TTLV: Evaluation of Vietnam's religious and belief policy system in the period 1990 - 2015

MASTER'S THESIS INFORMATION

1. Student's full name:Tran Hoang Phuong Anh

2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: November 19, 1991

4. Place of birth: Quang Ninh

5. Student recognition decision No. 2415/2015/QD-XHNV, dated October 13, 2015 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:Evaluation of Vietnam's religious and belief policy system in the period 1990 - 2015

8. Major: Vietnamese Studies Code: 60.22.01.13

9. Scientific instructor:Dr. Nguyen Truong Son– Faculty of Vietnamese Studies and Vietnamese Language – University of Social Sciences and Humanities

10. Summary of thesis results:

During the years of implementing the renovation policy, under the leadership of the Party, along with the innovations in mechanisms, policies and laws in all fields in general; Vietnam's policies and laws on beliefs and religions in particular have become increasingly stable, regularly amended and supplemented with a truly open-minded spirit to suit the actual situation, meeting the aspirations and legitimate needs of the people. However, besides the achievements, our country's policies and laws on beliefs and religions still reveal some limitations and inadequacies.

The topic aims to contribute to evaluating and clarifying the achievements and limitations of policies and laws on beliefs and religions in Vietnam from 1990 to 2015. The topic also contributes to affirming the contents of policies and laws that are still valuable, the contents that need to be amended, supplemented, and improved to suit the practical situation, meeting the requirements of socio-economic development and international integration of the country.

11. Practical application:

Based on the assessment of the achievements and limitations of Vietnam's religious policy from 1990 to 2015, it helps the authorities continue to amend, supplement and perfect the policy accordingly.

12. Further research directions: None

13. Published works related to the thesis: None

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1.Full name: Tran Hoang Phuong Anh 2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: November 19, 1991 4. Place of birth: Quang Ninh

5. Admission decision number: 2415/2015/QD-XHNV, on October 13^th, 2015 by Rector of University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi National University

6. Change in academic process: No

7. Official thesis title: An evaluation of the Vietnamese religious policies during 1990 - 2015

8. Major: Vietnamese Study Code: 60.22.01.13

9. Supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Truong Son – Faculty of Vietnamese Study and Language - University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi National University

10. Summary of the findings of the thesis:

During the years of implementing Renovation (Doi Moi) policy, under the lead of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the reforms of institution, policy and law had been carried out in every field of social life. The law and policy on religion and belief in particular has become more stable and regularly modified in order to correspond with the actual state and meet the expectations and legitimate needs of the people. However, besides achievements, the Vietnamese law and policy on religion and belief still shows several limitations and inadequacies.

This research is aimed to evaluate and clarify achievements and limitations of the law and policy on religion and belief of Vietnam from 1990 to 2015. On the one hand, it affirms that the contents of policy and law still remain valuable but on the other hand, it also points out the contents need to be modified and supplemented in order to meet the requirements of socio - economic development and international integration of Vietnam.

11. Practical applicability:

This research is aimed to evaluate and clarify achievements and limitations of the law and policy on religion and belief of Vietnam from 1990 to 2015, on that basis of evaluation, the research hopes to help the appropriate authorities in the process of complementing the law and policy on religion and belief.

12. Further study directions, if any: No

13. Thesis-related publications: No