This volume "Vietnam in History and Transformation: Selected Readings" has been the first ever collection of papers written by the faculty of VNU-University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi (VNU-USSH) with the aim to introduce some selected research results to international audiences. The content of the first volume covers a wide range of fields of social sciences and humanities, and it could be divided into two main parts, namely "Vietnam in History" of five papers focusing mainly on different topics on Vietnamese history and "Vietnam in Transformation" with coverage of six papers...