DOCSLIB.ORG

Westminsterresearch Managing Vietnamese Newsrooms: the Role Of

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Westminsterresearch Managing Vietnamese Newsrooms: the Role Of WestminsterResearch http://www.westminster.ac.uk/westminsterresearch Managing Vietnamese newsrooms: the role of internal communication Vu, T. This is an electronic version of a PhD thesis awarded by the University of Westminster. © Mrs Thu Vu, 2015. The WestminsterResearch online digital archive at the University of Westminster aims to make the research output of the University available to a wider audience. Copyright and Moral Rights remain with the authors and/or copyright owners. Whilst further distribution of specific materials from within this archive is forbidden, you may freely distribute the URL of WestminsterResearch: ((http://westminsterresearch.wmin.ac.uk/). In case of abuse or copyright appearing without permission e-mail [email protected] MANAGING VIETNAMESE NEWSROOMS: THE ROLE OF INTERNAL COMMUNICATION VU THU HONG A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the University of Westminster for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy July 2015 THESIS ABSTRACT There have been many studies on news production but little has been found about newsroom efficiency despite the fact that this is journalists’ main concern. The very few (mostly foreign) researchers who study Vietnamese media usually look at them from policy making and political-social perspectives, and with an outsider’s eye. They have little physical access, if any, to the media houses, which surely limits their view. Their approach implicitly over-emphasizes the influence of political forces and neglects the media’s own dynamics. This research takes a different approach: from insiders’ point of view. Using two daily newspapers as case studies, this multi-disciplinary ethnographic research seeks to understand the strategies Vietnamese news media employ to cope with the subsidy cuts and increasing competition while still under close political control. A particular focus is on the newsroom operational strategies to improve efficiency. It is found that organizational structure and culture, work climate, motivation and employee satisfaction, leadership and management styles, personnel policies (task requirements vs personal abilities and skills), systems/policies and procedures, and most importantly, communication are the factors that affect the newsroom efficiency, as well as newsroom strategy implementation and results. 2 LIST OF CONTENT Thesis abstract 2 List of content 3 List of tables and figures 6 Acknowledgements 7 Author’s Declaration 8 CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION 9 1. Introduction 9 2. What is this research project about? 10 3. Conceptual Framework 12 4. A journalist-turn-academic ethnographic approach to media production 18 5. Why this research? 18 6. The presentation of this thesis 22 CHAPTER II: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK 24 1. Background 24 2. Media strategies: Media economics and media management as framework 27 2.1. Distinct economic characteristics of the media 27 2.2. Media Organisations’ Strategies 29 2.3. Print newspaper situation and strategies 31 3. Newsroom efficiency management: news production/newsroom sociology, organizational behavior and organizational communication as framework 33 3.1. News production 33 3.2. Convergence: As a strategy or a process? 39 3.3. The limits of news production, media convergence and media management research 45 3.4. The need for studying newsroom efficiency 48 3.5. Organisational behavior 50 3.6. Organisational structure and culture 51 3.7. Leadership 55 3.8. Organisational and internal communication 59 3.9. Communication and motivation in change management 66 3 3.10. A model of newsroom effectiveness 69 3.11. The Maestro Concept: a method to improve newsroom efficiency via communication and leadership 74 4. Summary and further discussion: The use of the literature and this thesis’ contribution back to it 81 CHAPTER III: METHODOLOGY 89 1. Research question 1 89 2. Research questions 2-5 93 2.1. Ethnography 95 2.2. Case study 96 2.2.1. Selecting Tien Phong Case Study 101 2.2.2. Fieldwork reality 102 2.3. Document analysis 105 2.4. A final note on journalist-turned academic approach 109 CHAPTER IV: VIETNAMESE NEWS MEDIA STRATEGIES 112 1. Vietnamese news media’s strategies 112 1.1. News media’s strategies to cope with political control 112 1.2. News media’s strategies to cope with ownership control 118 1.3. Journalistic/professional strategies and practices to cope with political control, cost cuts and increased competition 121 1.4. Business strategies to cope with budget cuts and increased production costs 132 1.4.1. The Broadcasting Sector 133 1.4.2. The Online Sector 137 1.4.3. Vietnam News Agency (VNA) 139 1.4.4. The Print Sector 141 2. The print news media’s strategies 142 2.1. Some background about the print news media 142 2.2. Print news media strategies to survive and develop economically and professionally 146 2.2.1. Horizontal Integration of Content: diversified versus fragmented 147 2.2.2. Horizontal integration: Multi – Platform Strategies 154 2.2.3 Diagonal and vertical integration: expanding into other businesses 156 2.2.4. Increased Interactivity with the audience 158 4 2.2.5. Marketing, distribution and copy sales strategies 161 2.2.6. Advertising sales strategies 168 2.2.7. Other strategies 171 Summary 172 CHAPTER V: TIEN PHONG AND TUOI TRE’S NEWSROOM EFFICIENCY STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION 173 1. CASE 1: TIEN PHONG 176 1.1. Introduction 176 1.2. Newsroom efficiency management 178 1.2.1. Problems affecting newsroom efficiency 178 1.2.2. Strategy implementation and results 206 1.2.3. Change management, the issues of leadership and communication 218 1.2.4. Summary 225 2. CASE 2: TUOI TRE 227 2.1. Introduction 227 2.2. Newsroom efficiency management 229 2.2.1. Factors contributing to efficiency 229 2.2.2. Problems hindering efficiency 230 2.2.3 Strategies implementation and results 248 2.2.4. Change management and the role of communication 258 2.2.5. Summary 259 CHAPTER VI: CONCLUSION 261 1. Vietnamese news media’s strategies to cope with changing environment 261 2. Newsroom efficiency management 267 3. Conclusion 273 REFERENCES 278 APPENDICES 296 5 LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES Figure 1: Factors affecting newspapers 16 Figure 2: Internal factors affecting newsroom efficiency 17 Figure 3: Convergence Continuum 44 Figure 4: Exhibit: Strongest Correlates of Change Management 68 Figure 5: Burke-Litwin Causal Model of Performance and Change 70 Figure 6: Architecture of organistional variables responsible for the success of BBC News Online 71 Figure 7: Comparison of Tien Phong and Tuoi Tre newspapers 98 Figure 8: Top prints with rating of 9.0% or higher (claimed readers) 143 Figure 9: Tien Phong organisational structure 187 Figure 10: Tien Phong administrative structure (daily content) 194 Figure 11: Tien Phong news production decision make flow (daily print) 196 Figure 12: Number of articles received and published - March 2010 214 Figure 13: Tuoi Tre administrative structure 236 Figure 14: Tuoi Tre News Flow 238 Figure 15: Tuoi Tre’s simplified copy flow 243 Figure 16: Tuoi Tre New News Flow proposal 249 Table 1: Four models of organisational behavior 50 6 Acknowledgements I would like to thank my supervisors Paul Dwyer and Colin Sparks, who were always there for me, no matter if it was weekend or holiday, and who must have had heart- attacks due to my last-minute approach. Paul gave me a great guidance on the structure of the thesis and tremendous support with my study suspension due to family reasons. Colin generously spent his research budget on some of my overseas study trips. I also thank my supervisors and other professors, lecturers and staffs from CAMRI and the Research Office who were very supportive and patient with me. I am grateful to Le Xuan Trung, Doan Cong Huynh, Hoang Quoc Dung and many other journalists from Tuoi Tre, Tien Phong Newspapers and other media organisations in Vietnam for their support without which this study would have been impossible. And finally, I thank my dear husband for “pushing” me to finish this prolonged project! 7 Author’s Declaration I declare that all the material contained in this thesis is my own work. 8 CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION 1. Introduction Ten reporters from one news agency go to the same press conference? Not that unusual even if a bit extreme! Three or four reporters from a 65-staff newspaper go to the same small event such as a press conference or a building construction opening ceremony? Everyday life! At 8.30 am, an experienced three-member TV crew goes out in the channel’s logoed van with full equipment without any clue what they will be covering. Different topics are discussed on the way. The whole morning (in the van) is spent discussing, travelling here and there non-stop and waiting for news opportunities. After several failures, they decide to do a story that is suggested by the van driver. By 3pm, they manage to do a few ten-minute interviews for a 30-second report that is broadcast a few days later. Editors back at the station have no clue what they will get before they see the news packages that are video-edited just before air-time. Why surprise? Nothing new! Working as a journalist and journalism trainer in Vietnam for nearly two decades, I have often heard of or seen those types of practices. Many journalists go to the field without having discussed with their editors what news they will cover, leaving a lot of room for chance. Many editors wait in the office until almost deadline without knowing what the main story will be. A huge number of stories are written but never published, while the editors keep complaining about the shortage of stories supplied. Everyone sees that there is a clear communication problem at their workplace which leads to huge inefficiency, but no one acts to solve this problem.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • 2/503 Photo of the Month ~
    October 2012, Issue 46 Contact: [email protected] See all issues to date at the 503rd Heritage Battalion website: http://corregidor.org/VN2-503/newsletter/issue_index.htm _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ~ 2/503 Photo of the Month ~ The Aftermath C/2/503 troopers taking care of their buddies, circa ’66/’67. Photo by Jack Leide, CO C/2/503d. 2/503d VIETNAM Newsletter / October 2012 – Issue 46 Page 1 of 60 Boats could not be used and a helicopter was called, but Chaplain’s Corner its chance of success was not good, as the whipping snowstorm would be risky, just as it was when it brought the airplane down. Nevertheless, twenty minutes after He Died For Us the crash and as the sun was going down a rescue chopper came. One victim was hoisted out, and then as Once more into the battle…it was St. the cable was lowered again something miraculous Crispen’s Day - the year 1415. We’re happened. The man who grabbed it, passed it on to in France near Agincourt. The two “Cap” another who was hauled out. Again the cable was enemies, France and England, face one lowered and the man passed it on to another who was another, and exchanging taunts designed to provoke an lifted out. Again the same thing happened. As the attack. King Henry marches his force close enough to chopper seconds later wheeled to again drop the cable, allow his archers to unleash a hail of arrows upon the the man had vanished beneath the icy water. Who was French. The French knights charged forward only to be he? Arland Dean Williams, Jr.
    [Show full text]
  • 2/503D Photo of the Month ~ Aftermath of the Battle at Zulu Zulu, 16 March ‘66
    March-April 2019, Issue 85 See all issues to date at the 503rd Heritage Battalion website: Contact: [email protected] http://corregidor.org/VN2-503/newsletter/issue_index.htm ~ 2/503d Photo of the Month ~ Aftermath of The Battle at Zulu Zulu, 16 March ‘66 “It was fifty-three years ago on the afternoon of 16 March 66, when Sky Soldiers of the 2/503d loaded our wounded and dead onto Dust Offs at LZ Zulu Zulu in the “D” Zone jungle after being surrounded by and fending off enemy forces reported to be three-times our size. Our 2/503d and many of our attached units would be awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for acts of valor during that hellacious battle. SP4 Alfred Rascon (Capt.)*, HHC/1/503, would later be awarded the Medal of Honor for his acts of valor as he and his battalion rushed through the jungle to reinforce the 2/503d under attack.” * See Page 51 for Al’s MOH Citation 2/503d VIETNAM Newsletter / Mar.-Apr. 2019 – Issue 85 Page 1 of 92 We Dedicate this Issue of Our Newsletter in Memory and Honor of the Young Men of the 173d Airborne Brigade & Attached Units We Lost 50 Years Ago In the Months of March & April 1969 “So bury me with soldiers, please, though much maligned they be. Yes bury me with soldiers, for I miss their company. We'll not soon see their likes again; We've had our fill of war. But bury me with men like them, till someone else does more." Rev.
    [Show full text]
  • Ÿþm Icrosoft W
    Copernic Agent Search Results Search: China Mexico Canada troops (All the words) Found: 421 result(s) on All.Web Date: 3/27/2011 8:14:12 PM 1. Chinese Troops Seen in Mexico « CRISISBOOM Home > China, Mexico, military > Chinese Troops Seen in Mexico ... support that any of these accounts of chines troops and armored vehicles in Mexico or Canada ... http://crisisboom.com/2011/03/17/chinese-troops-mexico/ 92% 2. 100000 chinese troops now in mexico and canada to invade usa, for ... What I want to emphasize is that if Chinese troops are in Mexico and Canada at this time, and if Saudi Arabian Air Force pilots are going to ... http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message1400951/pg15 91% 3. Foreign Troops near or in USA NO Oct 16, 2005 ... Red China and Other Nations In The U.S. During The New World Order ... numbers of foreign TROOPS and equipment throughout the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. ... Armed Mexican TROOPS on US Soil. National Radio Broadcaster and ... http://www.abodia.com/911/Articles/1/Foreign_Troops.htm 90% 4. 100,000 chinese troops now in mexico and canada to invade usa ... Discussion about 100,000 chinese troops now in mexico and canada to invade usa, for the UN at the ... to fend from their troops, and ultimately we would have to go into China ... http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message1400951/pg1 89% 5. A planned Communist invasion of the United States and Canada from ... Dec 27, 2010 ... Invasion with troops and missiles. An ominous vision given to Veronica in 1977 .... The silent invasion: Is China preparing bases in Mexico? ..
    [Show full text]
  • Here Has Been a Collective Movement for Adoptees to Support Other Immigrants
    The name Testimony refers to people giving a formal Each testimony also offers some counterpoints account—in this case, of immigration to the United to the contemporary, deeply troubled dialogue around States, and specifically to the Bay Area. These formal immigration. When examined through the lens of indi- accounts come in the form of verbal narratives, visual vidual experiences, so many of our policies seem not portraits, and a selection of objects and ephemera just bad, cruel, or inefficient but truly absurd. What from each person’s life. seems clearest to me is that we need a new approach, The people in these pictures have welcomed me a new angle, a new set of ideas with which to engage into their homes to record them speaking about their the issues raised by human movement among nations. lives and make portraits of them. I want to say thank We desperately need to start asking different ques- you to each person who contributed to this work by tions. And listening to the answers. becoming a subject. That is a deeply generous act, and that generosity infuses the whole project. Thank you for being open, trusting, and willing to teach me. A project by Eliza Gregory Molly 4 Activist Poster “There has been a collective movement for adoptees to support other immigrants. There are Alma 6 some undocumented adoptees who have gotten deported, because their adoption paperwork was Jack 10 never legal. But most adoptees are documented. We do have citizenship. It makes you ask, What Khanh 12 does citizenship mean and who is it granted by and what makes you worthy?” —Molly, page 4 Nancy 18 Poster designed by HyunJu Chappell/Magna Citizen Studio for adopteerightscampaign.org.
    [Show full text]
  • Globalization, Diets and Noncommunicable Diseases World Health Organization
    World Health Organization Globalization, Diets and Noncommunicable Diseases World Health Organization Globalization, Diets and Noncommunicable Diseases Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health (NMH) Noncommunicable Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NPH) Globalization, Diets and Noncommunicable Diseases WHO Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Globalization, diets and noncommunicable diseases. 1. Diet 2. Nutrition 3. Food 4.Chronic disease – prevention and control. 4. Marketing 5. Developing countries. I. World Health Organization ISBN 92 4 159041 6 (NLM classification: QT 235) © World Health Organization 2002 All rights reserved. Publications of the World Health Organization can be obtained from Marketing and Dissemination, World Health Organization, 20 Avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland (tel: +41 22 791 2476; fax: +41 22 791 4857; email: [email protected]). Requests for permission to reproduce or translate WHO publications – whether for sale or for noncommercial distribution – should be addressed to Publications, at the above address (fax: +41 22 791 4806; email: [email protected]). The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the World Health Organization concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Dotted lines on maps represent approximate border lines for which there may not yet be full agreement. The mention of specific companies or of certain manufacturers’ products does not imply that they are endorsed or recommended by the World Health Organization in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned. Errors and omissions excepted, the names of proprietary products are distinguished by initial capital letters.
    [Show full text]
  • The Spirit of Adventure Is Heading This Way Without a Map
    Tuesday 15th July, 2008 7 The Spirit of Adventure is heading this way without a map And this weekend, more than 200 teams will set off on atch out. On the journey. Saturday, July 19th, a In 2004, one couple tried to Wlarge number of make it in a pink, Robin crazed Europeans are going Reliant three-wheeler, which to set off on a London to Asia only got as far Russia (and is trip. They are aiming for still in a parking lot there, Mongolia, but no one knows racking up a bill now close to where they’ll end up, as they 50 per cent of the country’s don’t have maps, air tickets, GDP). hotel bookings, or even prop- In 2005, the Johnstone Alexander Fleming er transport. brothers set off with a tool This is the true story of kit consisting of a screw driv- reached America had not the rediscovery of the Spirit er and a 60 cm piece of heat- Christopher Columbus set off of Adventure. ing pipe found in the back of for India in entirely the In 2001, two British men the car. They had no map, but wrong direction? were looking at their car, a wore nice tuxedos and had Would penicillin have been discovered had small and shabby Fiat 126, Christopher Columbus Archimedes Ulaanbaator written in biro wondering where to go for the on their arms. Alexander Fleming not gone In 2006, one man used a on holiday without washing evening. A reasonable answer more Asian. To get some- Honda C90, a tiny motorbike up his lab dishes? I heartily approve of this sort of reckless behav- would have been, “How about where, you just go.
    [Show full text]
  • Cathrin Skog En Av Favoriterna I Miss World 2006
    2006-09-18 11:21 CEST Cathrin Skog en av favoriterna i Miss World 2006 Cathrin Skog, 19 årig call-center agent från den lilla byn Nälden i närheten av Östersund är Sveriges hopp i årets Miss World 2006. Cathrins ambition i framtiden är att studera internationell ekonomi och hon älskar att måla och lyssna på musik, speciellt street, disco och funk. Hennes personliga motto i livet är att alltid se livet från den ljusa sidan och att aldrig ge upp. Finalen i Miss World 2006 kommer att hållas på lördagen den 30 september i Polen där den 56: e Miss World vinnaren kommer att koras av både en expertjury på plats och via internetröster från hela världen. Cathrin är en av förhandsfavoriterna och spelas just nu till 17 gånger pengarna. Miss Australien (Sabrina Houssami) och Miss Venezuela (Alexandra Federica Guzaman Diamante) delar på favoritskapet med spel till 8 gånger pengarna. För mer info om tävlingen, se www.missworld.com Odds Vinnarspel Miss World 2006 Miss Australia 8.00 Miss Venezuela 8.00 Miss Canada 11.00 Miss India 11.00 Miss Lebanon 13.00 Miss Angola 17.00 Miss Columbia 17.00 Miss Dominican Republic 17.00 Miss South Africa 17.00 Miss Sweden 17.00 Miss Mexico 19.00 Miss Philippines 19.00 Miss Puerto Rica 19.00 Miss Czech Republic 21.00 Miss Jamaica 21.00 Miss Martinique 21.00 Miss Spain 21.00 Miss Iceland 23.00 Miss Italy 26.00 Miss Panama 26.00 Miss Singapore 29.00 Miss Ukraine 29.00 Miss Brazil 34.00 Miss Chile 34.00 Miss China 34.00 Miss Greece 34.00 Miss Nigeria 34.00 Miss Peru 34.00 Miss Poland 34.00 Miss Turkey 34.00 Miss USA 34.00
    [Show full text]
  • Experience Local Festivals, Discover Ancient Cities and Explore These Three Exciting Countries, Off the Beaten Track
    VIETNAM, CAMBODIA & LAOSThe Insiders’ Guide Experience local festivals, discover ancient cities and explore these three exciting countries, off the beaten track. CHINA Sapa Welcome! MYANMAR Halong Bay Luang Namtha Hanoi Our local insiders share their Luang Prabang tips on the most incredible Vang Vieng experiences around Vietnam, Vientiane Cambodia and Laos, and that’ll Phong Nha take you off the well-trodden Banana Pancake Trail. Choose LAOS Da Nang the season you travel wisely, THAILAND & Overview Hoi An and you’ll experience unique Contents Pakse cultural events, go trekking, VIETNAM Si Phan Don Virachey rafting and camping in remote Battambang areas, or perhaps be lucky Siem Reap CAMBODIA Kampong Cham enough to spot a rare Irrawaddy Nha Trang dolphin in the Mekong River. Dalat Phnom Penh Sihanoukville Phan Thiet Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam Phu Quoc Can Tho Hanoi 28 Northern Vietnam 30 Cambodia Contents A Nomad’s Story 34 Overview 2 Cambodia 38 Don’t Miss: Vietnam 3 Phnom Penh 39 Don’t Miss: Cambodia 4 Northeast Cambodia 42 Don’t Miss: Laos 5 Siem Reap 47 Border Crossings 6 Northwest Cambodia 51 Visas 8 Sihanoukville & the South 54 When to Go 9 Laos Festivals Calendar 10 Laos 58 Transport 12 Vientiane 59 Food 13 Southern Laos 62 Sustainable Travel Tips 15 Luang Prabang 65 Safety and Scams 17 Northern Laos 68 Insurance Tips Vietnam 18 Essential insurance Tips 71 Ho Chi Minh City 19 Our Contributors 73 Southern Vietnam 21 See Our Other guides 73 Central Vietnam 24 Need an Insurance Quote? 74 Cover image: Getty Images / Pham Le Huong Son
    [Show full text]
  • The Cultural Production of Identities in Beauty Pageants Rebecca Chiyoko King-O’Riain* National University of Ireland
    View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by MURAL - Maynooth University Research Archive Library Sociology Compass 2/1 (2008): 74–83, 10.1111/j.1751-9020.2007.00056.x MakingBlackwOxford,SOSo17©J05610.No074???83???Origournal 51-90202007c1111/j vemC i oinal O lo berellg ComT theUK yArt.he17 PublishingCom2007 Perfecticles 51-9020.Aut pilat passhoio r nQueen ©2007 Lt 2007d .00056. Blackwx ell Publishing Ltd Making the Perfect Queen: The Cultural Production of Identities in Beauty Pageants Rebecca Chiyoko King-O’Riain* National University of Ireland Abstract Beauty queens are symbolic representations of collective cultural indentities and beauty pageants are fields of active ‘cultural production’. This article surveys the growing literature on beauty pageants to better understand how culture is pro- duced within the contexts of pageants. To do so, the article examines how beauty pageants operate as sites of commodification and consumption in a world increas- ingly influenced by global markets and media institutions. It also illustrates how culture is produced in beauty pageants by examining beauty pageants as sites of oppression, sites to articulate cultural agency, and sites of ethnic, gender, cultural, and sexual identity production. Beauty pageants, whether on the local or global stage, are lively sites for the production and contestation of cultural meanings. They are fascinating cases for sociologists interested in revealing the processes of collective cultural production. Following the turn from the sociology of culture to ‘cultural sociology’ (Becker 1984), studies of popular culture have moved to focus not just on cultural objects or symbols as texts, but also to delve into the processes of their production.
    [Show full text]
  • Jan-Feb 2017 Issue
    January-February 2017, Issue 71 See all issues at the 503rd PRCT Heritage Battalion website: Contact: [email protected] http://corregidor.org/VN2-503/newsletter/issue_index.htm ~ 2/503d Photo of the Month ~ General Ellis Williamson, Commander (L), 173d Airborne Brigade (Sep), issuing orders for Eagle Flights in Pleiku to 2/503 and other unit commanders. See Col. George Dexter’s report on Pages 56-66 herein. (From photo collection of Col. George Dexter, Bn CO, 2/503) 2/503d VIETNAM Newsletter / Jan.-Feb. 2017 – Issue 71 Page 1 of 79 We Dedicate this Issue of Our Newsletter in Memory of the Men of the 173d Airborne Brigade & Attached Units We Lost 50 Years Ago in the Months of January & February 1967 “Rest in peace in the shade of love from all your fellow countrymen. You are not forgotten. You honored us by your service and sacrifice and we now honor you each time we stand and sing the words ‘....the land of the free and the home of the brave.’” A fellow veteran Charles L. Raiford, Jr., PFC, 22 Stoves was riding inexplicably sank and Stoves was C/2/503, 1/1/67 washed away. Extensive search efforts were conducted, “Charles, You graduated 2 years and one man was located, but Stoves could not be prior to me from the same high found. There was no evidence of hostile action, and the school. I am committed to getting as reason for the sampan sinking was not determined. many photos uploaded as I can for all [Taken from pownetwork.org]” the heroes in my area.
    [Show full text]
  • An Exploration of the Experiences of Vietnamese Doctoral Students in Australia
    Becoming professional researchers: An exploration of the experiences of Vietnamese doctoral students in Australia Lily Thi Ha Nguyen Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) September 2018 Melbourne Graduate School of Education The University of Melbourne A thesis submitted in total fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy ABSTRACT Over the past two decades, a large number of Vietnamese students have travelled abroad to undertake advanced research degrees under a variety of scholarship programs, many of which are offered by the Vietnamese Government and its international partners. It is expected that their research training would contribute to the realisation of the national objectives of human resource development, towards attempts to industrialise and modernise Vietnam by 2020. Despite the growing number of students involved and the important role they play in the national socio-political development and scientific research capacity enhancement in Vietnam, little research has been done on this cohort. This thesis is an exploratory study of the lived experiences of Vietnamese international students who undertake their PhD studies in Australia. It focuses on the reconstruction of their identity as a result of their transnational experiences through and beyond doctoral education. Informed by theories of space, transnationalism and imagination, this thesis examines how the transnational experiences help the Vietnamese students in Australia to consider their studies, as well as their life and career into the future. Based on the data collected through semi-structured interviews with 38 Vietnamese doctoral students and recent graduates from various disciplines in Australian universities, this thesis thus explores how these students make complex meanings out of their transnational experiences.
    [Show full text]
  • Annual Report 2009
    DEVELOPMENT WORLDWIDE, CIVIC ASSOCIATION Annual Report 2009 DWW, Machova 23, 120 00 Praha 2, Czech Republic Phone/Fax: (+420) 222 513 123, 222 515 016 E-mail: [email protected] http://www.dww.cz Registered at the Ministry of Interior, VS/1-1/49232/02-R, identification number: 265 84 212 Bank account: CSOB, No. 176 358 591 / 0300 Introduction: „Challenges of the year 2009“ The year 2009 has been exceptional in many terms. The Czech Republic was the presiding country of the EU Council, and in the half of the relatively successful presidency, the country lost its government, early elections were prepared and cancelled, and consequences of the economic crisis came out. In the area of Czech foreign development co-operation, transformation continued in gradual steps, however, there were further reductions of the budget. A law concerning foreign development co-operation and humanitarian aid had been waiting for the right moment to be negotiated by the Parliament and discussion about a new concept began. In a quite unconceptual way, development co-operation with Vietnam was terminated suddenly in spite of the fact that the respective approved program was to be effective till 2010 and in spite of the fact that the Czech Republic, after five years of intensive work also carried out by our association, has become one of the most influential donors in the Vietnamese environmental sector and has proved knowledge that could have helped very much to eliminate consequences of dioxin spraying during the US-Vietnam war... In 2009, civil society organizations (CSOs) from all over the World joined the global process called the Open Forum for CSO Development Effectiveness in order to achieve a responsible, more active and self- confident involvement of CSOs in development co-operation, with emphasis being put on positive and long-term impacts on the life of people in developing countries.
    [Show full text]