The Vietnam Museum of Ethnology effectively implements basic research works directly serving its diverse activities; at the same time, conducting many international cooperation projects, ministerial-level scientific research projects on ethnology/anthropology and museology.

In order to promote the development of museology and create opportunities for museums to approach new theories and working methods, the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology has been organizing many training programs, Training for museum staff

Vietnam National Museum of Ethnology has published dozens of books of scientific value, attracting the attention of domestic and foreign readers in different forms: monographs, yearbooks, brochures, catalogs.