1. Full name of PhD student: Nguyen Kim Dung 2. Gender: Female
3. Date of birth: January 25, 1987 4. Place of birth: Nam Dinh
5. Decision No. 4618/2016/QD-XHNV dated December 29, 2016 on the recognition of PhD students, batch 2, 2016, of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities.
6. Changes in the training process: Decision on adjusting the doctoral thesis topic of the graduate student No. 236/QD-XHNV dated January 9, 2019 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, from "Education in Southern Vietnam from the late 19th century to 1975" to "Education in Southern Vietnam under the Saigon government".
7. Thesis topic: Education in South Vietnam under the Saigon government
8. Major: Vietnamese History 9. Code: 62220313
10. Scientific advisor: Advisor 1: Prof. Dr. Vu Minh Giang
Guide 2: Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Viet Nghia
11. Summary of new results of the thesis:
- The thesis systematically, relatively comprehensively, and authentically summarizes the education system in South Vietnam under the Saigon government. The thesis studies the current state of the education system in terms of the education management apparatus and the three pillars of education: schools, teachers, and students. The thesis clarifies the current state of the Saigon government's education policy in each specific period, associated with the policy of converting the education system from the French education model to the American education model.
- The thesis presents many new perceptions of specific issues of Southern education during this period such as: management apparatus, organization of education system, education reform, education budget, policies for teachers, studying abroad, exams and exam reform...
- The thesis provides a large amount of original historical data on many aspects of the education system in South Vietnam during the Saigon regime, especially archival documents. The thesis provides a system of data illustrating many aspects of the education system throughout the period from 1954 to 1975, which is statistically and quantitatively collected from archival documents.
12. Practical applicability: Through the current state of the education system and education policies in Southern Vietnam during the Saigon administration, the thesis suggests useful educational development experiences for the current educational reform in Vietnam.
13. Further research directions: Vietnamese education in modern times.
14. Published works related to the thesis:
1/ Nguyen Van Khanh - Nguyen Kim Dung (2017), "Indochina University and the training of highly qualified intellectuals in Vietnam in the early 20th century",Journal of Historical Research(1/489), pp.30-39.
2/ Nguyen Kim Dung (2019), "Policy on primary school teacher training in South Vietnam from 1954 to 1975",Vietnam Journal of Social Sciences(11), pp.110-116.
3/ Nguyen Kim Dung (2019), "Policy for primary school teachers in South Vietnam during the Saigon administration",Journal of Social Sciences and HumanitiesVolume 5 (2b), pp.248-261.
INFORMATION ON DOCTORAL THESIS
1. Full name: Nguyen Kim Dung 2. Sex: Female
3. Date of birth: January 25, 1987 4. Place of birth: Nam Dinh
5. Admission decision number 4618/2016/QD-XHNV of the Rector of University of Social Sciences and Humanities dated February 28, 2017.
6. Changes in acedemic process: Decision about changing thesis title under the number 236/QD-XHNV dated January 9, 2019 of the Rector of University of Social Sciences and Humanities from “Southern Vietnam's education from the late 19thcentury to 1975” to “Southern Vietnam's education under the Sai Gon regime”.
7. Official thesis title: Southern Vietnam's education under the Sai Gon regime.
8. Major: Vietnamese history 9. Code: 62220313
10. Supervisors: Supervisor 1: Prof. Dr. Vu Minh Giang
Supervisor 2: Asso. Prof. Dr. Tran Viet Nghia
11. Summary of the new finding of the thesis
- The thesis generalizes information about Southern Vietnam's education under the Sai Gon regime physics, completely and truly. The research focuses on the facts and situation of this education and its three main key points of schools, educational officials and students. The study makes clear the fact of this educational system in each specific period with the transformative policies of educational system from French style to American style.
- The thesis provides new ideas and acknowledgment about specific of Southern Vietnam's education in this period such as administrative system, educational structure, educational innovation, its government budget, policies towards educational officials, issues of studying abroad, examination and its revolution.
- The thesis shows and provides a large number of primary materials relating to various aspects of Southern Vietnam's education under Sai Gon regime. From this, different data of education from 1954 to 1975 is collected, built, evaluated from Vietnam National Archives.
12. Practical applicability, if any: by investigating the fact of and policies towards Southern Vietnam's education under the Sai Gon regime, this thesis presents and expresses experience of developing national education which is helpful for recent Vietnamese educational innovation.
13. Future research directions: Vietnam's education in the early modern and contemporary periods.
14. Thesis-related publications:
1/ Nguyen Van Khanh, Nguyen Kim Dung (2017), “University of Indochina with training intelligent scholars in Vietnam in the early 20thcentury”,Historical Studies(1/489), pp. 30-39.
2/ Nguyen Kim Dung (2019), “Policies of training teachers of primary schools in Southern Vietnam in the period 1954-1975”,Vietnam social sciences(11), pp. 110-116.
3/ Nguyen Kim Dung (2019), “Policies towards Southern Vietnam's teachers of primary schools under the Sai Gon regime”,VNU Journal of Social Sciences and Humanitiesvol. 5D (2b), pp. 248-261.
