... Conference on Vietnamese Studies Hanoi. 4-7 December 2008 The name of Red River: an evidence of cultural diversity in Vietnam history Prof. Tran Tri Doi Department of Linguistics and Vietnamese ... differences among the river’s names in origin and formation, to an extent, will shed some light on cultural diversity of the Vietnamese history at the very cradle of the national culture. Figure ... historical periods, which is overruled by cultural and social situations. It can serve as a firm foundation to recognize the linguistic derivation and cultural multifariousness of these river...