Vietnamese Family - Change from Tradition to Modernity

Abstract

Family is a cell of society, the first social institution contributing a fairly decisive part to build personality of each person. The family’s stability is the premise for the development of a civilized and wealthy society. Family organization exists and changes with the existence and change of the social life. Over the last years, Vietnamese society have seen vigorous changes in many aspects thereby Vietnamese family is in transition from traditional family to modern one. This article focuses on clarifying the concept of family, traditional Vietnamese family, features of traditional Vietnamese family, especially pointing out the changes from traditional Vietnamese family to Vietnamese family today.

Key word: Family, Vietnam, tradition, modern, change