M&igrave;nh l&agrave; Nguy&#7877;n Cao H&ugrave;ng, hi&#7879;n t&#7841;i l&agrave; tr&#7907; l&yacute; nghi&ecirc;n c&#7913;u t&#7841;i vi&#7879;n Hoover, &#272;&#7841;i h&#7885;c Stanford (M&#7929;) v&agrave; nghi&ecirc;n c&#7913;u vi&ecirc;n c&#7897;ng t&aacute;c t&#7841;i trung t&acirc;m Nghi&ecirc;n c&#7913;u qu&#7889;c t&#7871; (SCIS) - &#272;&#7841;i h&#7885;c Khoa h&#7885;c X&atilde; h&#7897;i v&agrave; Nh&acirc;n v&#259;n TP.HCM. &#272;&#7889;i v&#7899;i nhi&#7873;u b&#7841;n tr&#7867;, c&ocirc;ng vi&#7879;c nghi&ecirc;n c&#7913;u khoa h&#7885;c h&#7859;n v&#7851;n c&ograve;n l&agrave; m&#7897;t l&#7921;a ch&#7885;n l&#7841; l&#7851;m nh&#432;ng nghe kh&aacute; th&uacute; v&#7883;. V&#7899;i t&#432; c&aacute;ch l&agrave; m&#7897;t nghi&ecirc;n c&#7913;u vi&ecirc;n tr&#7867; chuy&ecirc;n v&#7873; l&#7883;ch s&#7917; ngo&#7841;i giao, m&igrave;nh xin chia s&#7867; m&#7897;t s&#7889; tr&#7843;i nghi&#7879;m v&agrave; g&oacute;c nh&igrave;n v&#7873; c&ocirc;ng vi&#7879;c h&#7885;c thu&#7853;t, &#273;&#7863;c bi&#7879;t trong l&#297;nh v&#7921;c khoa h&#7885;c x&atilde; h&#7897;i v&agrave; nh&acirc;n v&#259;n, trong kho&#7843;ng h&#417;n hai n&#259;m l&agrave;m vi&#7879;c v&#7915;a qua.&nbsp;N&#7871;u so s&aacute;nh v&#7899;i c&aacute;c l&#297;nh v&#7921;c v&#7873; k&#7929; thu&#7853;t hay khoa h&#7885;c t&#7921; nhi&ecirc;n, th&igrave; vi&#7879;c nghi&ecirc;n c&#7913;u v&agrave; gi&#7843;ng d&#7841;y v&#7873; khoa h&#7885;c x&atilde; h&#7897;i v&agrave; nh&acirc;n v&#259;n c&oacute; l&#7869; kh&ocirc;ng &#273;&#432;&#7907;c ch&uacute; tr&#7885;ng kh&ocirc;ng ch&#7881; &#7903; Vi&#7879;t Nam m&agrave; c&ograve;n &#7903; nhi&#7873;u qu&#7889;c gia kh&aacute;c. Th&#7921;c ch&#7845;t, m&#7895;i l&#297;nh v&#7921;c &#273;&#7873;u c&oacute; m&#7897;t vai tr&ograve; ri&ecirc;ng v&agrave; b&#7893; tr&#7907; l&#7851;n nhau, n&ecirc;n thi&#7871;u s&oacute;t b&#7845;t k&#7923; c&aacute;i n&agrave;o &#273;&#7873;u kh&ocirc;ng &#7893;n. N&#7871;u k&#7929; thu&#7853;t v&agrave; khoa h&#7885;c t&#7921; nhi&ecirc;n nghi&ecirc;ng v&#7873; c&aacute;c ph&aacute;t minh th&#7921;c ti&#7877;n gi&uacute;p c&#7843;i ti&#7871;n ch&#7845;t l&#432;&#7907;ng cu&#7897;c s&#7889;ng, th&igrave; khoa h&#7885;c x&atilde; h&#7897;i v&agrave; nh&acirc;n v&#259;n l&#7841;i gi&uacute;p nu&ocirc;i d&#432;&#7905;ng t&acirc;m h&#7891;n v&agrave; s&#7921; th&#7845;u c&#7843;m c&#7911;a con ng&#432;&#7901;i v&#7873; x&atilde; h&#7897;i.Tuy nhi&ecirc;n, v&igrave; l&#297;nh v&#7921;c khoa h&#7885;c x&atilde; h&#7897;i v&agrave; nh&acirc;n v&#259;n r&#7845;t r&#7897;ng, &#273;&ocirc;i khi ki&#7871;n th&#7913;c l&#7841;i h&#417;i tr&#7915;u t&#432;&#7907;ng v&agrave; kh&ocirc;ng &#7913;ng d&#7909;ng tr&#7921;c ti&#7871;p v&agrave;o cu&#7897;c s&#7889;ng n&ecirc;n &#273;&#7889;i v&#7899;i nhi&#7873;u b&#7841;n tr&#7867;, vi&#7879;c l&#7921;a ch&#7885;n theo &#273;u&#7893;i l&#297;nh v&#7921;c n&agrave;y h&#417;i kh&oacute; kh&#259;n. Th&#7921;c t&#7871;, sinh vi&ecirc;n t&#7889;t nghi&#7879;p l&#297;nh v&#7921;c n&agrave;y c&oacute; r&#7845;t nhi&#7873;u c&#417; h&#7897;i ngh&#7873; nghi&#7879;p v&igrave; c&aacute;c b&#7841;n &#273;&#432;&#7907;c &#273;&agrave;o t&#7841;o kh&#7843; n&#259;ng t&#7921; h&#7885;c t&#7889;t v&agrave; th&iacute;ch &#7913;ng nhanh trong c&aacute;c m&ocirc;i tr&#432;&#7901;ng c&ocirc;ng vi&#7879;c kh&aacute;c nhau.&nbsp;Ri&ecirc;ng v&#7873; c&ocirc;ng vi&#7879;c nghi&ecirc;n c&#7913;u, v&igrave; t&iacute;nh ch&#7845;t &#273;&#7863;c th&ugrave; ph&#7843;i &#273;&#7885;c-vi&#7871;t li&ecirc;n t&#7909;c v&agrave; th&aacute;ch th&#7913;c v&#7873; m&#7863;t tr&iacute; tu&#7879;, n&ecirc;n s&#7889; ng&#432;&#7901;i theo &#273;u&#7893;i n&oacute; kh&ocirc;ng nhi&#7873;u. M&igrave;nh n&#7857;m trong s&#7889; &iacute;t kho&#7843;ng h&#417;n 5% s&#7889; l&#432;&#7907;ng t&acirc;n c&#7917; nh&acirc;n t&#7889;t nghi&#7879;p kh&oacute;a 2017 khoa Quan h&#7879; Qu&#7889;c t&#7871; &ndash; &#272;&#7841;i h&#7885;c Khoa h&#7885;c X&atilde; h&#7897;i v&agrave; Nh&acirc;n v&#259;n TP.HCM l&#7921;a ch&#7885;n con &#273;&#432;&#7901;ng n&agrave;y. M&igrave;nh &iacute;t khi b&#7883; &aacute;p l&#7921;c hay c&#7843;m th&#7845;y bu&#7891;n ch&aacute;n trong c&ocirc;ng vi&#7879;c do b&#7843;n th&acirc;n th&iacute;ch &#273;&#7885;c s&aacute;ch v&agrave; vi&#7871;t l&aacute;ch. Vi&#7879;c nghi&ecirc;n c&#7913;u v&#7899;i m&igrave;nh l&agrave; m&#7897;t h&agrave;nh tr&igrave;nh t&#7921; kh&aacute;m ph&aacute;, ki&#7871;n t&#7841;o v&agrave; &#273;&oacute;ng g&oacute;p tri th&#7913;c m&#7899;i cho nh&acirc;n lo&#7841;i. Ngo&agrave;i ra, c&ocirc;ng vi&#7879;c nghi&ecirc;n c&#7913;u c&#361;ng ph&#7909;c v&#7909; cho c&ocirc;ng t&aacute;c gi&#7843;ng d&#7841;y t&#7841;i b&#7853;c &#272;&#7841;i h&#7885;c v&agrave; sau &#272;&#7841;i h&#7885;c. Do &#273;&oacute;, song song v&#7899;i vai tr&ograve; nghi&ecirc;n c&#7913;u vi&ecirc;n, m&igrave;nh c&ograve;n t&#7915;ng &#273;i tr&#7907; gi&#7843;ng m&#7897;t s&#7889; m&ocirc;n chuy&ecirc;n ng&agrave;nh t&#7841;i khoa Quan h&#7879; Qu&#7889;c t&#7871; nh&#7857;m c&#7911;ng c&#7889; ki&#7871;n th&#7913;c chuy&ecirc;n m&ocirc;n v&agrave; gi&uacute;p lan t&#7887;a gi&aacute; tr&#7883; c&#7911;a tri th&#7913;c &#273;&#7871;n c&aacute;c b&#7841;n sinh vi&ecirc;n nhi&#7873;u h&#417;n.&nbsp;<figure class="image image-style-side"><img src="/upload/files/IMG-1154-min.JPG"><figcaption>Cao H&ugrave;ng trong vai tr&ograve; tr&#7907; gi&#7843;ng m&ocirc;n &#272;&agrave;m ph&aacute;n Qu&#7889;c t&#7871; n&#259;m 2017.</figcaption></figure>V&#7899;i m&igrave;nh, l&#7883;ch s&#7917; ngo&#7841;i giao nh&#432; m&#7897;t t&#7845;m g&#432;&#417;ng soi chi&#7871;u qu&aacute; kh&#7913; v&agrave; ph&#7847;n n&agrave;o kh&#7855;c h&#7885;a c&aacute;c ch&iacute;nh s&aacute;ch &#273;&#7889;i ngo&#7841;i t&#432;&#417;ng lai. S&#7921; ph&aacute;t tri&#7875;n quan h&#7879; ngo&#7841;i giao song ph&#432;&#417;ng l&agrave; m&#7897;t qu&aacute; tr&igrave;nh di&#7877;n ti&#7871;n l&#7883;ch s&#7917; v&#7899;i nh&#7919;ng cung b&#7853;c th&#259;ng tr&#7847;m, m&agrave; s&#7917; gia ph&#7843;i t&igrave;m t&ograve;i, ph&acirc;n t&iacute;ch v&agrave; h&#7879; th&#7889;ng h&oacute;a c&aacute;c s&#7917; li&#7879;u &#273;&#7875; c&#7889; g&#7855;ng v&#7869; n&ecirc;n m&#7897;t b&#7913;c tranh to&agrave;n di&#7879;n nh&#7845;t c&oacute; th&#7875; v&agrave; r&uacute;t ra &#273;&#432;&#7907;c nh&#7919;ng th&ocirc;ng &#273;i&#7879;p, b&agrave;i h&#7885;c kinh nghi&#7879;m. T&#7915; &#273;&oacute; gi&uacute;p &iacute;ch cho qu&aacute; tr&igrave;nh ho&#7841;ch &#273;&#7883;nh c&aacute;c ch&iacute;nh s&aacute;ch ngo&#7841;i giao m&#7899;i c&oacute; chi&#7873;u s&acirc;u v&agrave; t&iacute;nh k&#7871; th&#7915;a hay t&iacute;nh &#273;&#7893;i m&#7899;i.Trong c&ocirc;ng vi&#7879;c, m&igrave;nh may m&#7855;n c&oacute; c&#417; h&#7897;i ti&#7871;p c&#7853;n c&aacute;c t&agrave;i li&#7879;u s&#7917; h&#7885;c hi&#7871;m hoi v&agrave; h&#7841;n ch&#7871;, c&#361;ng nh&#432; &#273;&#432;&#7907;c t&#432;&#417;ng t&aacute;c v&#7899;i c&aacute;c nh&acirc;n v&#7853;t l&#7883;ch s&#7917; v&agrave; k&#7871;t n&#7889;i v&#7899;i nh&#7919;ng &#273;&#7891;ng nghi&#7879;p gi&#7887;i giang. Nh&#7901; &#273;&oacute;, m&igrave;nh &#273;&atilde; thay &#273;&#7893;i nhi&#7873;u v&#7873; t&#432; duy s&#7917; h&#7885;c - v&#7889;n r&#7845;t d&#7877; b&#7883; &#273;&oacute;ng khu&ocirc;n theo nh&#7919;ng t&#432;&#7901;ng thu&#7853;t l&#7883;ch s&#7917; kinh &#273;i&#7875;n trong s&aacute;ch v&#7903; ph&#7893; th&ocirc;ng, ph&aacute;t tri&#7875;n k&#7929; n&#259;ng t&#432; duy ph&#7843;n bi&#7879;n, l&agrave;m vi&#7879;c &#273;&#7897;c l&#7853;p v&agrave; &#273;&#432;&#7907;c tham gia v&agrave;o c&aacute;c h&#7897;i th&#7843;o, di&#7877;n &#273;&agrave;n h&#7885;c thu&#7853;t trong v&agrave; ngo&agrave;i n&#432;&#7899;c nh&#7857;m trao &#273;&#7893;i &yacute; ki&#7871;n c&aacute; nh&acirc;n v&agrave; n&acirc;ng cao chuy&ecirc;n m&ocirc;n.&nbsp;<figure class="image image-style-side"><img src="/upload/files/IMG-0139-min.JPG"><figcaption>M&#7897;t bu&#7893;i giao l&#432;u v&agrave; th&#7843;o lu&#7853;n chuy&ecirc;n m&ocirc;n v&#7899;i c&aacute;c &#273;&#7891;ng nghi&#7879;p</figcaption></figure><figure class="image image-style-side"><img src="/upload/files/IMG-1948-min(1).jpg"><figcaption>Cao H&ugrave;ng c&ugrave;ng c&aacute;c &#273;&#7891;ng nghi&#7879;p t&#7841;i h&#7897;i th&#7843;o nghi&ecirc;n c&#7913;u v&#7873; Chi&#7871;n tranh Vi&#7879;t Nam - &#272;H Texas Tech (M&#7929;) n&#259;m 2019. &#272;&acirc;y l&agrave; m&#7897;t trong nh&#7919;ng h&#7897;i th&#7843;o l&#7899;n nh&#7845;t v&agrave; uy t&iacute;n c&#7911;a M&#7929; v&#7873; Chi&#7871;n tranh Vi&#7879;t Nam</figcaption></figure>&#272;i&#7873;u tuy&#7879;t v&#7901;i nh&#7845;t khi l&agrave;m nghi&ecirc;n c&#7913;u ch&iacute;nh l&agrave; s&#7921; t&#7921; do, c&#7843; v&#7873; ngh&#297;a &#273;en l&#7851;n ngh&#297;a b&oacute;ng. M&igrave;nh c&oacute; th&#7875; linh &#273;&#7897;ng s&#7855;p x&#7871;p c&ocirc;ng vi&#7879;c theo l&#7883;ch c&aacute; nh&acirc;n v&agrave; kh&ocirc;ng b&#7883; gi&#7899;i h&#7841;n v&#7873; th&#7901;i gian l&agrave;m vi&#7879;c. &#272;i&#7873;u n&agrave;y r&#7845;t quan tr&#7885;ng v&igrave; vi&#7879;c vi&#7871;t l&aacute;ch c&#7847;n nhi&#7873;u s&#7921; t&#7853;p trung v&agrave; trau chu&#7889;t, n&ecirc;n m&igrave;nh kh&ocirc;ng mu&#7889;n d&ograve;ng suy ngh&#297; b&#7883; &#273;&#7913;t qu&atilde;ng b&#7903;i y&#7871;u t&#7889; th&#7901;i gian. Ch&#432;a k&#7875; b&#7841;n c&ograve;n c&oacute; th&#7875; &#273;&#7849;y nhanh ti&#7871;n &#273;&#7897; c&ocirc;ng vi&#7879;c khi c&#7847;n thi&#7871;t ho&#7863;c ngh&#7881; ng&#417;i nhi&#7873;u h&#417;n nh&#7919;ng l&uacute;c qu&aacute; c&#259;ng th&#7859;ng. Ngo&agrave;i ra, s&#7921; t&#7921; do v&#7873; h&#7885;c thu&#7853;t l&agrave; y&#7871;u t&#7889; kh&ocirc;ng th&#7875; thi&#7871;u &#273;&#7889;i v&#7899;i m&#7897;t nh&agrave; nghi&ecirc;n c&#7913;u. B&#7841;n t&#7921; ch&#7911; &#273;&#7897;ng l&ecirc;n &yacute; t&#432;&#7903;ng nghi&ecirc;n c&#7913;u, tho&#7843;i m&aacute;i ph&aacute;c th&#7843;o v&agrave; hi&#7879;n th&#7921;c h&oacute;a n&oacute; m&agrave; kh&ocirc;ng ph&#7843;i ch&#7883;u s&#7921; t&aacute;c &#273;&#7897;ng, chi ph&#7889;i b&#7903;i ng&#432;&#7901;i kh&aacute;c.Tuy nhi&ecirc;n, c&ocirc;ng vi&#7879;c nghi&ecirc;n c&#7913;u c&#361;ng c&oacute; m&#7897;t s&#7889; m&#7863;t h&#7841;n ch&#7871; nh&#7845;t &#273;&#7883;nh. Ch&iacute;nh s&#7921; t&#7921; do v&agrave; tho&#7843;i m&aacute;i qu&aacute; c&#361;ng c&oacute; th&#7875; khi&#7871;n hi&#7879;u su&#7845;t c&ocirc;ng vi&#7879;c th&#7845;p n&#7871;u b&#7841;n kh&ocirc;ng c&oacute; t&iacute;nh k&#7927; lu&#7853;t b&#7843;n th&acirc;n v&agrave; kh&#7843; n&#259;ng qu&#7843;n l&yacute; th&#7901;i gian t&#7889;t. &#272;i&#7873;u n&agrave;y c&oacute; ngh&#297;a l&agrave; b&#7841;n ph&#7843;i &#273;&#7863;t ra nh&#7919;ng m&#7909;c ti&ecirc;u c&ocirc;ng vi&#7879;c r&otilde; r&agrave;ng v&agrave; th&#7921;c s&#7921; cam k&#7871;t v&#7899;i ch&iacute;nh m&igrave;nh &#273;&#7875; ho&agrave;n th&agrave;nh ch&uacute;ng. B&ecirc;n c&#7841;nh &#273;&oacute;, b&#7841;n ph&#7843;i l&agrave;m quen v&#7899;i s&#7921; c&ocirc; &#273;&#417;n trong su&#7889;t h&agrave;nh tr&igrave;nh nghi&ecirc;n c&#7913;u v&igrave; ch&#7881; khi y&ecirc;n t&#297;nh v&agrave; m&#7897;t m&igrave;nh, b&#7841;n m&#7899;i c&oacute; th&#7875; t&#7853;p trung &#273;&#432;&#7907;c to&agrave;n b&#7897; tr&iacute; l&#7921;c v&agrave; s&#7913;c l&#7921;c. Ch&iacute;nh v&igrave; th&#7871;, vi&#7879;c ch&#259;m s&oacute;c s&#7913;c kh&#7887;e tinh th&#7847;n (giao l&#432;u b&egrave; b&#7841;n, t&acirc;m s&#7921; &#273;&#7875; gi&#7843;i t&#7887;a c&#259;ng th&#7859;ng, ch&#417;i nh&#7841;c c&#7909;,&hellip;) r&#7845;t quan tr&#7885;ng &#273;&#7875; b&#7841;n c&acirc;n b&#7857;ng &#273;&#432;&#7907;c gi&#7919;a c&ocirc;ng vi&#7879;c v&agrave; cu&#7897;c s&#7889;ng. Cu&#7889;i c&ugrave;ng v&agrave; quan tr&#7885;ng nh&#7845;t ch&iacute;nh l&agrave; v&#7845;n &#273;&#7873; t&agrave;i ch&iacute;nh. Khi l&agrave;m nghi&ecirc;n c&#7913;u, vi&#7879;c xin &#273;&#432;&#7907;c ti&#7873;n t&agrave;i tr&#7907; t&#7915; c&aacute;c c&#417; quan ch&iacute;nh ph&#7911;, c&aacute;c tr&#432;&#7901;ng &#273;&#7841;i h&#7885;c, qu&#7929; nghi&ecirc;n c&#7913;u,&hellip; cho c&aacute;c d&#7921; &aacute;n kh&ocirc;ng ch&#7881; gi&uacute;p b&#7841;n &#7893;n &#273;&#7883;nh v&#7845;n &#273;&#7873; kinh t&#7871;, m&agrave; c&ograve;n duy tr&igrave; v&agrave; ph&aacute;t tri&#7875;n c&aacute;c nghi&ecirc;n c&#7913;u c&#7911;a b&#7841;n trong t&#432;&#417;ng lai. Tuy nhi&ecirc;n, c&aacute;c ngu&#7891;n kinh ph&iacute; h&#7895; tr&#7907; cho vi&#7879;c nghi&ecirc;n c&#7913;u s&#7917; h&#7885;c t&#7841;i Vi&#7879;t Nam v&#7851;n c&ograve;n kh&aacute; h&#7841;n ch&#7871;, n&ecirc;n c&#361;ng khi&#7871;n nhi&#7873;u b&#7841;n tr&#7867; c&oacute; &#273;am m&ecirc; l&#7883;ch s&#7917; c&#7843;m th&#7845;y ch&ugrave;n b&#432;&#7899;c.&nbsp;Hy v&#7885;ng v&#7899;i m&#7897;t s&#7889; quan &#273;i&#7875;m c&aacute; nh&acirc;n tr&ecirc;n &#273;&atilde; ph&#7847;n n&agrave;o gi&uacute;p &iacute;ch &#273;&#432;&#7907;c cho c&aacute;c b&#7841;n tr&#7867;, c&aacute;c b&#7841;n sinh vi&ecirc;n s&#7855;p ra tr&#432;&#7901;ng trong vi&#7879;c t&igrave;m hi&#7875;u v&agrave; &#273;&#7883;nh h&#432;&#7899;ng ngh&#7873; nghi&#7879;p t&#432;&#417;ng lai. Nghi&ecirc;n c&#7913;u s&#7917; h&#7885;c l&agrave; m&#7897;t c&ocirc;ng vi&#7879;c tuy th&aacute;ch th&#7913;c v&#7873; m&#7863;t tr&iacute; tu&#7879;, &#273;&ograve;i h&#7887;i s&#7921; t&#7881; m&#7851;n v&agrave; ki&ecirc;n tr&igrave; nh&#432;ng r&#7845;t th&uacute; v&#7883; v&agrave; gi&uacute;p thay &#273;&#7893;i m&#7897;t c&aacute;ch t&iacute;ch c&#7921;c nh&acirc;n sinh quan c&#7911;a ng&#432;&#7901;i l&agrave;m nghi&ecirc;n c&#7913;u!&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

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