@article{ART003366003},
author={Hue Thi Lam and Kien Trung Nguyen},
title={State Healthcare and National Integration: The Case of Vietnam’s Central Highlands since 1975},
journal={SUVANNABHUMI},
issn={2092-738X},
year={2026},
volume={18},
number={2},
pages={71-94},
doi={10.22801/svn.2026.18.2.71}
TY - JOUR
AU - Hue Thi Lam
AU - Kien Trung Nguyen
TI - State Healthcare and National Integration: The Case of Vietnam’s Central Highlands since 1975
JO - SUVANNABHUMI
PY - 2026
VL - 18
IS - 2
PB - Korea Institute for ASEAN Studies
SP - 71
EP - 94
SN - 2092-738X
AB - This study examines the multifaceted role of state healthcare as an instrument of national integration in the Central Highlands of Vietnam in the immediate years since the unification of the country in 1975. The research focuses on elucidating how the state intervened in the healthcare system to realize its governance objectives and ethnic integration in this strategic frontier region. The article adopts a political-historical research method through archival analysis, primarily drawing on primary documents preserved at the National Archives Center III. The key findings indicate that Vietnam’s healthcare policy toward the upland regions served a dual purpose: to extend administrative presence and to foster social cohesion through a humanitarian welfare mechanism. Based on these findings, the study proposes a post-Scottian reading of the highlands, characterized by a strategic integration of state control and welfare. This research suggests that healthcare service should be considered as an effective instrument for the state to build trust and foster stability and sustainable integration in the multi-ethnic regions.
KW - Central Highlands;Primary healthcare;Postwar health;Legibility;Biopower
DO - 10.22801/svn.2026.18.2.71
ER -
Hue Thi Lam and Kien Trung Nguyen. (2026). State Healthcare and National Integration: The Case of Vietnam’s Central Highlands since 1975. SUVANNABHUMI, 18(2), 71-94.
Hue Thi Lam and Kien Trung Nguyen. 2026, "State Healthcare and National Integration: The Case of Vietnam’s Central Highlands since 1975", SUVANNABHUMI, vol.18, no.2 pp.71-94. Available from: doi:10.22801/svn.2026.18.2.71
Hue Thi Lam, Kien Trung Nguyen "State Healthcare and National Integration: The Case of Vietnam’s Central Highlands since 1975" SUVANNABHUMI 18.2 pp.71-94 (2026) : 71.
Hue Thi Lam, Kien Trung Nguyen. State Healthcare and National Integration: The Case of Vietnam’s Central Highlands since 1975. 2026; 18(2), 71-94. Available from: doi:10.22801/svn.2026.18.2.71
Hue Thi Lam and Kien Trung Nguyen. "State Healthcare and National Integration: The Case of Vietnam’s Central Highlands since 1975" SUVANNABHUMI 18, no.2 (2026) : 71-94.doi: 10.22801/svn.2026.18.2.71
Hue Thi Lam; Kien Trung Nguyen. State Healthcare and National Integration: The Case of Vietnam’s Central Highlands since 1975. SUVANNABHUMI, 18(2), 71-94. doi: 10.22801/svn.2026.18.2.71
Hue Thi Lam; Kien Trung Nguyen. State Healthcare and National Integration: The Case of Vietnam’s Central Highlands since 1975. SUVANNABHUMI. 2026; 18(2) 71-94. doi: 10.22801/svn.2026.18.2.71
Hue Thi Lam, Kien Trung Nguyen. State Healthcare and National Integration: The Case of Vietnam’s Central Highlands since 1975. 2026; 18(2), 71-94. Available from: doi:10.22801/svn.2026.18.2.71
Hue Thi Lam and Kien Trung Nguyen. "State Healthcare and National Integration: The Case of Vietnam’s Central Highlands since 1975" SUVANNABHUMI 18, no.2 (2026) : 71-94.doi: 10.22801/svn.2026.18.2.71
