Promoting the role of social scientific intellectuals for the country’s development after 15 years of implementing Resolution No. 27 of the 10th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam on building a contingent of intellectuals in the country’s industrialization and modernization process

This paper presents an overview of social science and the social scientific intellectuals in Vietnam. Then, the paper analyzes the criteria for evaluating the contribution of social scientific intellectuals, introduces an overview on the development of the social scientific intellectuals and the current contribution of the social scientific intellectuals to Vietnam’s development over the past time. The paper also points out problems that Vietnam need to resolve in order to promote the role of the social scientific intellectuals in the county’s development in the new period.