Information about the thesis "East-West Economic Corridor: Current Situation and Solutions" by graduate student Nguyen Hong Dung, majoring in International Relations.1. Student's Full Name: Nguyen Hong Dung 2. Gender: Female 3. Date of Birth: April 3, 1976 4. Place of Birth: Hanoi 5. Decision No. 41/QD-SDH, dated February 5, 2010, of the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi 6. Changes during the training process: None 7. Thesis Title: East-West Economic Corridor: Current Situation and Solutions 8. Major: International Relations; Code: 60 31 40 9. Scientific Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pham Thi Thanh Binh, Institute of World Economics and Politics 10. Summary of thesis results: The East-West Economic Corridor (EWEC) is a goodwill initiative of the Mekong Subregion Ministerial Conference since 1998 aimed at promoting economic development and integration for four countries: Laos, Thailand, Myanmar, and Vietnam. With over 100 pages, the thesis has yielded the following results:
- Accurately assess the current state of the EWEC, including achievements and shortcomings; objective and subjective factors impacting the corridor... and the remaining issues of the program in the four countries through which the corridor passes.
- This thesis proposes several solutions for the development of the EWEC. It suggests proactively seeking investment partners, tailored to each country, addressing issues such as security, program promotion and advertising, and information exchange. Simultaneously, alongside general solutions, the thesis outlines specific improvements in customs, road infrastructure upgrades, warehouse construction, and human resources. Specifically for Vietnam, the thesis recommends focusing on seaports; further upgrading and modernizing information and customs systems; and developing the economies of cities traversed by the corridor to fully benefit from its advantages.
- In addition, the thesis also addresses potential problems and obstacles that need to be considered and addressed.
11. Practical Applicability: The recommendations and solutions proposed in this thesis have high potential for practical application in the member countries of the EWEC. This is because they benefit both the individual countries and the ASEAN bloc, a political, economic, and social organization that is receiving significant global attention. Furthermore, the recommendations and solutions are based on the actual situation, comparing it with past and present circumstances, and especially with a forward-looking perspective, instilling confidence in the program's effectiveness. 12. Future Research Directions: The EWEC is still in progress, and the program has a promising future despite some limitations and obstacles due to objective circumstances. One of the future research directions is to place the EWEC within the context of the US, Russia, and the EU's increasing interest in the ASEAN region. How will the EWEC develop to contribute to and satisfy the world's growing interest? Simultaneously, the study will also thoroughly analyze the "disagreement" factors within EWEC and ASEAN that affect EWEC. 13. Published works related to the thesis:
- EWEC: Expanding cross-border economic cooperation, Banking Times, issue 125, dated August 6, 2010.
- EWEC: To make the "one-stop shop" not so simple... there are no limits, Banking Times, issue 106, July 3, 2010.
- Exploiting the tourism potential of the EWEC, Banking Times, issue 106, published on July 3, 2010.
- EWEC: Not yet fully realized, Banking Times, issue 103, published June 28, 2010.
INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS
1. Full name: Nguyen Hong Dung 2. Sex: Female 3. Date of birth: April 3, 1976 4. Place of birth: Hanoi 5. Admission decision number: 41/QD-SĐH, dated February 5, 2010 6. Changes in academic process: 7. Official thesis title: East - West Economic Corridor: Reality and Solutions 8. Major: International Relations 9. Code: 60 31 40 10. Supervisors: Associate Professor, PhD. Pham Thi Thanh Binh, Institute of World Economics and Politics 11. Summary of the findings of the thesis: East - West Economic Corridor (EWEC) is the goodwill's initiative of the Ministerial Conference of the Greater Mekong Sub-region in 1998 to promote development and economic integration for the four countries: Laos, Thailand, Myanmar and Vietnam. 100-page-thesis has brought the following results:
- Evaluating the current status of EWEC, its achievements and limitations ; the objective, and subjective factors which impact on the corridor, the remaining problems in the program in four countries.
- Proposing some solutions for EWEC development. Actively seeking appropriate investment partners for each country and each issue, for instance: security, introduction and promotion programs, information exchange... With common solutions, thesis shows a number of specific improvements in customs and upgrade roads, warehouses construction, human resources ... Particularly in Vietnam, the thesis proposal increases the interest in the seaport; modernizing information systems, customs; developing economics of these cities which the corridor passes in order to get “completely” the advantage by the lobby.
- In addition, the thesis also addresses the arising and hidden issues which Laos, Thailand, Myanmar and Vietnam have to concern.
12. Practical applicability: Recommendations, solutions proposed in the thesis are able to apply in practice of the EWEC's countries. Because they are the interests of the country itself as well as the interests of ASEAN - the political, economic and social organization. Furthermore, recommendations, solutions are based on the recent situation, comparison with the previous situation and especially with “visibility” for the coming years, they are giving effectiveness and faith in a bright future of EWEC. 13. Further research directions: EWEC is on movement, with many positive perspectives but also obstacles. One of the upcoming research directions is EWEC in the situation: US, Russia and EU are interested in ASEAN a lot. How will EWEC develop to be able to contribute, satisfy the world? It also analyzes of the “no consensus” factors as well as affection of ASEAN to EWEC. 14. Thesis-related publications:
- EWEC: Expansion of economic cooperation across borders, Vietnam Banking Times, No. 125, issued on August 6, 2010.
- EWEC: To “one-door” neither very much... breakpoint, Vietnam Banking Times, No. 106, issued on July 3, 2010.
- Exploiting the potential of tourism in EWEC, Vietnam Banking Times, No. 106, issued on July 3, 2010.
- EWEC not realize its full potential, Vietnam Banking Times, No. 103, issued on June 28, 2010.
