1. Full name of PhD student: NGUYEN VAN SON
2. Gender: Male
3. Date of birth: August 30, 1990
4. Place of birth: Bac Giang
5. Decision on recognition of PhD students: Decision No. 2949/2021/QD-XHNV-DT dated December 28, 2021 of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
6. Changes during the training process (if any): Before defending the thesis, the topic name was: "Vietnam's international cooperation in preventing and combating the Covid-19 pandemic from 2019 to present"; After defending the thesis, thanks to the council's comments, the thesis name was changed to: "Vietnam's international cooperation in preventing and combating the Covid-19 pandemic (2019 - 2023)".
7. Thesis topic: Vietnam's international cooperation in preventing and combating the Covid-19 pandemic (2019 - 2023).
8. Major: International Relations
9. Code: 9310601.01
10. Scientific supervisors: Prof. Dr. Hoang Khac Nam and Dr. Le Lena.
11. Summary of new results of the thesis:
- Research purpose: The thesis clarifies the current status of Vietnam's international cooperation with WHO, ASEAN, some major countries and vaccine diplomacy activities in the prevention of the Covid-19 pandemic (2019-2023). From there, the thesis provides a basis for making some policy recommendations for Vietnam in the prevention of the Covid-19 pandemic in particular and dangerous infectious pandemics that may appear in the future.
- Research object: Vietnam's international cooperation in preventing and combating the Covid-19 pandemic (2019-2023).
- Research methods:
The thesis applies a synthesis of research methods, mainly the method of synthesis analysis; the method of comparison; the method of foreign policy analysis; the method of international cooperation analysis; the method of history and logic; the method of case study.
- Main results and new contributions of the thesis:
Based on selectively absorbing and developing the achievements of related research works both at home and abroad, with an international relations approach, the thesis is a new, in-depth and systematic research work on Vietnam's international cooperation in preventing and combating the Covid-19 pandemic (2019-2023), including the following contributions:
- The thesis presents a number of concepts and theories related to "Vietnam's international cooperation in preventing and combating the Covid-19 pandemic". Concepts include: pandemic, epidemic, Covid-19 pandemic, non-traditional security, international cooperation. Regarding international relations theory: Liberalism, realism and constructivism are the main theories that the doctoral student uses to serve the thesis research.
- The thesis also makes certain contributions to theoretical and practical research on the inevitability of cooperation between subjects in international relations in responding to the Covid-19 pandemic.
- The thesis provides an overview of Vietnam's international cooperation to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic from 2019 to May 5, 2023 with WHO, ASEAN, China, the US, Japan, India... and the practice of Vietnam's vaccine diplomacy.
- The thesis provides some assessments of the achievements and limitations in Vietnam's international cooperation in preventing the Covid-19 pandemic from 2019 to May 5, 2023. Thereby, the researcher gives some policy recommendations to promote Vietnam's international cooperation in preventing the Covid-19 pandemic in particular and potentially dangerous pandemics in the future.
12. Further research directions: Vietnam's international cooperation in preventing non-traditional security issues.
13. Publications related to the thesis:
13.1. Nguyen Van Son (2022), “The Covid-19 Pandemic in Southeast Asia and the Role of Vietnam”, Jindal Journal of International Affairs - December 2022 Issue 6, Volume 2, pp. 59-80.
13.2. Nguyen Van Son (2023), “Joining asean - important historical timeline of Vietnam's multiplayer foreign strategy”, 17th NEU-KKU international conference: socio-economic and environmental issues in development, pp. 1836- 1845.
13.3. Nguyen Van Son (2023), “Vietnam – Cambodia cooperation in the health sector from 1991 to present”, Journal of Political Theory (Electronic), http://lyluanchinhtri.vn/home/index.php/quoc-te/item/5108-hop-tac-viet-nam-campuchia-trong-linh-vuc-y-te-tu-nam-1991-toi-nay.html.
INFORMATION ON DOCTORAL THESIS
1. Full name of PhD student: NGUYEN VAN SON
2. Gender: Male
3. Date of birth: August 30, 1990
4. Place of birth: Bac Giang Province
5. Decision on recognition of doctoral students: Decision No. 2949/2021/QD-XHNV-DT dated December 28, 2021 of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.
6. Changes in the training process (if any): Before defending the outline: “Vietnam's international cooperation in preventing and combating the Covid-19 pandemic from 2019 to present”; After defending the outline, thanks to the feedback of the council, the research topic title was changed to: “Vietnam's international cooperation in preventing the Covid-19 pandemic (2019 -2023)”.
7. Dissertation title: Vietnam's international cooperation in preventing the Covid-19 pandemic (2019 -2023)
8. Major: International Relations
9. Code: 9310601.01
10. Scientific supervisor: Prof.-Ph.D.Hoang Khac Nam and Ph.D.Le Lena.
11. Summary of the new results of the thesis:
- Purpose of the thesis: The thesis clarifies the current status of Vietnam's international cooperation with WHO, ASEAN, some major countries, and vaccine diplomacy activities in preventing the Covid-19 pandemic (2019 -2023). From there, the thesis provides a number of policy recommendations for Vietnam in preventing the Covid-19 pandemic in particular and dangerous infectious pandemics that may appear in the future.
- Object of research of the thesis: Vietnam's international cooperation in preventing the Covid-19 pandemic (2019 -2023).
- Methods: The thesis applies a synthesis of research methods: the synthesis analysis method; comparison method; foreign policy analysis method; international cooperation analysis method; historical and logical methods; and case study methods.
- New contributions of the thesis:
Based on selectively absorbing and developing the achievements of related research works both at home and abroad, with an approach to international relations, the thesis is a new, in-depth, and systematic research work on Vietnam's international cooperation in preventing the Covid-19 pandemic (2019 -2023), including the following contributions:
+ Firstly, the thesis points out and analyzes the theoretical and practical basis of factors considered to be the main factors affecting Vietnam's international cooperation in the context of Covid-19 pandemic.
+ Second, the thesis analyzes and evaluates the current state of international cooperation between Vietnam and ASEAN and between Vietnam and some large countries and some international organizations in the context of the Covid-19 Pandemic.
+ Third, based on the assessment of Vietnam's international cooperation results, the thesis proposes a number of recommendations to promote and deepen Vietnam's international cooperation relations and activities with international partners in the coming time. In addition to the contents related to preventing the Covid-19 pandemic, there are also dangerous pandemics that may appear in the future (disease X).
12. Further research directions: Vietnam's international cooperation in preventing non-traditional security issues.
13. Published works related to the thesis:
13.1. Nguyen Van Son (2022), “The Covid-19 Pandemic in Southeast Asia and the Role of Vietnam”, Jindal Journal of International Affairs - December 2022 Issue 6, Volume 2, pp. 59-80.
13.2. Nguyen Van Son (2023), “Joining asean - important historical timeline of Vietnam's multiplayer foreign strategy”, 17th NEU-KKU international conference: socio-economic and environmental issues in development, pp. 1836- 1845.
13.3. Nguyen Van Son (2023), “Vietnam - Cambodia cooperation in the field of health from 1991 to present”, Political theory Online Journal, http://lyluanchinhtri.vn/home/index.php/quoc-te/item/5108-hop-tac-viet-nam- cambodia-trong-linh-vuc-y-te-tu-nam-1991-toi-nay.html.
