Information on PhD thesis of PhD student Nghiem Thi Thanh Thuy: Ensuring national and ethnic interests in Vietnam's foreign policy (2011-2023)

1. Full name of PhD student: Nghiem Thi Thanh Thuy 2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: September 29, 1982

4. Place of birth: Hanoi

5. Decision on recognition of PhD students: No. 4055/QD-XHNV, dated December 28, 2022, of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

6. Thesis topic name:Ensuring national interests in Vietnam's foreign policy (2011 - 2023)

7. Major: International Relations

8. Code: 9310601.01

9. Scientific instructors: Associate Professor, Dr. Bui Hong Hanh and Dr. Doan Thi Thu Huong

10. Summary of new results of the thesis:

* Research purpose:Systematize the theoretical basis; analyze and clarify the content and implementation of ensuring national interests in Vietnam's foreign policy (2011 - 2023), especially in the context of globalization and deep international integration, fierce competition among major countries. Thereby, draw conclusions and propose solutions to contribute to ensuring Vietnam's national interests until 2030, with a vision to 2045.

* Research subjects:Ensuring national interests in Vietnam's foreign policy.

* Research methods used:Analytical and synthetic methods, policy analysis,history - logic,discourse analysis,document analysis, SWOT…

* Main results and conclusions:

- Main results:

+ The thesis is a systematic research work on ensuring national interests in Vietnam's foreign policy (2011 - 2023), in which the outstanding contribution is the new contribution in building and systematizing the theoretical basis to apply to the case of ensuring national interests in Vietnam's foreign policy (2011 - 2023), helping to restore a picture with quite comprehensive and rich information on ensuring national interests in Vietnam's foreign policy (2011 - 2023).

+ The thesis has pointed out and analyzed the results in ensuring national interests in Vietnam's foreign policy (2011 - 2023) in three main aspects: security, development and position, associated with national interests in politics, economy, culture - society, defense - security.

+ The thesis has made some comments and assessments on the implementation of ensuring national interests in Vietnam's foreign policy (2011 - 2023), as well as highlighted the issues arising in ensuring national interests in Vietnam's foreign policy in the coming time. On that basis, the thesis proposes solutions to contribute to ensuring national interests in Vietnam's foreign policy until 2030, with a vision to 2045.

+ The research results of the thesis are used as scientific data contributing to the advisory work for the Party, the State, relevant ministries and branches on the foreign policy and guidelines of the Communist Party of Vietnam in ensuring national interests. At the same time, the thesis is an important and useful source of reference materials, directly serving the research and teaching work at research and training institutions of international relations in Vietnam and those interested.

- Conclude:Based on the research on the issue of ensuring national interests in Vietnam's foreign policy for the period 2011 - 2023, the thesis establishes a number of new perceptions, contributing to supplementing the theoretical basis and providing scientific arguments for the process of planning and adjusting foreign policies in the context of deep international integration. From the research results, the thesis points out the requirements in harmoniously combining security interests, development and national position, and at the same time proposes solutions to continue ensuring Vietnam's national interests in the new situation.

11. Further research directions: The PhD student will continue to delve into the issue of ensuring national interests in Vietnam's foreign policy, in the context of increasingly deep international integration and complex regional and global environments. The research focus will be on a number of strategic areas, such as:aNon-traditional security (cyber security, climate change, epidemics, water security, etc.) to assess Vietnam's adaptability and policy responses to new challenges; digital economy and digital transformation, analyzing the role of international cooperation in promoting economic development and enhancing national competitiveness; cultural diplomacy, considering the use of "soft power" to enhance the national image, while protecting national identity in the globalization process. In addition, the researcher will expand the comparison of international experiences, in order to draw appropriate reference lessons for Vietnam. At the same time, analyze the impact of strategic competition between major countries and regional fluctuations on Vietnam's foreign policy orientation. In addition, the research aims to build quantitative analysis tools to serve policy planning and evaluation, contributing to perfecting Vietnam's foreign policy strategy in the coming period.

12. Publications related to the thesis:

+ Nghiem Thi Thanh Thuy (2022), "Ensuring national and ethnic interests in the current context",Communist Magazine(988), pp.61-67.

+ Nghiem Thi Thanh Thuy (2023), "The supreme interests of the nation and people in socialism and the path to socialism in Vietnam through the work Some theoretical and practical issues on socialism and the path to socialism in Vietnam by General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong",Communist Magazine(1.019), pp.61-68.

+ Nghiem Thi Thanh Thuy (2023), "Resolving the relationship between independence, autonomy and international integration for national interests in the new development period of the country",Communist Special Magazine(9), pp.173-180.

+ Nghiem Thi Thanh Thuy, Bui Hong Hanh, Doan Thi Thu Huong (2024), “Vietnam's Contextual Perspective on National Interests”,International Journal of Social Science and HumanityVol.14 (5), ISSN 2010-3646.

+ Nghiem Thi Thanh Thuy (2024), “Vietnam's thinkings about ways to resolve the relationship between independence, self-reliance and international integration for the national interests in the new context”,The Second International Conference on the Issues of Social Sciences and Humantities, University of Social Sciences and Humanities,Vietnam National University Press, Hanoi, pp.424-436.

+ Nghiem Thi Thanh Thuy (2025), "The impact of the international context on the implementation of an independent, autonomous, diversified, multilateral foreign policy, ensuring the highest national interests on the basis of the fundamental principles of the United Nations Charter and international law",Communist Magazine(1.058), pp.104-111.

INFORMATION ON DOCTORAL THESIS

1. Full name: Nghiem Thi Thanh Thuy

2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: September 29, 1982

4. Place of birth: Hanoi

5. Amission decision number4055/QD-XHNV, dated December 28, 2022 byThe University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi

6. Official thesis title:Ensuring national interests in Vietnam's foreign policy (2011 - 2023)

7. Major: International relations

8. Code: 9310601.01

9. Supervisors: Associate Professor, Dr. Bui Hong Hanh; Dr. Doan Thi Thu Huong

10. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:

* Research Objective:To systematize the theoretical foundations; analyze and clarify the content and implementation of ensuring national interests in Vietnam's foreign policy during the period 2011 - 2023, particularly in the context of deep globalization, international integration, and intensified strategic competition among major powers. On that basis, the study aims to draw conclusions and propose solutions to contribute to securing Vietnam's national interests by 2030, with a vision toward 2045.

* Research Subject:Ensuring national interests in Vietnam's foreign policy.

* Research Methods used:Analytical - synthetic method, policy analysis, historical - logical approach, discourse analysis, document analysis, and SWOT analysis.

* Main Findings and Conclusions:

Main Findings:

+The thesis presents a systematic study on ensuring national interests in Vietnam's foreign policy during the period 2011 - 2023. A key contribution of the research lies in building and systematizing the theoretical foundation, which is applied to analyze how national interests have been guaranteed in Vietnam's foreign policy. This helps reconstruct a relatively comprehensive and insightful picture of the issue throughout the period.

+ The dissertation identifies and analyzes the achievements in securing national interests through Vietnam's foreign policy in three main dimensions: security, development, and national position, closely associated with political, economic, socio-cultural, and defense - security interests.

+ It offers evaluations on the implementation of national interest assurance in Vietnam's foreign policy from 2011 to 2023, while highlighting the challenges and requirements for the upcoming period. On this basis, the thesis proposes solutions to better secure national interests toward 2030, with a vision to 2045.

+ The research findings provide scientific evidence to support policy consultation for the Party, State, and relevant ministries and agencies in developing foreign policy guidelines of the Communist Party of Vietnam. At the same time, the thesis serves as a valuable reference source for research and teaching in academic institutions specializing in international relations and for anyone interested in the field.

Conclusion:Based on the research on ensuring national interests in Vietnam's foreign policy during 2011 - 2023, the thesis establishes several new insights, contributing to the theoretical foundation and providing scientific arguments for formulating and adjusting foreign policy in the context of deep international integration. From the research results, the thesis outlines the necessity of harmonizing security, development, and national positioning interests, while suggesting concrete solutions to continue ensuring Vietnam's national interests in the new context.

11. Future research directions: The doctoral candidate will continue to conduct in-depth research on the issue of securinging national interests in Vietnam's foreign policy, in the context of deepening international integration and an increasingly complex and volatile regional and global environment. The focus will be placed on several strategic areas, such as: Non-traditional security (including cybersecurity, climate change, pandemics, water security, etc.), with an emphasis on assessing Vietnam's policy adaptability and response to emerging challenges; Digital economy and digital transformation, analyzing the role of international cooperation in promoting economic development and enhancing national competitiveness; Cultural diplomacy, exploring the use of “soft power” to improve the country's global image while preserving national identity in the globalization process. In addition, the candidate will broaden the scope of study through comparative analysis of international experiences, with the aim of drawing relevant lessons for Vietnam. The research will also examine the impact of strategic competition among major powers and regional fluctuations on the orientation of Vietnam's foreign policy. Furthermore, the study will aim to develop quantitative analytical tools to support policy formulation and evaluation, thereby contributing to the improvement of Vietnam's foreign policy strategy in the coming period.

12. Thesis-related publications:

+ Nghiem Thi Thanh Thuy (2022), “Safeguarding National Interests in the Current Context”,Communist Review(988), pp.61-67.

+ Nghiem Thi Thanh Thuy (2023), “The Supreme National Interests in Socialism and Vietnam's Path toward Socialism through the Work 'Some Theoretical and Practical Issues on Socialism and the Path toward Socialism in Vietnam' by General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong”,Communist Review(1019), pp.61-68.

+ Nghiem Thi Thanh Thuy (2023), “Addressing the Relationship between Independence, Self-Reliance, and International Integration for National Interests in the New Stage of National Development”,Communist Review - Special(9), pp.173-180.

+ Nghiem Thi Thanh Thuy, Bui Hong Hanh, Doan Thi Thu Huong (2024), “Vietnam's Contextual Perspective on National Interests”,International Journal of Social Science and HumanityVol.14 (5), ISSN 2010-3646.

+ Nghiem Thi Thanh Thuy (2024), “Vietnam's thinkings about ways to resolve the relationship between independence, self-reliance and international integration for the national interests in the new context”,The Second International Conference on the Issues of Social Sciences and Humantities, University of Social Sciences and Humanities,Vietnam National University Press, Hanoi, pp.424-436.

+ Nghiem Thi Thanh Thuy (2025), “The Impact of the International Context on the Implementation of the Foreign Policy Line of Independence, Self-Reliance, Diversification, and Multilateralization of External Relations, Aiming to Maximize National Interests on the Basis of the Fundamental Principles of the United Nations Charter and International Law”,Communist Review(1058), pp.104-111.