Projects
Initiatives / Innovations / Impacts
Embedded Files
👉 https://openvietnamese.com/vnmGlobalDirectory.html
Global Directory of Vietnamese Language Programs
Status: Ongoing | Timeline: 2026-presentGlobal Directory of Vietnamese Language Programs
Global Directory of Vietnamese Language Programs is an interactive web directory listing 151 universities and colleges across 30+ countries that offer Vietnamese language instruction. Built and curated by Dr. Huy Phung, it features a searchable/filterable table, an interactive map (Leaflet.js + OpenStreetMap), and stats — designed as an open resource hosted at openvietnamese.com and embedded in GUAVA and Digitizing Vietnam.
👉 https://www.instagram.com/uncviet
UNC Vietnamese Language Program
Status: Ongoing | Timeline: 2025-presentUNC Vietnamese Language Program
The UNC Vietnamese Language Program fosters real-world proficiency and humanistic growth, teaching not just what students can do in Vietnamese, but who they can become through Vietnamese. The program serves as a vital hub of connection and belonging for all whose lives touch Vietnam.
- Developed new content courses: ASIA324 Vietnamese Foodways & ASIA 238 Vietnamese Pop Culture
- Developing a Minor in Vietnamese Language & Culture (ongoing)
- Initiating NC Viet Studies Network (NCVN) connecting scholars in the Triangle and beyond.
👉 phunghuy.com or hoantn.net
History of Vietnamese Language Teaching (VLT)
Status: Ongoing | Timeline: 2024-present | Collaborators: Hoan NguyenHistory of Vietnamese Language Teaching (VLT)
History of VLT is a historical study of how Vietnamese has been taught and learned beyond its native-speaking communities. Spanning four centuries and multiple continents, the project examines the people, institutions, and materials that shaped Vietnamese as a foreign and heritage language in missionary, colonial, Cold War, diasporic, and contemporary settings.
Status: Ongoing | Timeline: 2025-present | Collaborators: Chung Nguyen, An Sakach
The VietTBLT Initiative focuses on advancing task-based language teaching (TBLT) for Vietnamese through three interconnected pillars: research, pedagogy, and community with a mission to create practical, research-informed instructional materials and foster a network of teachers committed to meaningful, communicative learning. See current and past projects https://www.viettblt.com/projects
This OER Project received a grant from The Less Commonly Taught and Indigenous Languages Partnership, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and housed in the Center for Language Teaching Advancement (CeLTA) at Michigan State University. The project involves creating an open intermediate-level Vietnamese textbook following a Task-Based Language Teaching approach.
GUAVA Refresh
Status: Ongoing | Timeline: 2021-2027 GUAVA Refresh
Serving as a board member of GUAVA and working closely with the board to initiate new changes (Newsletters and e-Newsletters, Website, Connect, Award, Highlight).
Migrating the GUAVA website to open-source Wordpress to serve as a resource hub for VLT. Designing, updating, curating resources. Collaborating with Digitizing Vietnam to curate and share resources.
Editing and designing the GUAVA Newsletter, a professional space for Vietnamese teaching professionals (five issues).
Curating and publishing monthly e-Newsletters to keep members and friends staying connected. Sign up here to receive my monthly updates about Vietnamese language education via GUAVA.
Vietnamese@UHM
Status: Complete | Timeline: 2020-2022 Vietnamese@UHM
Taught VIET201-202 Remotely
- Designing and implementing fully technology-mediated task-based courses (Intermediate VIET201/202) with the Four Strands framework.
Revitalized Advanced Vietnamese Courses:
- Developed and taught advanced Vietnamese language courses, funded by a seed grant from CSEAS Hawai'i.
- Successfully revived the courses after a 5-year hiatus (2015-2020) due to low enrollment.
Developed new Cultural Course:
- Led the development of a (now popular) English-language course on Vietnamese Food, Music, and Rituals.
Student Support and Outreach:
- Developed and administered a placement/proficiency exam for students.
- Revamped the program website into a student-centered information hub with a mailing list and active social media channels.
- Implemented an outreach plan, including school visits and language tabling events (see attached flyer).
- Mentored a group of students in forming a Vietnamese club, a Registered Independent Organization at UHM (half-done before I left for UCSD)
The Vietnamese Circle
Status: on hold, inactive | Timeline: 2018 The Vietnamese Circle
Vietnamese Community Building Initiative:
Piloted a community-building project to connect Vietnamese-speaking individuals in Hawai'i through folk games, traditional celebrations, and cultural conversations.
Co-organized the Vietnamese Folk Games with UHM graduate students and the East-West Center fellows.
Facilitated cultural discussions at Paradise Palms and other locations.
This initiative will be integrated into a larger community engagement project in the future.
Vietnamese Folk Games Day/Festival
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