Đặng Phong

Đặng Phong (1937–2010) was a Vietnamese economic historian.

Đặng Phong
Đặng Phong in 2010.
Born(1937-11-04)November 4, 1937
Hà Tây, Vietnam
DiedAugust 20, 2010(2010-08-20) (aged 72)
Hanoi, Vietnam
Nationality Vietnam
Academic career
Institution
  • Vietnam Institute of Economics
  • Tạp chí Thị trường & Giá cả [Markets and Prices Review] (1983–1995)
  • Euro Economic Subcommittee – Viet III, Amsterdam (1997)
Alma mater

Born in Hà Tây Province, Đặng Phong graduated from Hanoi University in 1960 then National Economics University in 1964. He then worked as researcher at Vietnam Institute of Economics from 1961 to 2000. He also taught at the Hanoi University of Business and Technology from 1996 to 2009 and was a visiting lecturer to various universities outside Vietnam. Throughout his life, he wrote more than 30 academic works, many of which focus on Vietnam's economic history, its centrally planned economy period and its transition to market economy. He is regarded by some to have been "a living dictionary of Vietnam's economy" and a "top economic historian".[1][2][3]

Early life

Đặng Phong was born on November 4, 1937, in Hà Tây.[lower-alpha 1][1][5] He had a Bachelor of Arts in history at Hanoi University in 1960 and graduated from National Economics University, Planning Faculty in 1964.[1]

Career

Đặng Phong worked as an economist specializing in economic history for Vietnam Institute of Economics.[6][1] He also served as Vice Editor-in-chief of journal Tạp chí Thị trường & Giá cả (Markets and Prices Review) during 1983–1995, collaborator of French National Centre for Scientific Research, Chairman of the Euro Economic Subcommittee – Viet III, Amsterdam in 1997, consultant of Cuban Academy of Sciences.[4][7] In 1988, State Committee for Markets and Prices assigned him to compete for a scholarship to France, which he won. He spent some time studying at Institut Agricole Méditerranéen in Montpellier.[1][4]

Researching economic history

While working on his book Kinh tế thời nguyên thủy ở Việt Nam, his wife sold emptied milk cans to buy champagne, rolls of cotton fabric, chocolate. Đặng Phong then brought these to South Vietnam, selling them to earn living income.[2] Upon Vietnam's reunification in 1975, he conducted research on Vietnam's economic history using the archive left behind by South Vietnam government. This is their researches, plans and strategies on developing agriculture, industry and education which Đặng Phong deemed to be detailed and can serve as part of his own post-war development plan for Vietnam.[6]

His book Lịch sử kinh tế Việt Nam was published in 2000, in a review for Lao Động the newspaper, Y Trang considered Đặng Phong so far has been a non-notable historian, attributing the causes to economic history field not being much appreciated.[8] Throughout his life, Đặng Phong wrote many books and articles on Vietnam's economic history, economy of South Vietnam, the centrally planned economy period and the transition period to market economy.[9] The book Tư duy Kinh tế Việt Nam was published in 2008,[8] in which Đặng Phong presented a systemic arrangement of Vietnam's economic mindset developments during 1975–1989 together with critical documents from the Central Committee.[10] According to Đặng Phong, "economic mindset decides economic policies. Many of Vietnam's ups and downs depend on economic mindset." and the biggest difficulty is lacking research materials.[11] In a review for Lao Động the newspaper, Y Trang described Đặng Phong as a "lively and quite contemporary historian".[8]

Having dedicated more than 40 years for academic researching, Đặng Phong is called "a living dictionary of Vietnam's economy".[1][2][3] Trần Phương saw Đặng Phong as someone with "serious scientific manner", "digging diligently to the roots of the events in order to represent historical events faithfully". Nguyễn Gia Kiểng praised the diversity of documents, "accompanied by accurate and sharp judgments".[12] During the preparation process, Đặng Phong collected documents and had access to high-ranking politicians of the state.[13] Economic professor Nguyễn Thị Hiền noted Đặng Phong for having "a rich literary mind and a very sharp synthesis ability".[14]

Researching history and teaching

Đặng Phong's book Chuyện Thăng Long – Hà Nội qua một đường phố was published in 2010. It is a research on Lê Duẩn street in Hanoi, inspired by the book Histoire de Hanoi by French historian Philippe Papin. Writing for Tuổi Trẻ Online, Thu Hà found the familiar "calmness, depth of Đặng Phong's scholarly and commentary style" can still be found in this book, yet in a "softer, more revealing" way.[15] Đặng Phong expressed his wish that the book become an anniversary work for the Millennial Anniversary of Hanoi (which was later fulfilled).[16]

Đặng Phong taught at Đại học Kinh doanh và Công nghệ Hà Nội (HaNoi University of Business and Technology). He was also visiting lecturer at University of Aix-en-Provence (2007), University of Cambridge (2005), University of Macquarie, Sydney (1996, 2000), The Australian National University (1994), University of Irvine California (1994).[1][17] After being called "professor" by Vietnamese media multiple times, Đặng Phong clarified in 2017 that he is not a professor and has never been granted professor title.[17]

Family and death

Đặng Phong's brother is Đặng Vũ. His daughter is Đặng Lê Chi.[18]

Đặng Phong died of illness on August 20, 2010. In December 2010, Chuyện Thăng Long – Hà Nội qua một đường phố was launched on 100th day in memoriam of him.[16][15] Prior to his death, he expressed his desire to write a book series about economic history and economic mindset of Vietnam with other Vietnamese economic historians.[3]

Legacy

One year after his death, Phan Châu Trinh Culture Foundation, Tri Thức Publishing House and Vietnam Institute for Economic & Policy Research co-organized a talk show in memory of Đặng Phong. The talk show affirms his contributions to the economic history research field and confirms that his influence will continue to spread to younger academic generations.[18][19][20][21][22]

Bibliography

Đặng Phong dedicated more than 40 years of his life on researching. Many of his works are published as physical books, while many other are preserved.[19]

Notes
  1. Some other newspaper articles claim that Đặng Phong was born in 1939.[2][4]

References
  1. "Sử gia kinh tế hàng đầu Đặng Phong qua đời". Vietnamnet. August 20, 2010. Archived from the original on June 4, 2021. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  2. Bích Nga (September 2, 2020). "Giáo sư Đặng Phong – Người viết lịch sử kinh tế Việt Nam". Kinh doanh và Phát triển Điện tử. Archived from the original on June 4, 2021. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  3. Anh Vũ (August 20, 2010). "Giáo sư Đặng Phong - sử gia kinh tế hàng đầu Việt Nam qua đời". Thanh Niên Online. Archived from the original on June 4, 2021. Retrieved June 4, 2021. cuốn từ điển sống về kinh tế Việt Nam
  4. V.V.Thành (August 20, 2010). "Giáo sư Đặng Phong qua đời". Tuổi Trẻ Online. Archived from the original on June 4, 2021. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  5. "Đặng, Phong". Library of Congress. Archived from the original on June 4, 2021. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  6. Mai Kim Đỉnh (August 20, 2010). "Di sản của GS Đặng Phong". BBC News Tiếng Việt. Archived from the original on June 4, 2021. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  7. Thụy My (August 21, 2010). "Giáo sư Đặng Phong qua đời tại Hà Nội, thọ 71 tuổi". RFI. Archived from the original on July 16, 2021. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  8. Y Trang (September 28, 2008). "Một nhà viết sử sống động". Lao Động Online. No. Lao Động Cuối tuần số 39. Archived from the original on 2009-01-07. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  9. Kỳ Duyên (August 20, 2010). "Chuyên gia về đổi mới kinh tế Đặng Phong qua đời". VNExpress. Archived from the original on July 16, 2021. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  10. Lam Điền (August 29, 2008). "Tư duy kinh tế Việt Nam". Tuổi Trẻ Online. Archived from the original on July 16, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
  11. "Giai đoạn trăn trở và khai phá". BBC Tiếng Việt. December 3, 2008. Archived from the original on July 16, 2021. Retrieved July 15, 2021. tư duy kinh tế quyết định chính sách kinh tế. Rất nhiều thăng trầm của VN là lệ thuộc vào tư duy kinh tế.
  12. Nguyễn Gia Kiểng. "Tưởng nhớ Đặng Phong, một trí tuệ và một tấm lòng". Thông Luận. October 6, 2010. Archived from the original on 2014-10-01. Retrieved July 15, 2021. kèm theo những nhận định chính xác và sắc bén
  13. "Giáo sư Đặng Phong qua đời". Tiền phong Online. August 20, 2010. Archived from the original on July 16, 2021. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  14. Đoan Trang (August 27, 2011). "Sử kinh tế, khó ai qua GS Đặng Phong". Báo pháp luật Điện tử TP.HCM. Archived from the original on September 11, 2014. Retrieved June 4, 2021. người có tư duy giàu tính văn học và khả năng tổng hợp rất sắc sảo
  15. Thu Hà (2010-11-26). "Đặng Phong kể chuyện một con đường" [Đặng Phong tells stories about a street]. Tuổi Trẻ Online. Archived from the original on 2021-05-11. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  16. NXB Tri thức. "Tài liệu giới thiệu sách Chuyện Thăng Long – Hà Nội qua một đường phố". Archived from the original on July 16, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
  17. Nguyễn Tuân (April 12, 2017). "Xin đừng gọi tôi là Giáo sư!". Infonet. Archived from the original on June 4, 2021. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  18. "Hình ảnh Seminar thứ Sáu: Tưởng nhớ 1 năm ngày mất nhà nghiên cứu Đặng Phong". NXB Tri thức. October 1, 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  19. "Toạ đàm tưởng nhớ 1 năm ngày mất nhà nghiên cứu Đặng Phong". Báo điện tử Đảng Cộng sản Việt Nam. August 26, 2011. Archived from the original on June 4, 2021. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  20. Thu Hà (August 27, 2011). "Tọa đàm tưởng nhớ GS Đặng Phong". Tuổi Trẻ Online. Archived from the original on July 16, 2021. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  21. "Tọa đàm kỷ niệm 1 năm ngày mất cố giáo sư Đặng Phong". Thể thao & Văn hóa. August 27, 2011. Archived from the original on July 16, 2021. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  22. "Tọa đàm tưởng nhớ 1 năm ngày mất của nhà nghiên cứu Đặng Phong". Viện Nghiên cứu Kinh tế & Chính sách. September 1, 2012. September 2012. Archived from the original on July 16, 2021. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
  23. Hòa Ca (2010-12-03). "Ra sách về con đường Lê Duẩn của cố giáo sư Đặng Phong" [Book of Đặng Phong is now launched]. VNExpress. Archived from the original on 2021-05-11. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
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