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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">The Russian Journal of Vietnamese Studies</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">The Russian Journal of Vietnamese Studies</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вьетнамские исследования</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="electronic">2618-9453</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the RAS</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">635208</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.54631/VS.2026.101635208</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Scientific researches</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Научные исследования</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Minimalism practice: identifying its behavioral representations through a survey of urban youth in Vietnam</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Практика минимализма: выявление ее поведенческих проявлений на основе опроса городской молодежи во Вьетнаме</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6071-895X</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Dao</surname><given-names>Thuy Hang</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Дао</surname><given-names>Тхюи Ханг</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="VN">Viet Nam</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Ph.D., University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Faculty of Sociology and Social Work</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>к.н., Университет общественных и гуманитарных наук, факультет социологии и социальной работы</p></bio><email>daothuyhang1906@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Vietnam National University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Ханойский государственный университет</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2026-04-01" publication-format="electronic"><day>01</day><month>04</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>10</volume><issue>1</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en"/><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><fpage>78</fpage><lpage>89</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2024-08-16"><day>16</day><month>08</month><year>2024</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2026, Dao T.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2026, Дао Т.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2026</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Dao T.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Дао Т.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://vietnamjournal.ru/2618-9453/article/view/635208">https://vietnamjournal.ru/2618-9453/article/view/635208</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>In the context of consumerist societies, minimalism has emerged as a contrasting lifestyle or a reaction to consumption-centric lifestyles. To understand the minimalism practice, this article used secondary document analysis to clarify its structure and indicators. This study proposed a structural approach to minimalism practice in terms of material and non-material aspects, rather than over-focusing on material dimensions and considering non-material ones as a consequence, as in previous studies. Using this comprehensive scale, this research conducted a survey via Google Forms with 196 voluntary respondents who are urban youth living in Hanoi and conducted 10 semi-structured interviews to collect information related to their minimalistic practices. As a result, the most common practices of a minimalistic lifestyle were easily integrated into daily activities such as buying essential products, higher-quality products, tidying up belongings, and regularly cleaning living and working spaces, while other practices were performed less frequently. Overall, Vietnamese urban youth in this study practice non-material minimalist behaviors more than material ones, which is a noteworthy finding of this research.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>В контексте потребительского общества минимализм возник как противоположный образ жизни или реакция на потребительский образ жизни. Для понимания практики минимализма в данной статье использован анализ вторичных документов для уточнения ее структуры и показателей. В исследовании предложен структурный подход к практике минимализма с точки зрения материальных и нематериальных аспектов, а не чрезмерное сосредоточение на материальных измерениях и рассмотрение нематериальных как следствия, что было характерно для предыдущих исследований. Используя эту всеобъемлющую шкалу, в исследовании проанализирован опрос с помощью Google Forms среди 196 добровольцев — городской молодежи, проживающей в Ханое, и проведено 10 полуструктурированных интервью для сбора информации, касающейся их минималистских практик. В результате наиболее распространенными практиками минималистского образа жизни оказались легко интегрированные в повседневную деятельность такие действия, как покупка товаров первой необходимости, товаров более высокого качества, уборка личных вещей и регулярная уборка жилых и рабочих помещений, в то время как другие практики выполнялись реже. В целом, вьетнамская городская молодежь в этом исследовании чаще практикует нематериальное минималистское поведение, чем материальное, что является важным результатом данного исследования.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>minimalistic lifestyle practices</kwd><kwd>minimalist behavioral representations</kwd><kwd>minimalism practice</kwd><kwd>Vietnamese urban youth</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>практики минималистического образа жизни</kwd><kwd>минималистические поведенческие представления</kwd><kwd>практика минимализма</kwd><kwd>городская молодежь Вьетнама</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><funding-statement xml:lang="en">This research was funded by the University of Social Sciences and Humanities (USSH) - Vietnam National University under grant number CS.2023.27.</funding-statement><funding-statement xml:lang="ru">Данное исследование было профинансировано Университетом общественных и гуманитарных наук — Ханойским государственным университетом в рамках гранта номер CS.2023.27.</funding-statement></funding-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Altinbasak F. 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