Task of Compiling Nam Dinh Gazetteer: Receiving valuable scientific contributions from the locality

The project of compiling Nam Dinh Gazetteer is managed by the Department of Science and Technology of Nam Dinh province and chaired by the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
According to scientists, the Nam Dinh Gazetteer was compiled according to the standards of the Vietnam National Gazetteer, with the task of recording, describing, providing complete, specific, objective and authentic information about the geography, environment, people, history, politics, economy, society and culture of the current Nam Dinh land. If considered purely in terms of form, the Nam Dinh Gazetteer in 2024 is not much different from the Nam Dinh Gazetteer that scientists from the University of Social Sciences and Humanities completed in 2003, but in fact, the difference is quite large in many aspects. The Nam Dinh Gazetteer published in 2003 is an independent monograph, divided into "parts", "chapters", "sections", "subsections", "ideas" and presented according to the standards of a monograph. This Nam Dinh Gazetteer must be a genuine Gazetteer work, mainly focusing on describing and researching the current situation, consisting of about 1,000 items, combined in 35 chapters, 5 volumes, 1 volume in the Local Gazetteer series of the National Gazetteer of Vietnam.

Speaking at the workshop, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Tran Le Doai requested the Project Management Board to absorb the opinions of departments, branches and scientists, thoroughly update and adjust the administrative place names according to Resolution No. 1104/NQ-UBTVQH15 dated July 23, 2024 on the rearrangement of district and commune-level administrative units in the period 2023-2025 of Nam Dinh province; update maximum information and data on different fields in the content of compiling the Nam Dinh Geographical Record to 2024... to complete the product, submit it to the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee for approval and hand it over to the Department of Science and Technology to carry out the publishing steps.

In early December 2024, after a year of dedication and hard work, the preliminary draft of the Nam Dinh Gazetteer was basically formed and transferred to the Department of Science and Technology to seek comments from local experts.
The Editorial Board of Nam Dinh Gazetteer has received detailed comments from experts who are knowledgeable in the fields of Gazetteer, dedicated and responsible. Receiving the extremely valuable comments from the experts, the team of scientists from the University of Social Sciences and Humanities focused their efforts on revising the entire manuscript to seek official comments from the province and its units and experts in the manuscript workshop on January 14, 2025.

At the workshop, scientists who are editors of 05 geographical books presented the adjusted contents from the above contributions and discussed the specific contents of each book.

Associate Professor, Dr. Dang Van Bao (University of Natural Sciences) presented the revised contents of Book One: Geography Associate Professor, Dr. Vu Van Quan (University of Social Sciences and Humanities) presented the revised contents of Volume Two: History - Politics Prof. Dr. Truong Quang Hai (Institute of Vietnamese Studies and Development Science) presented the revised contents of Volume Three: Economy - Society Associate Professor, Dr. Dang Hong Son (University of Social Sciences and Humanities) presented the revised content of Volume Four: Culture - Education. Volume Five: Character History edited by Professor Dr. Nguyen Quang Ngoc (University of Social Sciences and Humanities)

The workshop also listened to, discussed and absorbed the opinions, scientific and detailed contributions of leaders of departments, branches, sectors and scientists in Nam Dinh province. The editorial board of Nam Dinh Gazetteer will focus on completing the editing of the entire manuscript before January 22, 2025.

 

        Nam Dinh addressAims to provide basic knowledge about natural geography, environment, people, history, politics, economy, society, and culture of Nam Dinh land today in general and specific relationships.
The research results of the topic are a comprehensive and synthetic knowledge system, providing basic understanding and documents to State management levels, researchers and the whole society on the issues of Nam Dinh province at present and in the historical process. This is a valuable reference document and an important database serving the management and comprehensive development of Nam Dinh province in particular and the Red River delta in general.
In addition, the Geographical Records compiled according to the Vietnamese National Geographical Records standards will be a good source of materials for research institutes, universities, colleges, and high schools in Nam Dinh province in implementing local education programs in the new general education program.
The team of scientists participating in the Nam Dinh Geographical Mission includes leading researchers in the fields of history, geography, culture, economics, society, etc. from the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU, research institutes, prestigious universities, and local experts.
Previously, VNU-USSH scientists spent more than a year researching the geographical content of Nam Dinh province, organizing scientific seminars and project research groups before signing the contract for this scientific task in November 2023.
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