According to the current common division, Vietnam and Japan are in two different cultural regions. Japan is an East Asian country, while Vietnam belongs to Southeast Asia. It's not easy to compare cultures of two different regions, but we really need comparative research in order to gain in-depth understanding of each subject and broaden the relationship between these objects. On the other hand, the division into cultural regions is actually just a way for scientists to relatively divide an entity, but it does not mean that they are separated. absolute way. Moreover, due to the impact of historical circumstances, peoples of different cultural regions have many direct or indirect relationships, so compare to find out the relationships, draw out the similarities and differences are very necessary and rewarding work. Japan and Vietnam can be considered as such cases. Moreover, Vietnam and Japan are heavily influenced by Chinese civilization, so there are many similarities, but a closer study of the manifestations of this influence finds significant differences. .
Selecting Japan for comparison, the author wanted to gain a deeper understanding of Vietnamese culture and thereby, contribute to understanding more about East Asian and Southeast Asian relations.