“I often think that the profession chooses the person, rather than the person choosing the profession. I came to archaeology by chance. In 1979, after passing the university entrance exam, I was sent to study history abroad. At the end of the first semester of my first year, I registered to major in archaeology, even though I had no prior knowledge of the field. At that time, the name of the field of archaeology evoked many fascinating things, and I had a feeling that it suited my personality. Archaeology would give me wings to travel to different lands and discover new things. I have been dedicated to and pursued a career in archaeology ever since… From that initial chance encounter when I chose the field, archaeology gradually became my passion without me even realizing it.”
When I'm passionately engaged in archaeological exploration, even a small discovery brings me endless joy. We archaeologists liken field trips to "free" vacations, where scientists exchange sweat and the relentless pursuit of research. Often, we sweat profusely without knowing whether we'll achieve any results… We just keep going, relentlessly…”
| TT | Research topic title | Start Year/Completion Year | Research topics at the national, ministerial, departmental, and university levels. | Responsibility for participation in the project |
| 1. | Archaeological sites in the coastal ecological zone of Southeast Vietnam, code T 98-12, 2000 | 2000 | School | Presiding |
| 2. | Project proposal for the construction of a museum at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, project code T.04-31 | 2005 | School | Presiding |
| 3. | Ancient Cham archaeological sites in Central Vietnam, code QX.2001.01, 2003 | 2003-2005 | National University | Presiding |
| 4. | Some issues concerning coastal archaeology in Central Vietnam during the transitional period from Sa Huynh culture to Champa culture, , code QG.03.15, 2005 | 2005-2007 | Special research project at the National University level. | Presiding |
| 5. | The Final Research Results Report “Some Aspects of Vietnamese Bronze Age (the Comparative Studies in East and Southeast Asian Context) | 2002 | KFAS Fund Project | Presiding |
| 6. | Report on the excavation of Hang Cho Cave in 2004 (Hoabinh province, Vietnam), Anthropological and Archaeological Study on the Origin of Neolithic People in Mainland Southeast Asia. No. 15405018 | 2003-2005 | Report of Grand-in-Aid for International Scientific Research | Join |
| 7. | Archaeological research in Hanoi conducted by the University of Social Sciences and Humanities. | 2002-2010 | Office commemorating the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long-Hanoi | Secretary |
| 8. | Champa pottery from the first 10 centuries AD: From a technical and socio-economic perspective. | 2011 | Asian Research Support Fund, Vietnam National University, Hanoi | Presiding |
| 9. | Copper smelting, bronze crafting, and rice farming in the Red River Delta through the study of the Thanh Den archaeological site (Me Linh – Hanoi), Project number: QGTĐ.12.14, 2014. | 2014-2016 | National University Research Project Group A | Presiding |
| 10. | The formation and development of some ancient Southeast Asian states and regional relations, code: QGTĐ.04.09, 2006. | 2006-2008 | Key Research Project at the National University level | Join |
| 11. | Assessing the historical and cultural value of newly discovered and studied early Iron Age sites in Northern Vietnam from 1998 to 2008. | 2011-2012 | Ministry-level scientific research project | Join |
| 12. | This study assesses the value of newly discovered Bronze Age archaeological sites in Northern Vietnam, studied from 1998 to 2008. | 2011-2012 | Ministry-level scientific research project | Join |
| 13. | Some social issues of Champa through archaeological research, Project number IV.1.2-2012.18, | 2012-2014 | NAFOSTED, | Presiding |
| 14. | History of Vietnam - Volumes I and III | Social Sciences and History of Vietnam. 3/14-18 |
Ministry of Science and Technology | Join |
| 15. | Discovery Project Foragers, Farmers and the Agricultural Revolution in Mainland Southeast Asia | 2020-2023 (extending to 2025). | Sponsored by Australian Research Coucil (ARC). | One of the three project coordinators along with Professor Peter Bellwood and Professor Phillip Piper, Australian National University. |
| 16. | The impact of prehistoric trade on the central coast of Vietnam. | 2021-2022 | Ministry-level scientific research project | Join |

| TT | Project name | Year of publication | Magazine name | Main author/co-author |
| 1 | Bronze Age | 2004 | National University Publishing House, Hanoi | Author |
| 2 | Vietnamese Cultural Foundation | 1998 | Education Publishing House, Hanoi | Co-author |
| 3 | Limestone Mound – New Discoveries about Sa Huynh Culture (Vietnamese-German bilingual) | 2002 | Linden Soft, Verlagsges, mbH, Cologne, Federal Republic of Germany | Co-author |
| 4 | Archaeological Foundation | 2008 | National University Publishing House, Hanoi | Co-author |
| 5 | Museum of Anthropology – Achievements and Future Paths | 2015 | World Publishing House, Hanoi | Co-editor |
| 6 | Thanh Den Archaeological Site – Historical and Cultural Values | 2016 | National University Publishing House, Hanoi | Editor |
| 7 | Sa Huynh Lam Ap Champa, 5th century BC to 5th century AD (Some archaeological issues) | 2017, 2018 | World Publishing House, Hanoi | Author |
| 8 | A thousand years of ancient Champa pottery | 2017, 2020 | National Culture Publishing House, Hanoi | Co-author |
| 9 | Archaeology of Vietnam's Islands and Seas: Potential and Prospects | 2017 | National University Publishing House, Hanoi | Co-editor |
| 10 | Still an Elite | 2016 | National University Publishing House, Hanoi | Co-author |
| 11 | Vibrancy in Stone: Masterpieces of the Danang Museum of Cham Sculpture | 2018 | River Book | Co-author |
| 12 | Key features of the Vuon Chuoi archaeological complex (Hanoi) excavated in 2019-2020 (English-Vietnamese bilingual) | 2022 | Hanoi Publishing House, Hanoi | Co-author |
| 13 | Sahuynh Culture in Hoi An | 1998 | Special Issue Center for South-East Asian Studies, University of Hull. Netherlands | Author |
| 14 | The Han influence in central Vietnam in the centuries before and after Christ. | 2000 | The book "A Journey of Historical Research (1995-2000)", National Political Publishing House, Hanoi. | Author |
| 15 | Results of exploration and excavation of the Bai Ong-Hon Lao-Cu Lao Cham site in 1999-2000. | 2002 | Proceedings of the scientific conference "5 years of research and training of the Department of Archaeology (1995-2000)", National Political Publishing House, Hanoi | Co-author |
| 16 | Excavation for firefighting at Go Dua in 1999 | 2002 | Proceedings of the scientific conference "5 years of research and training of the Department of Archaeology (1995-2000)", National Political Publishing House, Hanoi | Co-author |
| 17 | Results of exploration and excavation of the Bai Lang-Cu Lao Cham site (Quang Nam) in 1998-1999 | 2002 | Proceedings of the scientific conference "5 years of research and training of the Department of Archaeology (1995-2000)", National Political Publishing House, Hanoi | Co-author |
| 18 | Archaeological site in Nam Tho Son (Ngu Hanh Son, Da Nang) | 2002 | Proceedings of the scientific conference "5 years of research and training of the Department of Archaeology (1995-2000)", National Political Publishing House, Hanoi | Co-author |
| 19 | Results of the archaeological cooperation program between the Center for Vietnamese Studies – Vietnam National University, Hanoi and Showa Women's University (Japan) from 1998-2000 | 2002 | Proceedings of the scientific conference "5 years of research and training of the Department of Archaeology (1995-2000)", National Political Publishing House, Hanoi | Co-author |
| 20 | Archaeological site in Cai Van, Nhon Trach, Dong Nai | 2002 | Proceedings of the scientific conference "5 years of research and training of the Department of Archaeology (1995-2000)", National Political Publishing House, Hanoi | Co-author |
| 21 | Regarding the "Pre-Sa Huynh" period in Central Vietnam. | 2004 | Proceedings of the scientific conference "A Century of Vietnamese Archaeology", Social Sciences Publishing House, Volume I. | Author |
| 22 | Early Bronze Metallurgy in Southeast Asia: Comparative Studies | 2004 | East Asia and Southeast Asia - Historical and Contemporary Issues, World Publishing House | Author |
| 23 | Agriculture in Southeast Asia during the Prehistory and Early History Periods (Documents and Issues) | 2006 | The book "A Journey of Historical Research" (2001-2006), World Publishing House, Hanoi. | Author |
| 24 | Central Vietnam during the Period from 500 BCE to CE 500” | 2011 | Manguin Y.Ρ and George Wade A. Mani (cb) Early Interactions between South and Southeast Asia: Reflections on Cross – Cultural Exchange, ISEAS Singapore Manohar Publishers & Distribution, | Author |
| 25 | Nouvelles recherches sur la céramique du Champa |
2015 | Arts du Vietnam Nouvelles Approches, Collection, Collection « Art & Société », Jean-Yves Andrieux et Guillaume Glorieux (editors), Presses Universitaires de Rennes | Author |
| 26 | Cultural Acculturations in Early Time (Archaeological Evidences for Early Indian Influences in Vietnam) | 2014 | Conference “Early Indian Influences and Trans-cultural Encounters in Maritime Southeast Asia”, SEACOM, Hanoi, Pre-Islamic and Pre-Colonial Research Result during 2014, Reports in SEACOM Study Series, Bulacan State University, 4. | Author |
| 27 | Applying methods and theories of modern archaeology to the study of Vietnamese archaeology. | 2009 | Proceedings of the scientific conference "Interdisciplinary Methods in Social Sciences and Humanities Research", University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi | Author |
| 28 | "Archaeological sites from the Ly and Tran dynasties in the left and right banks of the Duong River (Dong Anh, Hanoi)" | 2009 | Proceedings of the scientific seminar "Archaeological Discoveries in Da Nang (Hanoi) and the issue of the homeland of the Ly Dynasty", The Gioi Publishing House, Hanoi | Co-author |
| 29 | The Sa Huynh – Champa Transformation – An Archaeological Perspective | 2010 | Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Vietnamese Studies, Volume 6, Vietnam Integration and Development, National University Publishing House, Hanoi | Author |
| 30 | Pottery from the early centuries AD in Northern, Central (Champa), and Southern (Oc Eo) Vietnam in the context of Southeast Asia. | 2010 | Proceedings of the scientific conference “Oc Eo Culture – Awareness and Solutions for Preserving and Promoting the Value of the Relic”, Long Xuyen, An Giang | Co-author |
| 31 | The Thành Dền documents relate to wet rice cultivation in the Northern Delta. | 2010 | Proceedings of the scientific conference "Sustainable Development of Hanoi, the City of Culture, Heroism for Peace", National University Publishing House, Hanoi | Author |
| 32 | The islands and seas of Central Vietnam – Some issues concerning archaeology. | 2011 | Vietnamese People and the Sea, Nguyen Van Kim (editor), The Gioi Publishing House, Hanoi | Author |
| 33 | Approaches to socio-archaeology and burial archaeology in the case study of the Central region during the Early History period. | 2011 | Historical Heritage and New Approaches, Social Sciences Book Series, Monographs on Archaeology and History, sponsored by the Harvard Yenching Institute, World Publishing House, Hanoi | Author |
| 34 | Interdisciplinary approach in archaeological research: From theory to application | 2012 | Proceedings of the scientific conference "Vietnamese Historiography in the Context of Integration and Globalization", The Gioi Publishing House, Hanoi | Author |
| 35 | Dong Son habitation and burial sites at the Vuon Chuoi archaeological site. | 2014 | Proceedings of the scientific conference “Dong Son Culture – 90 Years of Discovery and Research”, National Culture Publishing House, Hanoi | Author |
| 36 | Cultural exchange between islands and maritime regions in history. | 2015 | Proceedings of the scientific conference "Maritime and Island Culture - Preservation and Promotion of Values", World Publishing House, Hanoi | Author |
| 37 | Cultural resources - Non-exhaustive and non-renewable resources (Some thoughts on managing/promoting the value of Champa resources in Khanh Hoa) | 2015 | Proceedings of the scientific conference "Preservation and Promotion of Historical and Cultural Heritage Values for Tourism Development", National Political Publishing House, Hanoi | Author |
| 38 | The problem of the late Bronze Age Raskopanitsa-Asenoves culture in Southern Bulgaria (Bulgaria)”. | 1989 | Bulgarian Archaeology Journal (Arkheologia Bulgaria), 31, No. 1 | Author |
| 39 | The development of the Late Bronze Age Balei-Orsoi culture in northwestern Bulgaria (Bulgaria). | 1989 | Bulgarian Archaeology Journal (Arkheologia Bulgaria), 31, No. 2, | Author |
| 40 | Hoabinhian Culture in the Northern part of Central Vietnam | 1997 | Journal of Southeast Asian Archeology, Japan Society for Southeast Asian Archeology, no. 17. | Co-author |
| 41 | Pottery found at the 1990 excavation site of the ancient Cham civilization in Tra Kieu. | 1993 | Journal of Archaeology, 2, 1993 | Co-author |
| 42 | Water extraction facilities using stacked rocks in Quang Tri | 1991 | Journal of Archaeology, No. 4, 1991 | Author |
| 43 | Hoa Binh Cultural Space | 1994 | Journal of Archaeology, No. 3, 1994 | Co-author |
| 44 | "The relics and cultural artifacts of Hoa Binh in Quang Tri", | 1994 | Journal of Archaeology, No. 4, 1994 | Co-author |
| 45 | The Hau Xa I site and multifaceted cultural exchange in the centuries before and after Christ. | 1997 | Journal of Archaeology, No. 1, 1997 | Co-author |
| 46 | "Sa Huynh jar burial sites and ancient Cham relics in Hoi An", | 1997 | Journal of Archaeology, No. 3, 1997 | Co-author |
| 47 | Traces of ancient culture in Ba Ria-Vung Tau | 1994 | Journal of Culture and Arts, 10/160, 1994 | Author |
| 48 | From the female scholar M. Colani to archaeologists in Vietnam | 1994 | Journal of Culture and Arts, 11/161, 1994 | Author |
| 49 | Some issues raised through archaeological research in Hoi An. | 1998 | Culture and Arts Magazine, 8/170 | Author |
| 50 | Sa Huynh culture and Sa Huynh cultural discoveries in Duy Xuyen, Quang Nam | 1999 | Journal of Culture and Arts, 11/185, 1999 | Author |
| 51 | Excavation at Go Dua in 1999 | 2001 | Journal of Archaeology, No. 4, 2001 | Co-author |
| 52 | Regarding the hydrological systems in Central Vietnam | 2002 | Hanoi National University Journal of Science, XVIII, No. 3, 2002 | Author |
| 53 | Jar burials tradition in Southeast Asia | 2002 | Hanoi National University Journal of Science, IE, 2002 | Author |
| 54 | Regarding the tradition of burial jars. | 2003 | Journal of Archaeology, No. 2, 2003 | Author |
| 55 | ASM dating of some archaeological sites in Vietnam | 2004 | Journal of Archaeology, No. 2, 2004 | Co-author |
| 56 | Pottery found at Champa archaeological sites in central Vietnam. | 2005 | Journal of Archaeology, No. 1, 2005 | Author |
| 57 | Champa Archaeology, 1st Millennium AD – Based on excavation results from 1990 onwards. | 2005 | Hanoi National University Journal of Science, 21, 3&4, 2005 | Author |
| 58 | Cultural Contacts and Acculturations in Proto-historical Time (Sa Huynh Culture) in Central Vietnam | 2008 | Journal of Science, Social Sciences & Humanities, VNU, Hanoi, Volume 1, 3E, 2008 | Author |
| 59 | Terminal Pleistocene human skeleton from Hang Cho cave, Northern Vietnam: implications for the biological affinities of Hoabinhian people | 2008 | Anthropological Sciences, The Anthropological Society of Nippon, Published online May 21, 2008 in J-STAGE, | Co-author |
| 60 | Study of Megaliths in Vietnam and Southeast Asia”, | 2008 | Social Sciences Information Review, 2,3, 2008 | Author |
| 61 | Exogenous and Indigenous Elements in the Formation of Early States in Central Vietnam | 2012 | Kanazawa Cultural Resource Studies Present State of Cultural Heritages in Asia, Center for Cultural Resources Studies, Kanazawa University | Author |
| 62 | Results of petrological analysis at Hang Cho cave (Hoa Binh province) | 2006 | Journal of Archaeology, No. 4, 2006 | Co-author |
| 63 | Pottery from the Giồng Nổi site in relation to the South Central Vietnam Prehistoric pottery complex. | 2007 | Journal of Archaeology, No. 2, 2007 | Author |
| 64 | Sa Huynh Thon Tu cultural settlement site". | 2007 | Journal of Archaeology, No. 1, 2007 | Co-author |
| 65 | Megalithic research in Vietnam and Southeast Asia | 2008 | Journal of Social Sciences of the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences – Southern Region Institute of Social Sciences, Ho Chi Minh City, 114, 2, 2008 | Author |
| 66 | "Cultural Contact and Transformation during the Early History Period (Sa Huynh Culture) in Central Vietnam" | 2008 | Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, January 24, 2008 | Author |
| 67 | Ancient ramparts – Phu Tho in the context of Champa archaeology in the first half of the 1st millennium AD | 2009 | Journal of Archaeology, No. 1, 157, 2009 | Co-author |
| 68 | Champa pottery from the first 10 centuries AD: From a technical and socio-economic perspective. | 2012 | Journal of Archaeology, No. 1, 2012 | Author |
| 69 | The Go Duoi site is part of the Hoa Diem historical complex. | 2012 | Journal of Archaeology, No. 3, 2012 | Co-author |
| 70 | Ancient gold artifacts in Vietnam – First analysis of gold artifacts in the Sa Huynh Culture. | 2014 | Journal of Archaeology, No. 2, 2014 | Co-author |
| 71 | The appearance of the Thanh Den relic site through archaeological research. | 2014 | Journal of Archaeology, No. 3, 2014 | Author |
| 72 | Bronze crafting and rice cultivation as documented in the Thành Dền records. | 2014 | Scientific Bulletin, Thang Long - Hanoi Heritage Conservation Center, March 1, 2014 | Author |
| 73 | Central Vietnam: The period of early state formation through the study of the distribution and characteristics of archaeological sites. | 2015 | Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, No. 1, Hanoi, 2015 | Author |
| 74 | From the Ground, Up: The Looting of Vuon Chuoi within the Vietnamese and Southeast Asian Antiquities Trade”, | 2016 | Public Archeology, ISSN 175355 Q3, ISSN: 1465-5187 (Print) 1753-5530 (Online), Vol. 14 No. 4, p. 224–239, November 2016 | Co-author |
| 75 | "The Thành Lợi citadel of Thừa Thiên Huế through new research findings". | 2016 | Journal of Archaeology, No. 5, 2016 | Co-author |
| 76 | Building and promoting the value of specimen collections for training and research purposes. | 2016 | Museum of Anthropology, Journal of Museums & Anthropology, 1 (13), 2016 | Author |
| 77 | Cultural Heritage Resources in a Contemporary Context (Challenges and Difficulties in Preservation and Promotion of Values), Ho Chi Minh City National University Publishing House. ISBN: 978-604-73-6535-7 | 2018 | Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference on International Integration in Conservation: Opportunities and Challenges for Cultural Heritage Values | Co-author |
| 78 | Riverine trade along the Thu Bon River during the Sa Huynh and early Champa periods. | 2018 | In Nguyen Quang Ngoc and Nguyen Van Kim (ed.) (2018), Sea and Continent… Hanoi National University Publishing House 2018 | Author |
| 79 | The Đồng Cao rice paddies are part of the Sa Huỳnh Champa Hội An historical complex in Quảng Nam province. | 2019 | Journal of Archaeology, No. 4, 2019 | Co-author |
| 80 | Champa settlements of the First Millennium: New Archaeological Research, | 2019 | Printed in Arlo Griffiths, Andrew Hardy & Geoff Wade (cb) Champa Territories and Networks of a Southeast Asian Kingdoms, EFEO, Etudes Thematiques. Paris 2019 | Author |
| 81 | Hoi An during the Prehistory, Early History, and Champa Periods. | 2019 | The magazine Xua Nay, issue 523 (November 2019), | Author |
| 82 | Discovery and research of Sa Huynh culture (1909 - 2019) | 2019 | Volume 9, Number 3 (2019): DLU Journal of Science online | Author |
| 83 | The Soviet School in Vietnamese Archaeology | 2020 | In Nguyen Van Suu's (ed.) *The Influence of the Soviet School on Anthropology in Vietnam*, Hanoi National University Publishing House, 2020 | Author |
| 84 | Contact and interaction of cultural and social sciences through new findings and research. | 2019 | In the Scientific Bulletin of the National Museum of History, No. 2019** Hanoi, pp. 22-37. ISBN 978-604-9803-20-8. | Author |
| 85 | Public Archeology in Vietnam Current Situation and Perspectives. | 2020 | Sophia Journal of Asian, African, and Middle Eastern Studies/ No.37 (2019), Japan. 特集:アジアのパブリック・アーケオロジーThematic Articles: Public Archeology in Asia | Author |
| 86 | Heritage Management in Vietnam - Current Situation (In the Case of Archaeological Heritage) | 2020 | Printed in TABATA Yukitsugu, SATO Katsura (eds.) Mekong Cultural Diversity Beyond Borders, Proceedings for the International Seminar & Symposium on Southeast Asian Cultural Heritage Studies Today, March 2020, Institute for Cultural Heritage, Waseda University | Co-author |
| 87 | Ru Diep and the Quynh Van culture of central Vietnam, | 2020 | Archaeological Research in Asia 22 (2020) 100190, Elsevier, 1-8. | Main author |
| 88 | Discovery and research of Sa Huynh culture (1909-2019) | 2019 | Volume 10, Issue 1, Da Lat University Journal of Science (DLU Journal of Science) | Author |
| 89 | Dong Nai in the early historical period: A meeting place of many cultural influences. | 2020 | Volume 9, Issue 3, Da Lat University Journal of Science (DLU Journal of Science) | Author |
| 90 | Sustainable Development of the Value of Prehistoric Archaeological Heritage Resources in the Thu Bon River Basin |
2019 | Journal of Cultural Studies, Hanoi University of Culture, No. 29, September | Co-author |
| 91 | Research, preservation, and promotion of archaeological heritage in Hoi An: Achievements, Challenges, and Prospects. | 2019 | Journal of Cultural Studies, Issue 30, December 2019, University of Culture, Hanoi | Co-author |
| 92 | Archaeological Developments in Vietnam in 2016-2018: Achievements, Challenges and Perspectives | 2020 | Advancing Southeast Asian Archeology 2019, vol. 1, Selected Papers from the Third SEAMEO SPAFA International Conference on Southeast Asian Archeology, Bangkok, Thailand 2019, Noel Tan editor, 2020 SEAMEO SPAFA ISBN 978-616-7961-48-4 | Author |
| 93 | Archeology | 2020 | In Nguyen Van Suu, Nguyen Van Huy, Vuong Xuan Tinh (ed.) Anthropology in Vietnam, Tri Thuc Publishing House, Hanoi | Author |
| 94 | New technological analysis on Vietnamese Hoabinhian stone artifacts and its implication on examination of cultural homogeneity and variability between mainland SEA and South China. | 2021 | Asian Perspectives 60 (1), University of Hawaii Press | Co-author |
| 95 | Archaeological heritage in the contemporary context (Some experiences in preserving and promoting its national and international value) | 2018 | Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference on International Integration in Conservation: Opportunities and Challenges for Cultural Heritage Values, Ho Chi Minh City National University Publishing House. | Co-author |
| 96 | Results of the 2015 Thach Lac excavation | 2021 | Archaeology No. 4 (232), | Co-author |
| 97 | The radiocarbon dating of Thien Long Uyen and Cuc Bo archaeological sites, | 2021 | Ha Long University Journal of Science, Issue 1, December 2021 | Co-author |
| 98 | Results of archaeological research on the Vuon Chuoi site complex (Hanoi) in 2019 | 2021 | Archaeology journal No. 6 (234), | Co-author |
| 99 | Excavation results of Thach Lac site (Ha Tinh) in 2015, Vietnam | 2021 | Vietnam Archaeology, 16 | Co-author |
| 100 | Results of archaeological research on Vườn Chuối sites (Hanoi) in 2019. | 2021 | Vietnam Archaeology, 16, | Co-author |

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