TTLA: North Central Coastal Commercial Ports in Regional and International Trade Relations in the 11th-19th Centuries

INFORMATION ABOUT DOCTORAL THESIS

1. Full name of the researcher:Nguyen Van Chuyen   

2. Gender: Male

3. Date of birth: December 18, 1985

4. Place of birth: Tuyen Quang

5. Decision on recognition of PhD students No. 3216/2014/QD-XHNV-SDH dated December 31, 2014, by the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

6. Changes in the training process:

7. Thesis topic name:North Central Coastal Commercial Ports in Regional and International Trade Relations in the 11th-19th Centuries.

8. Major: World History Code: 62.22.03.11

9. Scientific instructor: Instruction 1:Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Manh Dung,Instruction 2:Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Thua Hy.

10. Summary of new results of the thesis:

- The thesis is a comprehensive and in-depth research work on the trade relations of the coastal ports of North Central Vietnam in the 11th-19th centuries. Based on the sources of documents, the thesis clarifies the foreign relations of the main coastal ports of North Central Vietnam through the activities of merchants, merchant ships, and commercial goods.

- Based on the commercial activities of the North Central coastal ports, the thesis draws out the characteristics of the activities, characteristics of trade relations, position and role of this port cluster in the regional and international trade system. At the same time, the thesis clarifies the role of exogenous factors in the development of the North Central coastal ports, the international nature of these ports in history.

- The thesis is a scientific work on the North Central trading port cluster for more than 8 centuries, from the early 11th century to the mid-19th century. Therefore, the reconstruction of the foreign economic activities of these trading ports, in addition to clarifying the history of foreign trade in the North Central region, also has additional significance for the overall picture of Vietnam's foreign trade in the medieval period.

11. Practical application:

- The research results of the thesis help deepen the awareness of the position and role of the North Central Coast; the comments on the characteristics, position and role of the commercial ports that the thesis draws provide a historical reference view on the movement of the current North Central Coast commercial ports; at the same time, provide some meaningful arguments for reference in the development of the North Central Coast commercial ports in the current period.

- The thesis can be used as a reference material for students, postgraduates, researchers on world history, history of international maritime trade, history of Vietnamese foreign trade, history of the North Central provinces...

12. Further research directions:

- Regional and international trade in the ancient and medieval times.

- North Central Coast trading ports in the modern period.

- Vietnam's trading ports in history.

13. Published works related to the thesis:

(1). Nguyen Van Chuyen (2013), “The imprint of Westerners in Dang Ngoai in the 17th century”, Journal of Southeast Asian Studies (157), pp.29-36.

(2). Nguyen Van Chuyen (2017), “Basic issues in the study of ancient coastal trading ports in North Central Vietnam”, Journal of Archaeology (1), pp.66-72.

(3). Nguyen Van Chuyen (2017), "Some features of trading activities in the Lower Lam River in the 10th-19th centuries", Journal of Archaeology (3), pp.68-75.

(4). Nguyen Van Chuyen (2017), “The basis for the formation of the ancient Central region trading port system in comparison with the Northern trading ports”, printed in the International Scientific Conference on the Central region trading port system with the maritime silk road - roles and relationships, pp.147-154.

(5). Nguyen Van Chuyen (2017), “Some features of trade activities in the North Central region: The case of trade in the lower Lam River”, Journal of Historical Research (498), pp.24-33.

INFORMATION ON DOCTORAL THESIS

1. Full name: Nguyen Van Chuyen 2. Sex: Male

3. Date of birth: December 18, 1985 4. Place of birth: Tuyen Quang

5. Admission decision number: 3216/2014/QD-XHNV-SĐH, dated December 31, 2014, by Rector of the University of Social sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

6. Changes in academic process:

7. Official thesis title: The CoastalCommercial Portsin Central-North Vietnam in the Regional and International Relations in the 11th and 19th Centuries.

8. Major: World History Code: 62.22.03.11

9. Supervisors: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Manh Dung; Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thua Hy.

10. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:

- The thesis is a comprehensive and intensive work on the commercial relationship of Coastalcommercial ports in Central-North Vietnamfrom the 11th to 19th centuries. Given various and dimensional sources of materials, the thesis seeks to highlight the external relations of all major ports in terms of traders, ships and commodity exchanges.

- Based on commercial activities incoastalcommercial ports in Central - North Vietnam, thedissertationrevisits the position and role of these commercial port clusters in the regional and international trading system (the role of exogenous factors impacting on the development, international character ofthese ports and so on).

- The thesis is a scientific work that reflects the regional and international relations in Central-Northern Coastal Commercial Portsmore than eight centuries, from the beginning of the eleventh century to the middle of the nineteenth century.The thesis provides a general picture on Vietnam's foreign trade in the middle ages and pre-modern periods.

11. Practical applicability, if any:

- The thesis makes readers aware of the position and role of theCoastalCommercial Portsin Central-North Vietnam. Characteristics and roles of these ports are also raised.

- The thesis can be used as a reference material for MA, PhD students, researchers about trade history of Southeast Asia sea, history of foreign trade of Vietnam, history of provinces in Central-North Vietnam.

12. Further research directions, if any:

-Regional and international economic exchanges in the middle and early modern periods of time.

- The trade ports in Central-South Vietnam in history.

- Vietnam's commercial ports in history.

13. Theses related publications:

(1). Nguyen Van Chuyen (2013), “The Western Imprints in Dang Ngoai (Northern Vietnam) in the 17th century”, Journal of Southeast Asian Studies (157), pp.29-36.

(2).Nguyen Van Chuyen (2017), “Basic issues of research on ancient trading ports along the Northern coast of Central Vietnam”, Journal of Archeology (1), pp.66-72.

(3).Nguyen Van Chuyen (2017), “Some features about interactive trade activities in the lower section of Lam river in the tenth and nineteenth centuries”,Journal of Archeology(3), pp.68-75.

(4).Nguyen Van Chuyen (2017), “Factors to create the ancient commercal system in the Central Vietnam in comparison with the ancient commercal system in the North Vietnam”, in International Conference Central Vietnam's trading port system in the Maritime silk road roles and connections, pp.147-154.

(5). Nguyen Van Chuyen (2017), “Some features of the trade activities in Central North Vietnam in the 10th and 19th centuries: The case of trade in lower Lam river”, Journal of Historical Studies (498), pp.24-33.