Luong Thi Hong
Lương Thị Hồng

Lương Thị Hồng is a senior researcher at the Institute of History, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences. She graduated with a Bachelor of History and then a Master’s in the same major from the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University (Hanoi). She received her PhD in Vietnamese History from the Graduate Academy of Social Sciences (VASS). Her specialized subject is the Contemporary History of Vietnam (after 1945) with specific issues of the Vietnam War and the connection between Vietnam and other socialist countries during the Cold War. With extensive experience in utilizing primary archival materials and oral histories, her research explores the Vietnamese perspectives of the Vietnam War and its intricate and multidisciplinary facets of the war in military, political, social, economic, and cultural fields. She recently expanded her interests to women and gender as categories of analysis to understand the war. During her time at Harvard-Yenching Institute, her work unearths new insights into the hidden morale of enlisting, fighting, and sustaining efforts among Vietnamese women during and after the Vietnam War.