TTLV: Foreign direct investment of Vietnamese enterprises in the context of international economic integration

MASTER'S THESIS INFORMATION

1.Student's name:Nguyen Truong Tu2. Gender:Male

3.Date of birth: 26/6/1983

4.Place of birth:Tan Tho, Nong Cong, Thanh Hoa

5.Decision to recognize student number:280/QD-SDH, dated February 20, 2014 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

6.Changes in training:Do not have.

7.Thesis topic name:“Foreign direct investment of Vietnamese enterprises in the context of international economic integration”.

8.Specialized:International Relations;Code: 60310206

9.Scientific advisor:Dr. Nguyen Thanh Hoang, currently working at the Faculty of International Relations, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Ho Chi Minh City.

10. Summary of thesis results:The novelty and new contributions of this topic lie in the fact that it summarizes the entire process of foreign direct investment of Vietnamese enterprises in the period from 1989 to the end of 2012, as well as summarizes all the policies and guidelines on foreign policy that the Party and the State have implemented in this period. The novelty of the topic is to present the relationship and two-way impact between how foreign policy has impacted foreign direct investment activities, and in the opposite direction, foreign direct investment activities have also more or less influenced the adjustment of Vietnam's foreign policy. In addition, the topic also has new contributions when analyzing whether investment projects of the Vietnamese community abroad are foreign direct investment projects or not, or the topic also gives opinions on strengthening management and supervision to prevent "money laundering" when proposing the need for stricter management measures for foreign direct investment projects of Vietnamese enterprises.

11. Practical application:The topic is a source of information for businesses to refer to in planning before implementing projects in other aspects such as: Is the business's investment project included in the Project "Promoting Vietnam's investment abroad" or not? Or has the investment recipient country signed an investment protection and encouragement agreement, an agreement to avoid double taxation with Vietnam? From these data sources, businesses will develop a suitable project implementation plan. Or this topic helps those interested in the relationship between foreign policy and foreign direct investment activities to have the most general and comprehensive view of the relationship between the two subjects.

12. Further research directions:This topic can be developed in the direction of continuing to update research on the relationship between foreign policy and foreign direct investment from 2012 to present; or it can be studied in depth on a small aspect of this topic, for example, the relationship between foreign policy and foreign direct investment activities in terms of impact on the negotiation and signing of investment promotion and protection agreements, or in terms of impact on establishing partnership relationships, or in terms of increasing the rate of return on investment projects...

13. Published works related to the thesis:There have been many research works on foreign policy and foreign direct investment activities in general by many authors and researchers. However, the research work directly related to the content of this topic must include the article "Vietnam's foreign investment activities after 20 years looking back"by author Pham Tien published by the Institute of World Economics and Politics in 2011; or the article“Foreign direct investment activities of Vietnamese enterprises”by Professor, Dr. Vo Thanh Thu and Dr. Ngo Thi Ngoc Huyen published in Economic Development Magazine, No. 225, published in July 2009; and most recently, an article by author Tran Thanh Hai titled“Overseas investment – ​​difficulties of enterprises and legal issues that need to be improved”Published in Democracy and Law Magazine No. 64 published in March 2014; and some other related articles.

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name:Nguyen Truong Tu.2. Sex:Male

3. Date of birth:June 26^th 1983                                  4. Place of birth:Thanh Hoa

5. Admission decision number:No.280/QD-SĐH, dated on February 20^th2014.

6. Changes in academic process:None

7. Official thesis title:“Outward foreign direct investment of the Vietnam-based enterprises in the context of international economic integration”

8. Major:International Relations9. Code:60310206

10. Supervisors:Ph.D Nguyen Thanh Hoang, is working at the Faculty of International Relations, The University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Ho Chi Minh City.
11. Summary of the findings of the thesis:The new contribution of this thesis is to summarize the entire process of outward direct investment of the Vietnam-based enterprises during the period from 1989 to 2012, as well as to outline the overview of the diplomatic policies and foreign affairs guidelines that the Communist Party of Vietnam and the Government of Vietnam have made during this period. A new feature of this thesis is to point out the relationships and mutual impact on how does the foreign policy impact to outward foreign investment, and in the opposite direction, then how does outward foreign direct investment affect to the adjustment of the foreign policy of Vietnam. In addition, the thesis has new contribution by analyzing whether an investment project owned by the Vietnamese overseas is an outward foreign direct investment project or not; or the thesis also delivers a strong suggestion on strengthening the management and supervision procedures to prevent "money laundering" activities by implementing the strict measures to manage the outward foreign direct investment projects of the Vietnam-based enterprises.

12. Practical applicability, if any:The content of thesis is an useful sources to make businesses plan before deploying the project in the aspects such as whether the project is matching well to the Master plan made by the Government namely "Strengthening the outward foreign investment of Vietnam" or not? Or, whether this investment-receiving country had signed the agreement to protect and encourage investment activities, the agreement to avoid double taxation with the Vietnamese Government or not? These above sources will help the enterprise to make its project's implementation plan more carefully. Furthermore, this thesis would be helpful for those who are interested in researching the relationship between foreign policy and outward foreign direct investment by providing the most general and the best overview upon the mutual connections of two factors.

13. Further research directions, if any:Thesis could be continuously developed by updating research on the relationship between foreign policy and outward foreign direct investment period from 2012 up to now; or those, who are interested in this thesis, would do an in-depth study of a single aspect of this thesis such as the relationship between foreign policy and outward foreign direct investment in terms of its impact to the negotiation and signing procedures of the agreement to protect and encourage investment activities, or in terms of its impact to the establishment of partnership relations, or on aspects of increasing the margin rate of the investment project ...

14. Thesis-related publications:Many authors, researchers have done their studies related to foreign policy, the activities of outward foreign direct investment. However, the studies that are directly related to the content of this thesis could be named out"The 20-year look back on the outward investment activities of Vietnam"written by Pham Tien and published by the Institute of Economics and World Politics in 2011; or the article namely"The activities of outward foreign direct investment of the Vietnam-based enterprises"written by Prof Dr Vo Thanh Thu and Ph.D Ngo Thi Ngoc Huyen and released on the Economic Development Magazine, No. 225, published on July 2009; and most recent article titled"Outward foreign direct investment – ​​difficulties of enterprises and legal issues need to complete"written by author Tran Thanh Hai and released on the Democracy and Law Magazine, No. 64, published on March 2014; and many other related articles.