph.D, E-Ttropic: Electronic Journal of Studies in the Tropics, (James Cook University - JCU, Australia) 24(1), 2025, pp: 240–260 (Scopus Q1).

38. “Combining marine economy with protecting the sovereignty of the southwestern sea and islands of Vietnam in the 17th-19th centuries”, co-authored with Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Manh Dung, Journal of Historical Research, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, No. 5 (589), 2025, pp. 20-31.

39. “Mining activities in Nghe An under Nguyen and French colonial rule (1802-1939)”, co-authored with Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pham Van Thuy, Journal of Historical Research, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, No. 6 (590), 2025, pp. 27-37.