TTLV: Activities of non-governmental organizations in the field of HIV/AIDS prevention and control in Vietnam (2000 - 2012)

MASTER'S THESIS INFORMATION

1. Student's full name: NGUYEN THANH VINH 2. Gender: Male

3. Date of birth: April 1, 1987

4. Place of birth: Hanoi

5. Decision on recognition of students No. 2797/QD-XHNV-SDH December 28, 2012 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi

6. Changes in the training process:

(record the forms of change and the corresponding time)

7. Thesis topic name: Activities of non-governmental organizations in the field of HIV/AIDS prevention and control in VietnamMale (2000 – 2012).

8. Major: International Relations; Code: 60310206.

9. Scientific advisor: Dr. Bui Hong Hanh, Faculty of International Studies, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi

(Clearly state scientific title, academic degree, full name and working organization)

10. Summary of thesis results:

The thesis has researched and clarified 3 contents: Theoretical and practical basis of the research problem; Current status of the research problem; Recommendations for solutions to improve the effectiveness of the research problem. The results of this research have clarified the cooperation process of non-governmental organizations in the current HIV/AIDS prevention work in Vietnam.

Along with the development process of the world, NGOs were born and increasingly demonstrated their indispensable role in the international community. NGOs play a very important role in supporting the resolution of economic and social issues, the focus of which in this thesis is HIV/AIDS prevention activities in Vietnam. NGOs operate for the interests of disadvantaged and vulnerable groups in society, helping them integrate into the community. It can be said that NGOs have become an important force in the development process of Vietnam, however, NGOs also have certain limitations and difficulties such as limited capital, projects lacking focus...

Over the past 20 years, through thousands of projects implemented in most provinces and cities of Vietnam, hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese people have benefited from the projects. That has contributed significantly to improving the quality of health and life of Vietnam in general and people with HIV in particular. HIV/AIDS prevention projects, in addition to focusing on preventing infection and reducing harm, also contribute to the socio-economic development process, helping project beneficiaries overcome inferiority complex, do business, rise out of poverty, integrate into and contribute to society.

However, in addition to the positive results achieved, there are still some limitations in human resources, infrastructure, funding sources as well as sustainability in operations. The thesis has recommended solutions to partly overcome these limitations, and at the same time proposed solutions to improve the effectiveness of activities.

This is an updated topic and focuses in-depth on the activities of non-governmental organizations in HIV/AIDS prevention, so the results of the thesis are completely new research results.

11. Practical application: (if any)

All research results of the thesis can be applied in practice right from the present time. The results of the thesis partly contribute to non-governmental organizations, research agencies, and the Non-governmental Organization Data Center to build and update information sources and serve as a theoretical basis for conducting future research in the field of HIV/AIDS prevention; provide assessments of cooperation and support of non-governmental organizations in the field of HIV/AIDS prevention; organizations can apply recommendations and solutions with practical application in the thesis because the conclusions in the thesis are based on assessments and synthesis from practical implementation of work that the author has had the opportunity to do and seen in the actual work of HIV/AIDS prevention at APHEDA organization.

12. Further research directions: (if any)

HIV/AIDS prevention is an activity that requires the participation and coordination of all agencies, sectors, unions, people, social organizations, non-governmental organizations as well as the support of international organizations. The thesis has not had the opportunity to deeply explore and compare the effectiveness of HIV/AIDS prevention with the support of non-governmental organizations in Vietnam and other countries. In addition, deeper and further access to many Vietnamese and foreign non-governmental organizations will help to have a more comprehensive view and objective assessment of the implementation of HIV/AIDS prevention as a basis for evaluating support work and evaluating Vietnam's international cooperation in the field of HIV/AIDS in particular. Therefore, further, more in-depth studies on these contents are needed.

13. Published works related to the thesis:

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name: NGUYEN THANH VINH. 2. Sex: Male

3. Date of birth: 01^stApril 2014............ 4. Place of birth: Ha Noi, Vietnam

5. Admission decision number: 2797/QD-XHNV-SDH Dated 28^thDecember 2012

6. Changes in academic process: ..............................................................................

(List the forms of change and corresponding times)

7. Official thesis title: Operation of non-governmental organizations in preventing HIV/AIDS in Vietnam (2000 – 2012)

8. Major: International Relations............ 9. Code: 60310206

10. Supervisors: Dr. Bui Hong Hanh

(Full name, academic title and degree)

11. Summary of the findings of the thesis: .............................................................

This thesis researched and divided into 03 main parts: contents: theoretical and practical basis of the research issue; current status of research issue; recommendations for improvement of efficiency of the research issue. The results of thesis have clarified the operation of non-governmental organizations in preventing HIV/AIDS in Vietnam.Together with development of the world, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have been formed and shown as an important part of the international community. Non-governmental organizations play an important role in dealing with social economic issues such as preventing HIV/AIDS in Vietnam as mentioned in this thesis. Non-governmental organizations work for the rights of hazardous people, help them integrate into society. Therefore, NGOs have become an important part for the development of Vietnam even there are some shortages and difficulties such as limited funds, lack of focuses...

For the past 20 years, with thousands of projects implemented in most of areas in Vietnam, hundreds of thousands Vietnamese people have been benefited. This results have contributed significantly to improve living and health quality for Vietnamese people generally and people living with HIV/AIDS specifically. Within HIV/AIDS prevention projects, besides focusing on prevention projects also contributes to social economic development, helping projects' beneficiaries overcome unconfidence, hardships.

However, besides positive results achieved, there have been some shortages on human resources, infrastructure and funding as well as sustainability. The thesis recommended solutions to somehow resolve it and also proposed recommendations to improve its effectiveness.This is an updated thesis focusing mainly in NGOs operations in preventing HIV/AIDS, therefore its results are completely new

12. Practical applicability, if any:

The whole results of this thesis are capable of practical application from the moment. The results would somehow contribute for NGOs, research institute, NGOs resource center to update and would be used as basis to carry further studies in the field of preventing HIV/AIDS; giving out assessments on co-operation and support from NGOs in HIV/AIDS prevention; organizations may use those practical recommendations and solutions because these results based on summary and evaluation from practical situations in which the author works and testify from APHEDA

13. Further research directions, if any:

HIV/AIDS prevention needs co-operation of all agencies, associations, people, civil social organizations, NGOs as well as international organizations. This thesis has not yet been provided with opportunities to explore deeper and compare the effectiveness of HIV prevention with support of NGOs in Vietnam and in other countries. Besides, future approaches to local NGOs will create a broader perspectives and unprejudiced assessments on HIV/AIDS prevention implementation as a basis to evaluate its support and Vietnam international co-operation in the field of eliminating HIV/AIDS. Therefore, there is a need of conducting further studies.

14. Thesis-related publications: .........................................................................