The structure of the Vietnamese cultural system is a multi-layered phenomenon
intertwining the native culture (Lac Viet’s culture) with the feudal culture influenced
strongly by East Asian Confucianism. In more contemporary times, there were added
the influences of the French, Socialist, and American systems. It has hence become a
melting pot of many civilisations and traditions. The cultural influences, which are
perceived as different, varying and even opposed and yet do not eliminate each other,
have become unified, co-existing, and creating for the Vietnamese a diversified and
multi-patterned culture