Interesting and Useful Web
Sites
VIET NAM PAGES
A quick note: When searching for materials on Viet Nam, the majority of
materials you will come across on the Web are concerned with the Viet Nam War
(ca. 1954-1975). However, with some persistent searching, you will be able to
track down some very useful pre-modern sources. Highly polemical sites also
abound. Surf carefully!
1. WC3/ANU- Vietnam WWW VL (http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVLPages/VietPages/WWWVL-Vietnam.html)
This is an extremely useful, and nearly comprehensive list of resources
pertaining to the study of Viet Nam. The home site for this page is Australia
National University in Canberra, AU. A search of these resources will turn up
practically anything you could want to find.
2. Viet Nam (http://www.viettouch.com) This site is
designed and maintained by Chi D. Nguyen, who has included a number of very
interesting essays on Vietnamese history, the arts, architecture, poetry and
culture. It is a visually stunning site that may not translate well on
text-only browsers.
3. Buddhism in Vietnam (http://ssd1.cas.pacificu.edu/as/students/vb/index.htm)
This site is maintained by Suzanne and Laura Clark, who both seem to take great
acre in presenting these resources for public use. This is a good place to
start any search for materials concerned with Buddhism's spread in Viet Nam.
4. Vietgate: Gateway to the
On-line Vietnamese Community (http://www.vietgate.net)
This is a colorful and well-designed site for resources pertaining to
modern-day Viet Nam, as well as various overseas Vietnamese communities
world-wide.
5. Edwin Moise’s Vietnam War
Bibliography
(http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~eemoise/bibliography.html)
This site is maintained by Edwin Moise, Professor of Asian History at Clemson
College. It contains an excellent list of resources on all aspects of French
and US military involvement in Viet Nam.
6. Truyền
Hinh VNN Internet (http://www.vnntelevision.net) This VN Government media site
contains links to recent feature films and current TV programming, all streaming
in their entirety. A very interesting
window on contemporary pop and high culture in modern Vietnamese media.
1.
The South China Morning Post Internet Edition (http://www.scmp.com/) The SCMP is one of the
best sources of up-to-date news and information for both East Asia and
Southeast Asia. For the purposes of our class, this site offers very little
historical information. However, for anyone curious about current affairs in
the region, this on-line newspaper offers news and analysis to quench one's
thirst for facts and background.
2.
Southeast Asia Web: General Resources on Southeast Asia (http://www.gunung.com/seasiaweb/general.html)
This site is a good place to look for general information on a variety of
Southeast Asian topics. Here you will also find links to research collections
around the world. Such information is not too useful for our intensive course
(you won't have enough time to borrow many of these materials). However, for
those of you who are interested in continuing your study of Southeast Asia,
this site will point in the direction of good universities and other
institutions to visit.
3.
Southeast Asia Online (http://www.wisc.edu/ctrseasia/online.html)
This web site is maintained by the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at
the University of Wisconsin-Madison. This is another important resource for
information of all kinds.
4.
World Factbook (CIA) (http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html)
Not surprisingly, the CIA maintains a web site containing current facts on
countries around the globe.