MASYARAKAT MUSLIM MELAYU CHAM DI VIETNAM: KAJIAN MENGENAI ISU DAN CABARAN DALAM PEMIKIRAN ISLAM ERA GLOBALISASI

There is little research on Islam and Muslims in Vietnam . This paper seeks to address this gap in the lierature on Islam in SE Asia .In particular, we shall show the close historical tieswith the MalayMuslims in the Malay world, especially Malaysia since the earliest centuries of the coming of Islam to the region either in the context of religious, cultural or other factors. This article aims to explore the isources, methodology, and key issues facing the field of Islamic Thought of the Cham-Malay-Muslim community. Next,the issue of challenges to that community whether internal, external, top-down, or bottom-up..The study will involve two methods of research, libraryand fieldwork. In summary, the findings show that Islam and the MalayMuslim community in Vietnam face many issues and challenges in the era of globalization due to various internal and external factors. We shall also consider how these problems may be addressed, and solved in appropriate wayto ensure survival in the short and long term.