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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">690510</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.54631/VS.2025.93-690510</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>History, archeology, religion, culture</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>История, археология, религия, культура</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">Promoting the “soft power” of Vietnam and the Russian Federation in the framework of cooperation in culture, education, tourism, and language learning amid geopolitical changes</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Продвижение "мягкой силы" Вьетнама и Российской Федерации в рамках сотрудничества в области культуры, образования, туризма и изучения языка в условиях геополитических изменений</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Dang</surname><given-names>Hoa Thi Phuong</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Данг</surname><given-names>Хоа Тхи Фыонг</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="VN">Viet Nam</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Associate Professor, PhD in Economics, Senior Researcher, Center for Russian and CIS Studies, Institute for European and American Studies</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>доцент, д. э. н., старший научный сотрудник Центра исследований России и стран СНГ, Институт европейских и американских исследований</p></bio><email>hoajp@yahoo.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Вьетнамская академия общественных наук</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2025-10-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>10</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>9</volume><issue>3</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en"/><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><fpage>98</fpage><lpage>110</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2025-09-17"><day>17</day><month>09</month><year>2025</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2025, Dang H.T.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2025, Данг Х.Т.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Dang H.T.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Данг Х.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/690510">https://vietnamjournal.ru/2618-9453/article/view/690510</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>In the context of global geopolitics with complex structural shifts, strengthening multilateral cooperation and effectively promoting soft power has become a strategic direction for many countries. The paper is based on the original definition of soft power and the foundation of relations between Vietnam and the Russian Federation to analyze the possibility of promoting the soft power of the two countries through cultural, educational, tourism and language dissemination cooperation in the current geopolitical context. Updating secondary documents in Russian, Vietnamese, English, especially documents from 2022-2025, based on the practice of cooperation between the two countries, with a systematic and interdisciplinary approach, the article synthesizes and focuses on explaining the obstacles to cooperation in each field (culture, education, tourism), identifies the causes of those obstacles, and points out that language barriers are the key to cooperation fields along with many other obstacles. The article proposes a number of new groups of solutions to promote the soft power of the two countries through culture, education, tourism and language dissemination. The bases for proposing solutions are based on the results of an overview of research, on Vietnam’s latest development viewpoint and leadership guidelines. The article concludes that in the context of fierce international competition, Vietnam and Russia need to quickly innovate their thinking, elevate cooperation in the direction of interdisciplinary - creative - digital - linked to development strategy, the two countries can firmly consolidate their comprehensive strategic partnership.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>В условиях сложных структурных сдвигов в глобальной геополитике укрепление многостороннего сотрудничества и эффективное продвижение «мягкой силы» стало стратегическим выбором многих стран. В статье детерминированы первоначальное определение «мягкой силы» и основы отношений между Вьетнамом и Российской Федерацией. Исходя из этого, проведен анализ возможностей продвижения «мягкой силы» двух стран посредством сотрудничества в области культуры, образования, туризма и распространения языков в современном геополитическом контексте. Опираясь на вторичные документы на русском, вьетнамском и английском языках, особенно за период 2022–2025 годы, с учетом практики сотрудничества двух стран, применяя системный и междисциплинарный подходы, автор синтезирует их и фокусируется на объяснении препятствий для сотрудничества в каждой области (культура, образование, туризм), выявляет причины этих препятствий и указывает, что языковые барьеры являются ключевым фактором сотрудничества наряду со многими другими препятствиями. Предложены новые решения для продвижения «мягкой силы» двух стран посредством культуры, образования, туризма и распространения языков. Сделан вывод о том, что в условиях жесткой международной конкуренции Вьетнаму и России необходимо быстро внедрять инновации, развивать сотрудничество в междисциплинарном, творческом, цифровом направлении, согласовывая его со своей стратегией развития, чтобы обе страны могли прочно укрепить свое всеобъемлющее стратегическое партнерство.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Vietnam - Russia</kwd><kwd>cultural and educational cooperation</kwd><kwd>tourism cooperation</kwd><kwd>language dissemination</kwd><kwd>soft power</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>Вьетнам – Россия</kwd><kwd>культурное и образовательное сотрудничество</kwd><kwd>сотрудничество в сфере туризма</kwd><kwd>распространение языка</kwd><kwd>мягкая сила</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Báo cáo về tình hình dạy và học tiếng Nga tại Việt Nam. Du học Nga (2021), August 5. 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