TTLA: The Party's leadership in Vietnam's relations with the Soviet Union during the war against the US (1954-1975)

1. Full name of doctoral candidate: Doan Thanh Thuy 2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: August 10, 1983 4. Place of birth: Thai Nguyen

5. Decision No. 4618/2016/QD-XHNV dated December 29, 2016, of the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities – Vietnam National University, Hanoi, recognizing the doctoral student.

6. Changes in the training process: None

7. Thesis title: The Party's leadership in Vietnam's relations with the Soviet Union during the war against the US (1954-1975)

8. Major: History of the Communist Party of Vietnam 9. Code: 62 22 03 15

10. Scientific supervisors: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ho Khang and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thi Mai Hoa

11. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:

- Systematizing documents related to the Party's leadership in relations with the Soviet Union during the resistance war against the US (1954-1975).

- Clarifying the historical context as an impact on the Party's policy in its relations with the Soviet Union during the war against the US (1954-1975).

- To clarify the Party's policy on Vietnam-Soviet Union relations during the war against the US (1954-1975), contributing to enriching knowledge about the Party's foreign policy in general and its policy towards the Soviet Union in particular during the war against the US.

- To objectively and scientifically recreate and analyze the Party's leadership and implementation in various aspects: political-diplomatic, economic-trade, military-defense, education-training, science-technology, and culture-social relations with the Soviet Union during the anti-American war, contributing to a comprehensive reconstruction of the overall relationship between the two countries.

- Objectively assess the strengths and weaknesses, and draw lessons from the Party's leadership in Vietnam-Soviet Union relations during the war of resistance against the US and for national liberation (1954-1975). The historical lessons learned are valuable for reference in Vietnam-Russia relations and the Party's foreign policy in the current period.

12. Practical applications:

- The research findings of this dissertation will make scientific contributions to the study of Vietnam-Soviet Union relations, the Party's leadership in foreign affairs or diplomacy during the resistance war against the US….

- The research findings of this thesis will serve as valuable reference material in the study of the history of the Communist Party of Vietnam during the resistance war against the US and for national liberation; contributing to the research, dissemination, and teaching of the history of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

13. Future research directions:

- The Party led Vietnam's relations with the Soviet Union from 1976 to 1991.

14. Published works related to the dissertation:

- Doan Thanh Thuy (2018), “Vietnam’s independent and self-reliant foreign policy during the resistance war against the US for national salvation (1954-1975)”,Journal of Party History(329), pp. 66-73.

- Doan Thanh Thuy (2018), “Some aspects of Vietnam-Soviet Union relations during the war against the US for national salvation (1954-1975)”,Journal of Party History(334), pp. 51-56.

- Doan Thanh Thuy (2019), "Understanding the Party's policy on foreign relations with the Soviet Union and China (1954-1975)",Journal of Party History(345), pp. 80-84.

INFORMATION ON DOCTORAL THESIS

1. Full name: Doan Thanh Thuy 2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: August 10, 1983 4. Place of birth: Thai Nguyen

5. Admission decision number: 4618/2016/QD-XHNV Dated December 29, 2016

6. Changes in academic process: None

7. Official thesis title: The Party leads Vietnam's relations with the Soviet Union in the resistance against the US (1954-1975)

8. Major: History of the Vietnam Communist Party 9. Code: 62 22 03 15

10. Supervisors: Assc. Prof. PhD. Ho Khang and Assc. Prof. PhD. Nguyen Thi Mai Hoa

11. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:

- Systematize documents related to the Party's leadership in relations with the Soviet Union during the anti-American resistance war (1954-1975).

- Clarifying the historical context as an impact on the Party's policy in relations with the Soviet Union in the resistance against the US (1954-1975).

- Clarifying the Party's policy for Vietnam-Soviet relations in the war against America and the country (1954-1975), contributing to enriching the Party's foreign policy in general and its policies Party's policy to the Soviet Union in particular in the war against the US.

- Objectively reproducing and analyzing science and process of the Party's guidance on the implementation in terms of politics - diplomacy, economics - trade, military - defense, education - training, science - technical, cultural - social relations with the Soviet Union during the war against the US, contributing to the overall reproduction of the comprehensive relationship between the two countries.

- Objectively assess the advantages and limitations, from which, drawing experience on the Party's leadership for Vietnam-Soviet relations during the war against the US (1954-1975). The historical experiences drawn are valuable for reference in Vietnam-Russia relations and the Party's foreign affairs in the current period.

12. Practical applicability, if any:

- The thesis's research results will have scientific contributions in the study of relations between Vietnam and the Soviet Union, the Party's leadership on foreign affairs or diplomacy during the anti-American resistance period….

- The thesis's findings will be a valuable reference in the historical study of the Communist Party of Vietnam during the resistance war against the US and the country; contribute to the research, propaganda and teaching of the History of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

13. Further research directions, if any:

- The Party led Vietnam's relations with the Soviet Union from 1976 to 1991

14. Thesis-related publications:

- Doan Thanh Thuy (2018), “Vietnam's independent and self-reliant spirit during the anti-American resistant war (1954-1975)”,Journal of Vietnam communist party's history(329), pp.66-73.

- Doan Thanh Thuy (2018), “An outline of the Vietnam Soviet Union relations during the anti-American resistant war (1954-1975)”,Journal of Vietnam communist party's history(334), pp.51-56.

- Doan Thanh Thuy (2019), “A study on the Party's guidelines and viewpoints in the diplomatic relations with the USSR and China (1954-1975)”,Journal of Vietnam communist party's history(345), pp.80-84.