TTLV: Night market in Luang Prabang (Lao People's Democratic Republic)

1. Student's name: Pham Thi Mui

2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: January 28, 1979

4. Place of birth: May To, Ngo Quyen, Hai Phong.

5. Decision on recognition of graduate students No. 1528/QD-XHNV-SDH dated October 14, 2009 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

6. Changes in training process: No

7. Thesis topic name:Night market in Luang Prabang (Lao People's Democratic Republic)

8. Major: Ethnology;

9. Code: 60 22 70

10. Scientific supervisor: Associate Professor, Dr. Le Sy Giao. Working place: Department of Anthropology, University of Social Sciences and Humanities - VNU

11. Summary of thesis results:

My research focuses on addressing the following specific problems:

1. The emergence of Ton Kham Night Market in relation to ethnic tourism development in Luang Prabang;
2. Characteristics of Luang Prabang Night Market in comparison with some ethnic markets in Southeast Asia;
3. Ethnic relations and social networks of market vendors;
4. Interaction between vendors and local and foreign tourists in the social space of Ton Kham Night Market;

12. Practical application:

a. Contribute to introducing the history of Ton Kham market formation, the relationship between ethnic market culture and tourism development, thereby pointing out the social relationships of related subjects.

b. Contributing to clarifying the positive and negative impacts of tourism on the lives of local people, and how to manage markets according to the self-management method are suggestions to provide lessons for Vietnam.

13. Further research directions:

a. The economic role of Ton Kham market in building financial resources for community development;

b. The role of gender in preserving and developing traditional crafts.

14. Published works related to the thesis:

1, Pham Thi Mui,“Communication in Gender Development in the Lao People's Democratic Republic”, Tc. Southeast Asian Studies, 1/2005.

2, Pham Thi Mui,“The position of women in the family:NComparative study between overseas Vietnamese and Vietnamese people in VietnamNam, and Lao people”,Tc. Southeast Asian Studies (June 2006).

3, Pham Thi Mui (2008), chapter “Life cycle rituals of Vietnamese people in Laos and the issue of Vietnamese-Lao cultural exchange”; Printed in “Migration and Lifestyle Transition, The Case of the Vietnamese Community in Laos", Nguyen Duy Thieu (ed.), World Publishing House, Hanoi.

4, Nguyen Le Thi (ed., 2012), Truong Duy Hoa, Vu Cong Quy, Nguyen Hao Hung, Phanthanaxon Phimphacdi, Tran Thi Minh Giang, Pham Thi Mui,“Dictionary of Laotian Cultural History”, Encyclopedia Publishing House, Hanoi.

5, Truong Duy Hoa (ed., 2012), Nguyen Thi Thi, Nguyen Hao Hung, Nguyen Quang Huy, Pham Thi Mui, Tran Thi Minh Giang, “Some political and economic issues and trends in the Lao People's Democratic Republic in the first two decades of the 21st century", Social Sciences Publishing House, Hanoi.

6, Pham Thi Mui (2013),“Transformation of material culture of Lao Lum ethnic groups under the impact of Globalization”, Tc. Culture and Arts, September 2013 issue.

7, Pham Thi Mui (2013),“Policy towards ethnic minority areas in Lao PDR from 1986 to present”, Tc. Southeast Asian Studies, No. 9/2013.

8, Truong Duy Hoa (cb2013), Vo Xuan Vinh, Le Thi Hoa, Nguyen Ngoc Lan, Le Phuong Hoa, Pham Thi Mui, “Realizing the ASEAN Community - Impact context and issues raised”, Social Sciences Publishing House, Hanoi.

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name: Pham Thi Mui

2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: 28/01/1979

4. Place of birth: Ly Hoc, Vinh Bao, Hai Phong

5. Admission decision number: 1528/QD-XHNV-SDH. Dated: October 14, 2009

6. Changes in academic process: No

7. Official thesis title:Night bazaar in Luang Prabang (Laos)

8. Major: Ethnology

9. Code: 60 22 70

10. Supervisors: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Le Sy Giao - Professor of University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi.

11. Summary of the findings of the thesis:

My research, 'Ton Kham Market (night-bazaar) in Luang Prabang (Laos)', aims to investigate the following questions:

1. The appearance of Ton Kham Market in the relationship between people, tourism development in Luang Prabang;
2. The distinct ethnic features of Luang Prabang night-market viewed from a comparative perspective with ethnic night markets in northern upland of Vietnam;

c) The ethnic relations, social network and social capital of traders who sell goods in the markets place;

d) The interaction between the traders and visitors, local and foreigners in the social space of Luang Prabang night market;

12. Practical applicability, if any:

a. Contributing to introduce of Ton Kham history, relationship between the ethnic market culture and the tourism development, from which point out the social relationships of the involved objects.

b. Contributing to clarify the positive and negative impacts of tourism on the lives of local people, the market management according to the self-local methods is the suggestion to provide experience lessions for Vietnam.

13. Further research directions, if any:

a. The economic role of Ton Kham market in building the financial resources for the development of the community;

b. The role of gender in development and conservation of traditional crafts.

14. Thesis-related publications:

1, Pham Thi Mui (2005), “Communication in Gender Development in the Lao People's Democratic Republic”(The Media and Gender Development in Lao PDR)- Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, January 2005.

2, Pham Thi Mui (2006), “The status of women in the family: a comparative study among overseas Vietnamese, Vietnamese in Vietnam, and Laotians(Women's status in their families: comparative study between Viet Kieu and Viet in Vietnam, and Lao people). Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, June 2006.

3, Pham Thi Mui (2008), “Life cycle rituals of Vietnamese people in Laos and the issue of Vietnamese-Lao cultural exchange"* (Rites of passage of the Vietnamese migrants in Laos and Vietnam-Lao cultural interflow); In: Nguyen Duy Thieu (ed.), Migration and cultural changes in the Vietnamese migrants in Laos, The World Publishing House, Vietnam, 2008. The book was published by Vietnamese, English and Lao language;

4, Pham Thi Mui (2012), taking part to compile “Dictionary of Lao cultural history” (The Lao Culture Dictionary), Nguyen Le Thi chief author, Publishing House of Encyclopedic Dictionary.

5, Pham Thi Mui (2012), taking part to compile by Truong Duy Hoa chief author,“Some political and economic issues and trends in the Lao PDR”(Some The economic-political problems and trends in Lao PDR in the first years of 20^thdecade), Publishing House of Vietnamese Social Science.

6, Pham Thi Mui (2013),“Transformation of material culture of Lao Lum ethnic groups under the impact of Globalization”(The change of material culture of the Lao Lum under the Globalization), Journal of Art Culture Studies, September 2013.

7, Pham Thi Mui (2013),“Policy towards ethnic minority areas in Lao PDR from 1986 to present”(Policies toward the ethnic regions in Laos from 1986 to present), Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, September 2013.

8, Pham Thi Mui (2013), taking part to compile Truong Duy Hoa chief author, “Realizing the ASEAN Community - Impact context and issues raised”(The realization of the ASEAN community- effective contexts and the posed problems), Publishing House of Vietnamese Social Science, Hanoi.