Conclusion

This book analyses the content of the EFL textbooks in relation to nation-formation processes in Vietnam. Together, the chapters provide a detailed picture of the ways in which new members of the Vietnamese population are officially prompted to see and position themselves in an increasingly global world. In the final chapter of this book, in the light of Vietnam’s plans for school and curriculum reform, we first summarize and discuss the main findings of the textbook analyses presented in the preceding chapters and then put forward some ideas about and suggestions for textbook reform that can be of use to reflective policymakers and curriculum and textbook developers in Vietnam and perhaps also in other parts of the world.