Occupation: Han Nom Industry

Work to be done: Research and teach Han Nom and literature at all levels.Requirements on capacity and personality:

• Careful, meticulous, creative.
• Love traditional culture, want to maintain cultural continuity between tradition and modernity.

Recruitment agencies:

• University and college lecturer on Han Nom at: Han Nom Department of University of Social Sciences and Humanities - Vietnam National University, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Hue University of Sciences; Faculty of Literature of Hanoi National University of Education, Vinh University, Da Nang University, Can Tho University, universities and colleges in other provinces...
• Literature teacher at high schools of all levels nationwide.
• If you want to be a researcher, the Institute of Han Nom Studies (183 Dang Tien Dong, Hanoi) is a reputable address and regularly accepts Han Nom graduates. In addition, many units under the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (Institute of Literature, Institute of History, Institute of Religion, Institute of Languages, Institute of Southeast Asia...) also need Han Nom experts.

Career Development Prospects: Society is increasingly aware of the value of tradition, which is an opportunity for those who teach and research Han Nom. Many recruiting units still lack highly qualified Han Nom intellectual human resources to do research and teaching work.

Work to be done:Doing the work of archiving, preserving, editing and promoting the value of traditional national culture at cultural management units at all levels, state archives agencies...Requirements on capacity and personality:

• Love traditional culture, have awareness of preserving and promoting traditional culture.
• If you enjoy traveling, this career is perfect for you.

Recruitment agencies:

• Department of Heritage, National Archives;
• Department of Culture - Sports - Tourism of provinces, District Cultural Office...;
• Provincial and District Monument Management Boards…

Career Development Prospects: Cultural management plays an important role in preserving and promoting traditional cultural values. If you are good at Han Nom and love traditional national culture, cultural management units at all levels are always reliable places for you to find a stable job and have opportunities for advancement.

Work to be done: Your deep Vietnamese and Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary will enable you to do well in editing - a very popular profession in today's diverse media society.Requirements on capacity and personality:

• You need to be precise and meticulous;
• Right from when you are a student, you should pay attention to cultivating your Sino-Vietnamese vocabulary to be able to express your mother tongue in a rich and flexible way;
• You also need to learn some editing skills.

Recruitment agencies:

• Publishing houses (Literature editorial department, Vietnamese language, Chinese translation and Han Nom translation...);
• Newspaper offices;
• Radio stations, television stations, media companies, websites…

Career Development Prospects:

• In an information-exploding society, editing is an attractive profession with many job opportunities.
• The hiring unit will certainly be interested in your rich Vietnamese language skills and your knowledge of traditional culture. That is the advantage of Han Nom learners when working as editors!

• Translating Han Nom texts (historical and philosophical works, genealogies, horizontal lacquered boards, parallel sentences, etc.) at translation companies. These ancient works are a big challenge for modern Chinese learners, but are a familiar task for Han Nom learners.
• Modern Chinese translation for recruitment agencies (translation agencies, joint ventures with China or Taiwan...).
• Han Nom cultural consulting for design and construction fields (through scientific knowledge of yin and yang, five elements...)
• Some jobs in tourism and culture...