1. Full name of PhD student: Ta Thi Nguyet Trang 2. Gender: Female
3. Date of birth: November 18, 1989 4. Place of birth: Thai Nguyen
5. Decision on recognition of PhD students No. 1745/2017/QD-XHNV, dated July 13, 2017
6. Changes in the training process:
7. Thesis topic: Vietnam - Thailand relations from the perspective of international relations theory from 1991 - 2019
8. Major: International Studies 9. Code: 62 31 02 06
10. Scientific advisor: Prof. Dr. Hoang Khac Nam
11. Summary ofnew resultsof the thesis:
- The application of international relations theory in research is useful in explaining the causes, conditions and impacts on the development of Vietnam-Thailand relations. In particular, CNHT helps explain the confrontation in the past and the security-political cooperation movements in the post-Cold War context. CNTD helps explain the cooperation trend in both security-politics and economics and other fields. CNKT helps point out the subjective factors affecting this process, and at the same time helps assess the increasing role of cultural-social cooperation.
- Each theory has aspects and arguments that can explain the conflicts between the two countries, and at the same time explain the comprehensive cooperation between the two countries. The theories help provide tools to assess the trend of this relationship. From that, it can be seen that the prospect of this relationship is positive.
- When applying international relations theories to evaluate the relationship between Vietnam and Thailand in three basic areas: security - politics; economic relations; cultural - social relations, it shows that each theory explains the relationship between the two countries in each area. This also means that one theory cannot be applied to explain this entire process. However, applying theory is not the right answer to all problems because theory is often generalized while reality is more diverse.
- The thesis is the first scientific work in Vietnam to study the Vietnam-Thailand relationship from 1991 to 2019 from the perspective of International Relations theories, so the thesis will have new scientific contributions, that is, from the perspective of theories, conduct systematic and comprehensive research on the influencing factors, the progress in the relationship between Thailand and Vietnam from 1991 to 2019, draw assessments on the current state of the Vietnam-Thailand relationship and prospects and development orientations in the future.
12. Practical applicability: The Vietnam-Thailand relationship is moving towards becoming a strategic partner. Therefore, the results of the topic will also help foreign policy makers of the two countries have a more comprehensive view of the factors affecting and the prospects for developing this relationship in the future.
The thesis is also a teaching and reference document for lecturers, students majoring in international relations and readers interested in the topic of Thailand - Vietnam relations in particular and the topic of political, diplomatic and economic cooperation of ASEAN countries in general.
13. Further research directions: The research results have shown positive points in applying the Western international relations theory system to Vietnam in particular and the ASEAN region in general. This result opens up new research directions on projecting international relations theories into the relationship between countries in the region.
14. Published works related to the thesis:
1. Ta Thi Nguyet Trang (2019), “Impacts of Vietnam - Thailand relationship on the economic development of Vietnam from the perspective of constructivism (1991 - 2018) ,HNUE Journal of science64(11), pp.31-37.
2. Ta Thi Nguyet Trang (2019), “Evaluation of the Vietnam - Thailand international relations cooperation trend from the perspective of liberalism”,Proceedings of the International Conference on Structural Prospects in Asia-Pacific to 2025 and Vietnam's Response, World Publishing House, Hanoi, pp.274-284.
INFORMATION ON DOCTORAL THESIS
1. Full name: Ta Thi Nguyet Trang 2. Sex: female
3.Date of birth: November 18, 1989 4. Place of birth: Thai Nguyen
5. Admission decision number: 1745/2017/QD-XHNVDated 13/7/2017
6. Changes in academic process: none
7. Official thesis title:Vietnam-Thailand relations from the perspective of international relations theories between 1991 and 2019
8. Major: International relations 9. Code: 62310206
10. Supervisors: Professor Hoang Khac Nam
11. Summary of thenew findings of the thesis:
- The application of the theory of international relations in research is useful when helping to explain the causes, conditions and impacts on the development of Vietnam - Thailand relations. In particular, Realism helps to explain the past confrontation and movements in security-politics cooperation in the context of the post- Cold War. Liberalism helps to explain well the trend of cooperation in both security - politics and economics and other fields.Constructivismhelps identify the subjective factors that influence this process, and helps assess the increasing role of cultural and social cooperation.
- Each theory has aspects and arguments that can explain the conflicts between the two countries, and also explain the comprehensive cooperation between the two countries. Theories help provide a tool to assess the trendability of this relationship. Subsequently, the prospect of this relationship can be seen to be positive.
- When applying theories of international relations in assessing the relationship between Vietnam and Thailand regarding three basic areas: security - politics; economic relations; socio-cultural relations shows that each theory explains the relationship between the two countries in each field. This also means a theory cannot be used to explain the whole process. However, using the theory is not the right answer for all problems because the theory is general and the reality is more diverse
- The thesis is the first scientific work in Vietnam to study Vietnam-Thailand relations from 1991 to 2019 from the perspective of international relations theories, so the thesis will have new scientific contributions. From the theoretical perspective, the systematic and comprehensive research is conducted on the factors involving the relationship and the improvement in the relation between Thailand and Vietnam from the year 1991 to 2019, subsequently giving assessments on the status of Vietnam-Thailand relation and prospects and future development directions. It is also a scientific reference source for researchers and educators in international relations as theories of international relations are scientifically examined into a practical relationship.
12. Practical applicability:The Vietnam-Thailand relationship is transforming into a period of becoming strategic partners of each other. Therefore, the results of the thesis will also help foreign policy makers of the two countries have a broader view of the impact factors as well as prospects of developing this relationship in the future.
13. Further research directions:The thesis is also a teaching and reference material for lecturers, students majoring in international relations and readers interested in Thailand - Vietnam relations in particular and the topic of politics, diplomacy, economics cooperation of ASEAN countries in general.
14. Thesis-related publications:
1.Ta Thi Nguyet Trang (2019), “Impacts of Vietnam - Thailand relationship on the economic development of Vietnam from the perspective of constructivism (1991 - 2018) ,HNUE Journal of science64(11), pp.31-37.
2.Ta Thi Nguyet Trang (2019), “Evaluation of the Vietnam - Thailand international relations cooperation trend from the perspective of liberalism”,Proceedings of the International Conference on Structural Prospects in Asia-Pacific to 2025 and Vietnam's Response, World Publishing House, Hanoi, pp.274-284.
