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

1. Student's full 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 No. 1528/QD-XHNV-SDH dated October 14, 2009, of the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, recognizing postgraduate students.

6. Changes in the training process: None

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

8. Specialization: Ethnology;

9. Code: 60 22 70

10. Scientific supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Le Sy Giao. Affiliation: Department of Anthropology, University of Social Sciences and Humanities - VNU Hanoi

11. Summary of the thesis results:

My research focuses on addressing the following specific issues:

1. The emergence of Ton Kham Night Market in relation to the development of ethnic tourism 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 among market vendors;
4. The interaction between vendors and local and foreign tourists in the social space of Ton Kham Night Market;

12. Practical applications:

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

b. Contributing to clarifying the positive and negative impacts of tourism on the lives of local people, the self-management approach to markets offers suggestions for lessons learned for Vietnam.

13. Future research directions:

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

b. The role of gender in the preservation and development of traditional crafts.

14. Published works related to the thesis:

1, Pham Thi Mui,"Media in gender development in the Lao People's Democratic Republic", Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, January 2005.

2, Pham Thi Mui,"The position of women in the family:NComparative study between overseas Vietnamese and Vietnamese people living in Vietnam.Nam, and the Laotians,Journal of 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”; In “Migration and Lifestyle Change: The Case of the Vietnamese Community in Laos", Nguyen Duy Thieu (ed.), The Gioi 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 Lao History and Culture", 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 key political and economic issues and trends in the Lao People's Democratic Republic during the first two decades of the 21st century, Social Sciences Publishing House, Hanoi.

6, Pham Thi Mui (2013),"Transformation of the material culture of the Lao Lum ethnic group under the impact of globalization", Culture and Arts Magazine, September 2013 issue.

7, Pham Thi Mui (2013),"Policies towards ethnic minority areas in the Lao People's Democratic Republic from 1986 to the present.”, Journal of 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 - the context of its impact and the challenges it raises", Social Sciences Publishing House, Hanoi.

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name: Pham Thi Mui

2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: January 28, 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), “Media 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 role of women in the family: a comparative study among Vietnamese expatriates, 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), “Vietnamese life cycle rituals 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 in Vietnamese, English, and Lao languages;

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

5, Pham Thi Mui (2012), taking part to compile Truong Duy Hoa, chief author,"Some key political and economic issues and trends in the Lao People's Democratic Republic"(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 the material culture of the Lao Lum ethnic group 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),"Policies towards ethnic minority areas in the Lao People's Democratic Republic from 1986 to the 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 - the context of its impact and the challenges it raises"(The realization of the ASEAN community- effective contexts and the posed problems), Publishing House of Vietnamese Social Science, Hanoi.