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Education in Vietnam

Scholarly Books

  • 1. Phan, H. L. T., Tran, L. T., & Blackmore, J. (2024). Internationalisation of the Curriculum: A Comparative Perspective across Australian and Vietnamese Universities. Routledge.
  • 2. Luong, P, Nguyen, T., Tran, L. T., Nguyen, H., Dang, G. & Nguyen, H. (2023). Phát triển năng lực thích nghi với môi trường đa văn hóa cho sinh viên các chương trình đào tao quốc tế ở Việt Nam. NXB đại học sư phạm: Hanoi.
  • 3. Tran, L. T., Ngo, N., Nguyen, H. & Le, T. (2022). Employability in context: Graduate employability and labour market demands in Vietnam. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • 4. Tran, L. H. N. & Tran, L. T. (2020). Students’ experiences of teaching and learning reforms in Vietnamese universities. Abingdon: Routledge.
  • 5. Tran, L.T., Marginson, S., Do, H., Do, Q., Le, T., Nguyen, N., Vu, T., Pham, T. & Nguyen, H. (2014). Higher education in Vietnam: Flexibility, mobility and practicality in the global knowledge economy. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.

Edited Research Books

Research Book Chapters

  • 1. Nguyen, D. T. B., & Tran, L. T. (2024). Internationalisation of Higher Education in Vietnam: Policy, Practice, Opportunities and Challenges Prior to and Since COVID-19. In L. T. Tran, Zou, T. & Ota, H. (Eds) East and Southeast Asian Perspectives on the Internationalisation of Higher Education, 59-73. Routledge.
  • 2. Ngo, M. T., & Tran, L. T. (2023). Current English Education in Vietnam: Policy, Practices, and Challenges. In English Language Education for Graduate Employability in Vietnam (pp. 49-69). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-99-4338-8_3
  • 3. Nghia, T. L. H., Ngo, M. T., & Tran, L. T. (2023). Repositioning and Modifying the Contemporary Approach to English Language Education for Vietnamese Graduate Employability Enhancement. In English Language Education for Graduate Employability in Vietnam (pp. 355-380). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-99-4338-8_16
  • 4. Bui, H., & Tran, L. T. (2023). Decolonization and internationalization of higher education in Vietnam: A historical perspective. In Colonization and Epistemic Injustice in Higher Education (pp. 67-83). Routledge.
  • 5. Luong, P. M., Tran, L., Huyen, N. T. T., Trinh, N. T. M., & Giang, D. H. (2022). Solutions to students’ intercultural adaptability development in internationalised programmes of Vietnamese universities.
  • 6. Tran, L. T., & Do, T. T. Q. (2022). Higher education in Vietnam. In International Handbook on Education in South East Asia. In L. P. Symaco, & M. Hayden (Eds.), International Handbook on Education in South East Asia (pp. 1–25). Singapore: Springer Nature. doi: 10.1007/978-981-16-8136-3_40-1.
  • 7. Tran, L. T., Phan, H. & Bui, H. (2021). Geopolitics and Internationalization of Higher Education in Vietnam. In S. Marginson & X. Xu. (Eds) Changing Higher Education in East Asia. Bloomsbury.
  • 8. Nguyen, N. T. & Tran, L. T. (2019. Global forces and local demands in the Vietnamese higher education. In Nguyen, N. T. & Tran, L. T. (2019). (Eds.). Reforming Vietnamese Higher Education: Global Forces and Local Demands. Dordrecht: Springer.
  • 9. Nguyen, N. T., Tran, L. T. & Le, T. (2019).Work-integrated learning: Moving from the periphery to the centre of the curriculum. In Nguyen, N. T. & Tran, L. T. (2019, In press). (Eds.). Reforming Vietnamese Higher Education: Global Forces and Local Demands. Dordrecht: Springer.
  • 10. Tran, L. T. & Nguyen, H. T. (2018). Internationalisation of Vietnamese universities through using English medium instruction (EMI): Practices, tensions and implications for local language policies. In I. Liyanage. (Ed.).Multilingual education year book 2018. (pp.91-106). Dordrecht: Springer.
  • 11. Tran, L. T. & Marginson, S. (2018). Internationalisation of Vietnamese higher education: An overview. In L. T. Tran & S. Marginson. (2018). (Eds), Internationalisation in Vietnamese Higher Education. (pp.1-18). Dordrecht: Springer.
  • 12. Hoang, L., Tran, L. T. & Pham, H. (2018). Vietnam’s government policies and practices in internationalization of higher education. In L. T. Tran & S. Marginson.. (Eds), Internationalisation in Vietnamese Higher Education. (pp.19-42).Dordrecht: Springer.
  • 13. Tran, L. T. Phan, H. T. T. and Marginson, S. (2018). The ‘Advanced Programmes’ in Vietnam: Internationalising the curriculum or importing the ‘Best Curriculum’ of the West?. In L. T. Tran & S. Marginson. (Eds), Internationalisation in Vietnamese Higher Education. (pp.55-76). Dordrecht: Springer.
  • 14. Tran, L. T. & Marginson, S. (2018). Internationalisation of Vietnamese higher education: Possibilities, challenges and implications. In L. T. Tran & S. Marginson. (Eds), Internationalisation in Vietnamese Higher Education. (pp.253-257). Dordrecht: Springer.
  • 15. Gribble, C. & Tran, L. T. (2016). Connecting and reconnecting with Vietnam: Migration, Vietnamese overseas communities and social media. In C. Gomes. (Ed.), Multiethnic Southeast Asia and social media: Identity, ethnicity, community and migration (pp.63-86). London: Anthem Press.

Edited Book Chapters

  • 1. Tran, L. T., Nghia, T. L. H., & Ngo, M. T. (2023). The Nexus of English Education and Graduate Employability: The Need to Re-Position and Modify the Approach to English Education. In English Language Education for Graduate Employability in Vietnam (pp. 1-21). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-99-4338-8_1
  • 2. Phan, H. L. T., Nguyen, D. T. B., & Phung, D. T. (2023). English-Medium-Instruction in Vietnamese Universities: Pitfalls, Accomplishments, and Impact on Graduate Employability. In English Language Education for Graduate Employability in Vietnam (pp. 283-303). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-99-4338-8_13
  • 3. Ngo, M. T., & Tran, L. T. (2023). Current English Education in Vietnam: Policy, Practices, and Challenges. In English Language Education for Graduate Employability in Vietnam (pp. 49-69). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-99-4338-8_3
  • 4. Nghia, T. L. H., Ngo, M. T., & Tran, L. T. (2023). Repositioning and Modifying the Contemporary Approach to English Language Education for Vietnamese Graduate Employability Enhancement. In English Language Education for Graduate Employability in Vietnam (pp. 355-380). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-99-4338-8_16

Refereed Journal Articles

  • 1. Nguyen, T.. Hoang, T., Tran, L., & Blackmore, J. (2025). Adapting a European standard to assess English Foreign Language pre-service teachers’ language competence in Vietnam: Perspectives from universities and pre-service teachers. Current Issues in Language Planning. DOI: 10.1080/14664208.2025.2451454
  • 2. Tran, L. T., & Do, T. T. Q. (2024). Transforming and thriving: Australian students in Vietnam through the New Colombo Plan. Educational Review, 1-18.
  • 3. Luong, P.M., Tran, L.T., Nguyen, H.T., Tran, Y.T.H., Dang, G.H. and Vu, T.V. (2024), Intercultural adaptability development for students in internationalisation at home programmes in higher education in China and Korea, Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/HESWBL-10-2023-0284
  • 4. Luong, P. M., Tran, L. T., Nguyen, H. T. T., Ngo, N. T. H., Nguyen, T. T. M., Dang, G. H., & Nguyen, H. T. (2023). Student agency for intercultural adaptability in international programs: Insights into internationalization at home in Vietnam. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 96, 101855.
  • 5. Tran, L. T., & Bui, H. (2023). ‘It’s a few weeks I’ll cherish forever’: Transformative curriculum-specific learning, language awareness and cultural literacy development for Australian students in Vietnam through New Colombo Plan mobility programs. Research in Comparative and International Education, 18(2), 228-248. https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000923
  • 6. Tran, L. T. & Bui, H. (2021) International graduate returnees’ accumulation of capitals and (re)positioning in the home labour market in Vietnam: the explorer, the advancer or the adventurer?, Journal of Education and Work, DOI: 10.1080/13639080.2021.1943334
  • 7. Tran, L. T., Nghia, T. L. H., Nguyen, M., & Ngo, M. (2019). ‘Let go of out-of-date values holding us back’: Foreign influences on teaching-learning, research and community engagement in Vietnamese universities. Cambridge Journal of Education, 1-21.
  • 8. Khuong, C. & Tran, L. T. (2018). Internationalisation at home for tourism training programmes: case studies from Vietnam. Higher Education Evaluation and Development, 12(1), 19-35. https://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1108/HEED-01-2018-0003
  • 9. Nguyen, N., & Tran, L. T. (2017). Looking inward or outward? Vietnam higher education at the superhighway of globalization: culture, values and changes. Journal of Asian Public Policy, 11(1), 28-45.
  • 10. Tran, L. T., Ngo, M., Nguyen, N., & Dang, X. T. (2017). Hybridity in Vietnamese universities: an analysis of the interactions between Vietnamese traditions and foreign influences. Studies in Higher Education, 42(10), 1899-1916.
  • 11. Truong, L. B. & Tran, L. T. (2014). Students’ intercultural development in Vietnamese tertiary education. Language and Intercultural Communication. 14(2), 207-225.
  • 12. Pham, H. H. & Tran, L. T. (2013). Developing graduate skills, knowledge and attributes for the world of work: The case of the translation curriculum in Vietnam. Language, Culture and Society, Issue 36, 1-15.
  • 13. Tran, L. T. (2007). Learners’ motivation and identity in the Vietnamese EFL writing classroom. English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 5(3), 151-163

Research Reports, Good Practice Guides and
Submissions to Government Policy Review and Industry Publications

  • 1. Tran, L. T., Ngo, N. H. & Nguyen, H. M. T. (2018). Needs of and Gaps Encountered by Employers in the Northern Mountainous Region of Vietnam. Research Report to Aus4Skills Program. Ha Noi: Viet Nam.

Commentaries and Articles in Newspapers and Editorials