TTLV: Traditional craft villages in Thuong Tin district, Hanoi in a market economy (the case of Thuy Ung village)

1. Student's full name: LE QUANG PHAP
2. Gender: Male
3. Date of birth: October 25, 1994
4. Place of birth: Thuong Tin, Hanoi
5. Decision No. 4295/QD-XHNV dated December 16, 2016, of the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, recognizing postgraduate students.
6. Changes to the training process: None
7. Thesis title: :Traditional craft villages in Thuong Tin district, Hanoi, in a market economy (the case of Thuy Ung village)
8. Major: Vietnamese Studies
9. Code: 60220113
10. Scientific supervisor:Dr. Dang Thi Van ChiDepartment of Vietnamese Studies and Vietnamese Language, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi
11. Summary of the thesis results:

The thesis has clarified the following fundamental issues:

Provide a general overview of traditional craft villages in Thuong Tin district: their origins, history, production relations, and socio-economic characteristics.

This case study examines the history of Thuy Ung village, its development, and the traditional crafts practiced there. The thesis also analyzes the current advantages and disadvantages of handicraft production in Thuy Ung. Based on the survey and analysis, lessons learned from Thuy Ung's development and solutions to overcome production challenges can be drawn.

Through research findings on craft villages in the district and the case of Thuy Ung village, this study has identified opportunities, challenges, and proposed solutions for the development of craft villages in Thuong Tin district within the current market economy.

12. Practical applications:

This research topic is valuable in providing advice to local authorities, craftspeople, and professional associations, serving the planning, improvement, and development of handicraft production in Thuong Tin in particular, and craft villages in general.

13. Future research directions:

14. Published works related to the thesis:

• A brief overview of the formation and development of craft villages in Thuong Tin district, Hanoi.
• Production chain linkages – solutions for development in craft villages (Based on a survey in Thuy Ung village, Thuong Tin district, Hanoi)

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name: LE QUANG PHAP 2. Sex: Male

3. Date of birth: October 25, 1994 4. Place of birth: Hanoi

5. Admission decision number: 4295/QD-XHNV Dated: December 16, 2016

6. Changes in academic process: None

7. Official thesis title:Traditional trade village in Thuong Tin district, Hanoi in the market mechanism (in case of theThuy Ung village)

8. Major: Vietnamese Studies 9. Code: 0220113

10. Supervisors: Dr Dang Thi Van Chi, Faculty of Vietnamese studies and Language, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University

11. Summary of the findings of the thesis:

Giving a brief overview of handicraft villages in Thuong Tin district, including information about the birth of these villages, the development progresses, the supply chain and their social/economic characteristics.

Taking Thuy Ung handicraft village as an example, the thesis makes clear the above points. Furthermore, the thesis analyzes the eases and difficulties of handicraft production in Thuy Ung village, and as a result suggests a solution to address such difficulties.

Generalizing a solution for the development of handicraft villages in Thuong Tin district. The thesis also discusses the opportunities and challenges of handicraft villages and their quality in the society.

12. Practical applicability, if any:

The thesis's result will help the local authorities, the craftsmen and the handicraft association in improving and developing the traditional handicraft production chain of handicraft villages in Thuong Tin district in specific, and other handicraft villages in the whold country in general.

13. Further research directions, if any:

14. Thesis-related publications:

• Some characteristics of the formation and development of trade villages in Thuong Tin district, Hanoi
• Linking production chain – the solution for development of the village (from the survey at Thuy Ung village, Thuong Tin dist, Hanoi)