Information on the thesis "Adjusting Vietnam's Foreign Investment Attraction Policy After Joining the WTO" by graduate student Nguyen Thi Minh Khue, majoring in International Relations.1. Student's Full Name: Nguyen Thi Minh Khue 2. Gender: Female 3. Date of Birth: March 26, 1984 4. Place of Birth: Dong Nai 5. Decision No. 1376/2008/QD-XHNV-KH&SDH, dated October 29, 2008, by the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi 6. Changes during the training process: None 7. Thesis Title: Adjusting Vietnam's Foreign Investment Attraction Policy after WTO Accession 8. Specialization: International Relations 9. Code: 60.31.40 10. Scientific Supervisor: Dr. BUI NHAT QUANG, Institute of African and Middle Eastern Studies, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences. 11. Summary of thesis results: The thesis topic "Adjusting Vietnam's Foreign Direct Investment Attraction Policy After WTO Accession" includes an Introduction, Conclusion, and Bibliography. This thesis consists of three chapters: Chapter 1 - Theoretical and practical basis for adjusting Vietnam's foreign direct investment attraction policy. This chapter clarifies theoretical and practical issues such as the concept of foreign direct investment attraction policy, and the adjustment of foreign direct investment attraction policy in the context of trade and investment liberalization, opening up, and integration. It also clarifies Vietnam's international economic integration process, the advantages and difficulties in attracting foreign investment in recent years, highlighting the importance of adjusting foreign investment policy at specific time points to improve the effectiveness of investment attraction. Chapter 2 - The main content of the thesis: Adjustments to the policy on attracting foreign direct investment since Vietnam's accession to the WTO and its key impacts. Chapter 2 is the main chapter of the thesis, delving into and clarifying the main adjustments to Vietnam's policy on attracting foreign direct investment since joining the WTO, assessing the positive and negative impacts of these policy adjustments on Vietnam's foreign direct investment attraction practices during the 2006-2010 period. Chapter 3 - Some assessments and recommendations to improve the effectiveness of the policy on attracting foreign direct investment in Vietnam in the future. Chapter 3 focuses on analyzing the advantages and disadvantages for Vietnam in implementing the adjustments, addressing the orientation for adjusting Vietnam's foreign direct investment attraction policy during the 2011-2020 period to propose some immediate solutions to improve the effectiveness of these policy adjustments. 12. Practical applications: (if any) 13. Future research directions: (if any) 14. Published works related to the thesis: 14.1. Report on the impact of international economic integration on the economy after 3 years of Vietnam's accession to the WTO, Central Institute for Economic Management Research (May 2010) 14.2. Assessment of Vietnam's foreign investment policy – Documents from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (Investment Policy Review of Vietnam 2009)
INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS
1. Full name : Nguyen Thi Minh Khue 2. Sex: Female 3. Date of birth: March 26, 1984 4. Place of birth: Dong Nai 5. Admission decision number: 1376/2008/QD-XHNV- KH&SĐH. Issued date: October 29, 2008. 6. Changes in academic process: (none) 7. Official thesis title: “Reforms in Vietnam's foreign direct investment policy after its WTO accession” 8. Major: International Relations 9. Code: 60.31.40 10. Supervisors: Ph.D: Bui Nhat Quang 11. Summary of the findings of the thesis: The thesis “Reforms in Vietnam's foreign direct investment policy after its WTO accession” includes three main chapters (excluding introduction, conclusion and reference list) Chapter 1- Rationale of Vietnam's reform of foreign direct investment (FDI) policy. This chapter focuses on the definitions of FDI policy and the reforms of FDI policy in the context of trade liberalization and integration. Besides, it points out Vietnam's international integration process and its pros and cons in atrracting FDI to emphasize the vitality of each period's reform. Chapter 2- Reforms and their impacts on FDI policy after Vietnam's WTO accession. This is the thesis's main chapter which gives details of reform in Vietnam's FDI policy after its WTO entrance. Furthermore, the chapter includes positive and negative assessments of those reforms in the period of 2006 – 2010. Chapter 3- Assessments and proposals for a more effective FDI policy of Vietnam in the coming years. The chapter focuses on analysis of Vietnam's advantages and disadvantages in proceeding the reform. It also addresses Vietnam's orientations in attracting FDI in the period of 2011 – 2020 and short – term resolutions to improve current reforms in FDI policy. 12. Practical applicability, if any: (none) 13. Further research directions, if any: (none) 14. Thesis-related publications: 14.1. Reviews on Vietnam's economic impacts of international integration after 3 years in WTO, Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM), (May 2010) 14.2. Investment Policy Review of Vietnam 2009, OECD, UNCTAD
