Ethnic, Religious and Social Bases of Community in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam

该项目将促进对越南快速发展地区的了解，澳大利亚在该地区投入了大量的发展援助资源，澳大利亚公司与该地区的贸易和投资活动不断增长。湄公河三角洲是一个多元文化和宗教多样性的地区，与该国其他地区非常不同。然而，我们对三角洲地区为何经济如此发达，为何众多种族和宗教群体之间几乎没有冲突，却知之甚少。该项目将提高澳大利亚作为越南社会科学研究世界领导者的声誉。

This project will promote understanding of a fast developing region of Vietnam in which large amounts of Australian development aid resources have been spent and with which Australian companies have growing trade and investment activities. The Mekong delta is a multicultural and religiously diverse area, very different from other parts of the country. Yet we know very little about why the delta is so economically productive and why there has been little conflict between its many ethnic and religious groups. This project will advance Australia's reputation as a world leader in social scientific research on Vietnam.