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Tran Thi Minh Thi


Tran Thi Minh Thi

Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences | Vietnam

Biography

Tran Thi Minh Thi is the Director of the Institute for Family and Gender Studies, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences. She gained Master degree of Sociology at the University of Washington, US and PhD degree of Sociology at Kyoto University, Japan. She is a principal member in studies on gender, welfare, care, community development, health, and family. Her recent studies on the elderly issues included: “Construction of effective network for well-being of the leftbehind elderly in rural community through cooperative studies between Ha Tinh and Quang Ngai provinces, Vietnam and Minamata city, Japan” funded by TOYOTA in 2015; “Elderly Care in Transforming Vietnam: Policy and Structural Perspectives”. 2015-2016, funded by Vietnam Government in 2016-2016; and “Strengthening social engagement in elderly care in changing economic and family structure in Asia: Policy and practical dialogues between local communities in Vietnam and Japan”, funded by the Toyota Foundation in 2017-2018.

Abstract

Abstract : Institutional and cultural perspectives in elder care in Asia: A comparison of Japan and Vietnam