TTLA: Vietnam - Laos political relations from 2012 to present

1. Full name of PhD student: DINH VAN NHAC 2. Gender: Male
3. Date of birth: July 20, 1975 4. Place of birth: Hanoi
5. Decision on recognition of PhD students No. 1745/2017/QD-XHNV dated July 13, 2017 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi
6. Changes during the training process: The Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi decided to adjust the thesis name (Decision No. 3387/QD-XHNV dated November 19, 2018) and decided to return it to the agency due to the expiration of the training period (Decision No. 1956/QD-XHNV dated July 26, 2022).
7. Thesis topic: Vietnam - Laos political relations from 2012 to present.
8. Major: Political Science 9. Code: 62 31 02 01
10. Scientific instructor:
Instructor 1: Associate Professor, Dr. Do Xuan Tuat
Instructor 2: Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Anh Cuong
11. Summary of new results of the thesis:
- Firstly, the thesis has built a scientific theoretical framework for analyzing Vietnam - Laos political relations from 2012 to 2022. Specifically, after approaching some viewpoints of Marxism - Leninism, Realism, Liberalism; viewpoints of Vietnam, Laos; Ho Chi Minh's thought, Kaysone Phomvihane's thought and some scholars, the thesis has put forward basic elements in Vietnam - Laos political relations, including (i) Subjects according to levels of analysis: national, local; (ii) methods: Exchange of delegations, holding conferences; solidarity, friendship, comprehensive cooperation; (iii) Contents: Political relations between subjects on defense - security cooperation and foreign affairs; political relations between subjects on economic cooperation; political relations between subjects on cultural - social cooperation; (iv) Objective: For (ensuring) the interests of each nation in the regional and international environment, building each country into an independent, unified, peaceful, rich, strong, equitable, democratic, civilized, prosperous, and thriving one.
- Second, Vietnam - Laos political relations from 2012 to 2022 are scientifically and systematically studied based on a political approach, in which political relations between subjects on: defense - security cooperation and foreign affairs; economic cooperation; cultural - social cooperation are the main research focuses.
- Third, Vietnam - Laos political relations from 2012 to 2022 are reviewed and evaluated comprehensively, pointing out the influencing factors (favorable and difficult) in the past time, forecasting the opportunities and challenges in the relationship between the two countries in the coming time, and at the same time making recommendations of theoretical and practical value to strengthen Vietnam - Laos political relations in the period of 2023-2032 and the following years.
12. Practical application:
- The research results of the thesis can contribute to the completion of the theoretical basis of the study of international political relations in general, and Vietnam - Laos political relations in particular, according to the approach of political science.
- The thesis can be used as a reference for scientists, experts, and students; can be used as teaching materials at training institutions on political science and international relations.
13. Further research directions:
- Continue to further improve the political approach in studying Vietnam - Laos political relations, thereby more clearly defining the theoretical basis and specific methods to conduct related research.
- Expand the scope and content of the research to clarify the relationship between political entities in the 2023-2032 period, analyze more deeply the factors affecting the Vietnam - Laos political relationship, and propose further improvements to Vietnam's policy towards Laos in the new situation.
14. Published works related to the thesis:

 

1. Full name: DINH VAN NHAC 2. Sex: Male
3. Date of birth: July 20, 1975 4. Place of birth: Hanoi
5. Admission decision number: No. 1745/2017/QD-XHNV Dated: July 13, 2017.
6. Changes in academic process: The Rector of University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi decided to change the thesis title during the training process (Decision No. 3387/QD-XHNV dated November 19, 2018) and decided to return to the agency due to the end of the training period (Decision No. 1956/QD-XHNV dated July 26, 2022).
7. Official thesis title: Political relations between Vietnam and Laos from 2012 to present.
8. Major: Politics 9. Code: 62 31 02 01
10. Supervisors:
Supervisor 1: Assoc. Prof., Dr. By Xuan Tuat
Supervisor 2: Assoc. Prof., Dr. Nguyen Anh Cuong
11. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:
- Firstly, the thesis has built a scientific theoretical framework for analyzing political relations between Vietnam and Laos from 2012 to 2022. specific, after approaching some perspectives of Marxism - Leninism , Realism, Liberalism; viewpoints of Vietnam and Laos; Ho Chi Minh's ideology, Kaysone Phomvihan's ideology and a number of scholars, the thesis has introduced basic elements in Vietnam - Laos political relations, including (i) Subjects according to levels of analysis: national, local; (ii) method: Exchanging delegations, conducting conferences; solidarity, friendship, comprehensive cooperation; (iii) Content: Political relations between subjects on defense - security cooperation and foreign affairs; political relations between subjects regarding economic cooperation; political relations between subjects regarding socio-cultural cooperation; (iv) Objective: For (ensuring) the interests of each nation in the regional and international environment, building the country in each country to be independent, unified, peaceful, rich people, strong country, fairness, democracy, civilization, prosperity, prosperity.
- Secondly, political relations between Vietnam and Laos from 2012 to 2022 are studied scientifically and systematically on the basis of a political approach, according to which political relations between subjects about: defense - security and foreign affairs cooperation; economic cooperation; socio-cultural cooperation is the main research focus.
- Thirdly, international political relations 1945-1955 is thoroughly commented on, thereby pointing out its major impacts on the Vietnamese revolution as well as referring to several recommendations with theoretical and practical values ​​for Vietnam in the current period.
- Thirdly, the political relations between Vietnam and Laos from 2012 to 2022 is thoroughly commented on, pointing out the impact factors (advantages and disadvantages) over the past time, and forecasting opportunities, challenges in the relationship between the two countries in the coming time, and at the same time make recommendations with theoretical and practical value to strengthen political relations between Vietnam and Laos in the period 2023 to 2032 and the following years.
12. Practical applicability, if any:
- The thesis's research results can contribute to perfecting the theoretical basis of research on international political relations in general, and Vietnam - Laos political relations in particular from the approach of political science.
- The thesis can be used as a reference for scientists, experts, and students; can be used as material in teaching at training institutions on politics and international relations.
13. Further research directions, if any:
- Further improve the political approach in research on Vietnam vs Laos political relations, thereby defining more clearly theoretical basis and specific methods to cary out related studies.
- Expanding the scope of the research in terms of time, space, and content to further clarify the power competition between actors during the Cold War; assess the impacts of those developments on Vietnam and pointing out valuable experiences and suggestions for the improvement of Vietnam's foreign policy in the new situation.
- Expanding the scope and content of research to clarify the relationship between political subjects in the period 2023-2032, analyze more deeply the factors affecting to Vietnam - Laos political relations, and pointing out suggestions for the improvement of Vietnam's policy towards Laos in the new situation
14. Thesis-related publications:
1. Nguyen Anh Cuong, Tran Thi Ngoc Thuy, Dinh Van Nhac, Nguyen Hai Anh (2021), “Main charactheristics of Bilief and Religious living in Vietnam”, Russian Journal of Vietnamese Studies, Series 2 (1/2021), DOI:10.24411/2618-9453-2020-10006pp.58-67.
2. Dinh Van Nhac (2020): “Some achievements in Vietnam - Laos relations from 1986 to present”, Journal of Theoretical Education” (315/2020), pp.55-60.
3. Dinh Van Nhac (2022), “Several similarities between the political system of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the People's Democratic Republic of Laos”, The first International Conference of the Issues of social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi National University Publishing house, Hanoi, pp. 308-321.
4. Dinh Van Nhac (2022), “Some theoretical relationship and practical issues on current politics between Vietnam and Laos”, The first International Conference of the Issues of social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi National University Publishing house, Hanoi, pp.322-340.