Institute of Literature
Viện Văn học
Street address: 20 Lý Thái Tổ, Quận Hoàn Kiếm, Hà Nội, Việt Nam
Telephone: 84 (0) 4 825 2895, 84 (0) 4 825 3548
Fax: 84 (0) 4 825 0385
Proprietor: Việt Nam Academy of Social Sciences
Contact: TS Phan Trọng Thưởng Director and Editor, Văn học (Literature) Magazine
Telephone: 84 (0) 4 825 9007, 84 (0) 91 330 3211 (mobile)
Contact: PGS TS Trương Đăng Dung Deputy Director
Telephone: 84 (0) 4 825 9006
Established in 1959, the Institute of Literature conducts research to collect, summarise and evaluate the Vietnamese literary heritage, including traditional and contemporary, oral and written literature. At the same time it studies world literature with a view to enriching the national literature with the best selected from overseas work. The Institute is charged with organising and conducting research on different writers, different literary works, tendencies and periods, interpreting important theoretical and practical issues, collecting literature materials, evaluating the scientific preciseness and value of material for research and compiling large collections of literary works and literary histories. The Institute issues various publications, including the monthly Văn học (Literature) Magazine:
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