TTLV: Buddhism in Kien Giang Province and its role in social charity work in the current period.

1.Student's full name:Nguyen Thanh Lam

2.Gender: Male

3.Date of birth: May 25, 1983

4.Place of birth: Kien Giang

5.Decision to recognize students No. 3379/QD-XHNV-SDH, dated December 19, 2017, by the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

6.Changes to the training process: none

7.Thesis title: Buddhism in Kien Giang Province and its role in social charity work in the present period.

8.Major: Religious Studies; Code: 60220309

9.Scientific supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tran Thi Kim Oanh

10.Summary of the thesis results:

- Based on the theoretical framework of Buddhist social charity work and of Buddhism in Kien Giang, this thesis has pointed out the current state of Buddhist social charity work in Kien Giang from the perspectives of social security and social welfare.

- Based on that current situation, the thesis has pointed out the achievements, limitations, and causes of those achievements and limitations, and from there proposed solutions to improve the effectiveness of social charity work of Buddhism in Kien Giang province.

11.Practical applications:

- Based on the comprehensive research results, surveys, and practical assessments, the proposals and solutions presented in this thesis can help improve the effectiveness of social charity work of Buddhism in Kien Giang province.

- Used as a reference material in research and study on Buddhism, religious charity work, etc.

12.Further research directions:

State management of social charity activities of religions in Kien Giang province.

13.The following published works are relevant to the thesis:

Nguyen Thanh Lam (2019), Kien Giang Buddhism and social charity activities,December 2019 issue of the Journal of Religious Affairs.

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name: Nguyen Thanh Lam

2. Sex: Male

3. Date of birth: May 25, 1983

4. Place of birth: Kien Giang

5. Admission decision number: 3379/QD-XHNV-SDH dated December 19, 2017 of Rector of University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University Hanoi

6. Changes in academic progress: None

7. Thesis title: Buddhism and the chartity soical work in Kien Giang Province

8. Major: Religion studies; 9. Code: 60220309

10. Supervisor: Assoc.Prof.Dr. Tran Thi Kim Oanh,

11. Summary of thesis results:

- On the basis of Buddhism's social work and status of Buddhism of Kien Giang Province, the thesis provides 2 sectors of Buddhism's social work in Kien Giang: social security and social welfare.

- From the status of 2 sectors, thesis highlights achievements, constraints and the causes of its, so thesis provides solutions for Buddhist.

12. Practical applicability:

- Thesis helped Buddhist promote the effectiveness of social work in Kien Giang Province

- As such, the thesis is suitable as research and teaching document on the Buddhism in general, as well as Buddhism's social work in particular.

13. Further research directions:

State administration on the religion's social work in Kien Giang Province

14. Published works related to the thesis:

Nguyen Thanh Lam (2019),Kien Giang Buddhism with social work,Journal of Religious Affairs, December 2019