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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">687860</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.54631/VS.2026.102-687860</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">Vietnamese family values and selective policy learning from Russian and soviet experience</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вьетнамские семейные ценности и селективная адаптация российского и советского политического опыта</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4542-2146</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Nguyen</surname><given-names>Duy Quynh</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Нгуен</surname><given-names>Зуи Куинь</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="VN">Viet Nam</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Ph.D (Political Science), Lecturer</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>канд. полит. наук, преподаватель</p></bio><email>quynhnd69@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Nguyen</surname><given-names>Trung Kien</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Нгуен</surname><given-names>Чунг Киен</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="VN">Viet Nam</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Ph.D (Philosophy), Lecturer</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>канд. филос. наук, преподаватель</p></bio><email>kienllct@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Vietnam National University, University of Social Sciences and Humanities</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Ханойский государственный университет, Университет общественных и гуманитарных наук</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2026-07-10" publication-format="electronic"><day>10</day><month>07</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>10</volume><issue>2</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en"/><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><fpage>48</fpage><lpage>58</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2025-07-18"><day>18</day><month>07</month><year>2025</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2026, Nguyen D., Nguyen T.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2026, Нгуен З., Нгуен Ч.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2026</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Nguyen D., Nguyen T.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Нгуен З., Нгуен Ч.</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/687860">https://vietnamjournal.ru/2618-9453/article/view/687860</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>This article examines how selected Russian and Soviet experiences in family governance may inform Vietnam's current search for culturally appropriate family support policies in the context of global integration. Using policy transfer theory and comparative-historical analysis, the study focuses on three policy-relevant dimensions of family life: eldercare, gendered care responsibilities, and intergenerational solidarity. It argues that although Russia's state-centred welfare trajectory offers important lessons in childcare provision, parental support, and eldercare organization, these measures cannot be directly transplanted into Vietnam's Confucian family-centred context. The article shows that selective adaptation, rather than institutional copying, is the most viable approach. It proposes a culturally grounded policy framework that combines community-based eldercare, affordable childcare, and a more balanced parental leave policy, while preserving the normative centrality of family responsibility.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>В статье рассматривается, каким образом отдельные элементы российского и советского опыта управления в семейной сфере могут быть использованы при разработке культурно адекватной политики поддержки семьи во Вьетнаме в условиях глобальной интеграции. На основе теории трансфера политики и сравнительно-исторического анализа исследование сосредоточено на трех значимых для социальной политики измерениях семейной жизни: уходе за пожилыми людьми, гендерном распределении обязанностей по уходу и межпоколенческой солидарности. Авторы доказывают, что, несмотря на важные уроки, которые дает российская траектория государственно-ориентированной социальной политики в области дошкольного образования, поддержки родителей и организации ухода за престарелыми, данные меры не могут быть непосредственно перенесены в специфический вьетнамский контекст, характеризующийся конфуцианской семейно-центричностью. В статье показано, что наиболее жизнеспособным подходом является селективная адаптация, а не механическое институциональное копирование. Предложена культурно обоснованная концептуальная модель семейной политики, сочетающая развитие систем ухода за пожилыми на уровне местных сообществ, доступные услуги по уходу за детьми и более сбалансированную систему отпусков по уходу за ребенком при сохранении нормативной центральности семейной ответственности.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>family values</kwd><kwd>policy transfer</kwd><kwd>eldercare</kwd><kwd>gender roles</kwd><kwd>Vietnam</kwd><kwd>Russia</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>семейные ценности</kwd><kwd>трансфер политики</kwd><kwd>уход за пожилыми</kwd><kwd>гендерные роли</kwd><kwd>Вьетнам</kwd><kwd>Россия</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><award-group><funding-source><institution-wrap><institution xml:lang="en">VNU University of Social Sciences and Humanities</institution></institution-wrap><institution-wrap><institution xml:lang="ru">Университет общественных и гуманитарных наук ХГУ</institution></institution-wrap></funding-source><award-id>USSH-2025.08</award-id></award-group><funding-statement xml:lang="en">This research paper is solely funded by VNU University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi, under project number USSH-2025.08.</funding-statement><funding-statement xml:lang="ru">Данное исследование выполнено при полной финансовой поддержке Университета общественных и гуманитарных наук ХГУ в рамках проекта № USSH-2025.08</funding-statement></funding-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Ashwin S. 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