TTLA: Village culture in the process of urbanization in the Red River Delta today.

INFORMATION ABOUT THE DOCTORAL THESIS

1. Full name of the doctoral candidate:Pham Quynh Chinh     

2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: September 8, 1981

4. Place of birth: Hai Duong

5. Decision No. 3202/2010/QD-XHNV-SDH dated November 8, 2010, 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:Village culture in the context of urbanization in the Red River Delta today.

8. Major: Scientific Socialism Code: 62.22.85.01

9. Scientific supervisor:Assoc. Prof. Dr. Duong Van Thinh,Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ngo Thi Phuong

10. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:

This thesis identifies the changes and challenges arising from the transformation of village culture during the urbanization process in the Red River Delta from 1986 to the present. Specifically:

- This study examines, from a philosophical perspective, the transformation of village culture during the urbanization process in the Red River Delta region across several fundamental aspects such as customs and traditions; culture and art; and village organization and management. From this, it analyzes the challenges facing village culture in the current urbanization process in the Red River Delta.

- Propose several key solutions to promote positive changes and mitigate negative changes in village culture in the Red River Delta during the urbanization process, contributing to the comprehensive and sustainable development of rural areas.

11. Practical applications:

- The research findings of this thesis contribute to further clarifying the theory of village culture and the practical changes in village culture in the Red River Delta during the current urbanization process.

- The research findings of this thesis can serve as a reference for research and teaching on issues related to culture, village culture, and rural Vietnam in current educational, training, and scientific research institutions.

12. Future research directions:

Vietnamese village culture

13. Published works related to the dissertation:

- Pham Quynh Chinh (2010), “Conversion of agricultural land use and its impact on the lifestyle of Vietnamese farmers (Case study of Ninh Binh province)”, National University-level research project, Code QG.2010.27 (2010 - 2012), participant.

- Pham Quynh Chinh (2015), “Promoting the value of village regulations with building self-governance in new rural areas today”, Journal of Theoretical Education (231), pp. 107-108.

- Pham Quynh Chinh (2016), “Similarities and differences between villages in the Red River Delta and the Mekong Delta”, Journal of Theoretical Education (253), pp. 55-58.

- Pham Quynh Chinh (2017), “Eastern rural communes in the research of C. Marx”, Philosophy Journal (4), pp.64-71.

INFORMATION ON DOCTORAL THESIS

1. Full name: Pham Quynh Chinh 2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: September 8, 1981 4. Place of Birth: Hai Duong

5. . Admission decision number: 3202/2010/QD-XHNV-SDH, November 08^th2010 by Rector of University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University – Hanoi.

6. Changes in academic process:: None

7. Official thesis title: Village Culture during the Urbanization of the Red River Delta Today.

8. Major: Scientific Socialism Code: 62.22.85.01

9. Supervisors: Assoc. Dr. Duong Van Thinh and Assoc. Dr. Ngo Thi Phuong

10. Summary of the new findings of the thesis

The thesis investigated major transformations and consequential issues of village culture in the Red River Delta under the effect of urbanization from 1986 until today, in particular:

- From a philosophical perspective, the thesis intepreted the transformation of village culture in the Red River Delta under the effect of urbanization in some major aspects: traditions and habits, culture and arts, organization. On that basis, the thesis analyzed emerging issues of village culture in the Red River Delta under the effect of urbanization nowadays.

- The thesis then suggests some key solutions to enhance positive transformations and suppress negative ones in village culture in the Red River Delta during urbanization in order to achieve a well-round developed and sustainable rural area.

11. Practical applicability

- The thesis's findings provide a clearer view on theory of village culture and the practical transformation of village culture in the Red River Delta under the effect of urbanization today.

- The thesis can be used as reference in teaching and studying courses related to culture, village culture, rural studies in Vietnam.

12. Further research directions

Village culture in Vietnam

13. Thesis-related publications

- Pham Quynh Chinh (2010, participant), “Changes out of agricultural purpose of land and their effects to the lifestyle of Vietnamese farmers (Case study in Ning Binh Province)”, Vietnam National University's research project, code QG.2010.27 (2010 - 2012).

- Pham Quynh Chinh (2015), “Promoting the value of village convention in developing the self-management capability for new rural areas today”, Journal of Theory Education (231), pp. 107-108.

- Pham Quynh Chinh (2016), “Similarities and differences between villages in the Red River Delta and Mekong Delta”, Journal of Theory Education (253), pp. 55-58.

- Pham Quynh Chinh (2017), “Eastern rural commune in the works of Karl Marx”, Journal of Philosophy (4), pp. 64-71.