Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences

Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS) is a department of the Vietnamese government responsible for studying key social science issues in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

Leaders

 * Trần Huy Liệu: 1953-1959
 * Nguyễn Khánh Toàn: 1967-1982
 * Đào Văn Tập: 1982-1985
 * Phạm Như Cương: 1985-1990
 * Đặng Xuân Kỳ: 1990-1991
 * Nguyễn Duy Quý: 1991-1993, 1993-2003
 * Đỗ Hoài Nam: 2003-2008, 2008-2011
 * Nguyễn Xuân Thắng: 2011-2013, 2013-2016
 * Nguyễn Quang Thuấn: 2016-2019
 * Bùi Nhật Quang: 2019–2022
 * Đặng Xuân Thanh: 2022-2023
 * Phan Chí Hiếu: 2023–present

Structure

 * 1) Institute of Anthropology
 * 2) Institute of Family and Gender Studies
 * 3) Institute of Archaeology
 * 4) Institute for Royal Citadel Studies - Viện NC Kinh thành
 * 5) Southern Institute of Sustainable Development
 * 6) Institute for Sustainable Development of the Central Region (Viện Khoa học xã hội vùng Trung Bộ)
 * 7) Institute for Sustainable Development of the Central Highland- Viện Khoa học xã hội vùng Tây Nguyên
 * 8) Institute of World Economics and Politics
 * 9) Vietnam Institute of Economics
 * 10) Institute of State and Law
 * 11) Institute for Human Studies
 * 12) Institute of European Studides
 * 13) Institute of African and Middle East Studies
 * 14) Vietnam Institute of American Studies
 * 15) Viện Nghiên cứu Đông Bắc Á
 * 16) Institute for Southeast Asian Studies
 * 17) Institute of Indian and Southwest Asian Studies
 * 18) Institute of Hán-Nôm Studies (Viện nghiên cứu Hán Nôm)
 * 19) Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development
 * 20) Institute for Religious Studies
 * 21) Institute for Chinese Studies
 * 22) Institute of Culture Studies
 * 23) Institute of Linguistics
 * 24) Institute of History
 * 25) Institute of Psychology
 * 26) Institute of Social Sciences Information
 * 27) Institute of Philosophy
 * 28) Viện Từ điển học và Bách khoa thư Việt Nam
 * 29) Institute of Literature
 * 30) Institute of Sociology
 * 31) Centre for Analysis and Forecasting
 * 32) Vietnam Museum of Ethnology
 * 33) Vietnam Social Science Review
 * 34) Social Sciences Publishing House
 * 35) Encyclopedia Publishing House
 * 36) Graduate Academy of Social Sciences
 * 37) Centre for Sustainable Development Policy Studies