How do the Vietnamese people remember and narrate the events of the Vietnam War?

本研究的目的是澄清越南人如何记忆和叙述越南战争期间发生的事件。虽然离那一天已经过去了25年多，但许多越南人仍然清楚地记得战争期间发生的事情。日本人主要是从美国人的角度来理解这场战争，比如通过好莱坞电影，其中的故事背景就是越南战争。因此，对我们来说，了解越南人民的观点也很重要。我把注意力集中在那些直接经历过战争的越南人的叙述上；这些人包括前北越士兵、前南越士兵、普通公民和前往其他国家的难民。我在越南进行了七次实地调查，在美国进行了一次实地调查。我特别关注解放日在西贡的人们的叙述，以及在顺化参加反政府或反战运动的个人的叙述。这份报告包括一些已经发表的论文，我即将出版的书的一部分手稿，实地研究的日常记录，以及一些采访的协议。从这些数据中得出了一些观点，包括确定前北越士兵关系的叙述模式，以及解放日在西贡的人的叙述主题的变化。这项研究的主题非常广泛，与21世纪的世界性问题有关。预计本文提出的研究问题将需要在未来进行进一步的研究。

The purpose of this study was to clarify how Vietnamese people remember and narrate events that occurred during the Vietnam War. Although more than a quarter of a century has passed since that day, many Vietnamese people can vividly remember events that occurred during the war. The Japanese people have understood this war mainly from the American perspective, through Hollywood films, for example, in which the background for the story is the Vietnamese War. It is important, therefore, for us to understand the perspective of the Vietnamese people as well. I focused my attention on the narratives of Vietnamese people who had had direct experience of the war ; these individuals included former North Vietnamese soldiers, former South Vietnamese soldiers, ordinary citizens, and refugees who went to other countries. I conducted seven field research operations in Vietnam and one field research operation in the United States. I paid special attention to the narratives of people who were in Saigon on liberation day, and to those of individuals who participated in the anti-government or anti-war movements in Hue. This report includes some papers that have already been published, a manuscript that forms a part of my forthcoming book, the daily records of field research, and the protocols of some of the interviews. A number of points have been derived from the data, including the identification of narrative patterns in the relations of former North Vietnamese soldiers, as well as variations on a theme in the narratives of those who were in Saigon on liberation day. The theme of this research is very broad, and connected to worldwide problems in the 21st century. It is expected that the research questions raised here will require further investigation in the future.