ABSTRACT
This chapter presents some of Vietnamese family changes over the past few decades and the characteristics of the current Vietnamese family. Starting with some basic concepts, the content of the chapter then describes the basic characteristics of traditional Vietnamese families, followed by major socio-economic changes that underlie the changing of Vietnamese families. Finally the chapter figures out the changes as well as the current main features of the Vietnamese family that include demographic characteristics of the family, marriage and divorce, and interfamily relationships. The main sources of data used are national-scale statistics and the findings of large family surveys conducted in recent years.
