TTLV: China's strategic adjustments towards the Greater Mekong Subregion from 2006 to the present and Vietnam's response.

INFORMATION ABOUT THE MASTER'S THESIS

1. Student's full name:Nguyen Thi Phuong Anh      

2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: November 5, 1992

4. Place of birth: Hanoi

5. Decision to recognize students No. 2811/2016/QD-XHNV dated August 18, 2016, signed by the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

6. Changes in the training process: None

7. Thesis title:China's strategic adjustments towards the Greater Mekong Subregion from 2006 to the present and Vietnam's response.

8. Major: International Relations Code: 60.31.02.06

9. Scientific supervisor:Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thi Que- Institute of International Relations - Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics

10. Summary of thesis results: After the research and implementation of the topic, the thesis has achieved certain results:

- An overview of theories on regional and sub-regional integration.

- Analyze the factors influencing China's strategic adjustments towards the Greater Mekong Subregion from 2006 to the present (international and regional context; internal needs of the countries in the Subregion...).

- Clarify the milestones that show the process of adjusting China's strategy towards the Greater Mekong Subregion from 2006 to the present. Also, identify the purpose and content of that adjustment.

- Assess the achievements and limitations for China and the countries of the Subregion.

- Analyze the impacts of this adjustment on Vietnam.

- Forecast of the trend of China's strategic adjustments towards the Greater Mekong Subregion up to 2025

- Proposing solutions and recommendations for Vietnam in response to the impact of China's strategic adjustments.

11. Practical applications

- Contributing to providing scientific and practical arguments for the foreign policy planning of the Vietnamese Party and State in the face of the impacts of China's strategic adjustments to the Greater Mekong Subregion.

- This topic serves as a reference for officials working in the fields of foreign affairs, defense, and security; it is a practical source of information for teaching and research on international politics, world geopolitics, regional studies, international relations, and foreign policy within the system of Institutes and faculties of international relations in Vietnam.

12. Future research directions

- With this research direction, in the future the thesis could continue to follow changes in China's policies towards the countries of the Greater Mekong Subregion in particular and towards Southeast Asian countries in general, as this is one of the regions where the Beijing government always wants to increase its influence.

- Based on the geopolitical importance of Southeast Asia, compare the policies and influence of major powers on the countries of the Greater Mekong Subregion.

13. Published works related to the thesis

- Li Mingjiang (2010), China's International Relations in Asia (Vol 1)

- Mishuhiro Kagami (2010), Japan and Korea with the Mekong River Basin Countries (BRC Research Report Bangkok Research Center).

- Asian Development Bank - ADB (2012), Greater Mekong Subregion: Twenty years of partnership (Mandaluyong City, Philippines).

- Dr. Le Van My (2006), China in Greater Mekong Subregion Cooperation: Impacts and Influences.

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name: Nguyen Thi Phuong Anh 2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: November 5, 1992 4. Place of birth: Hanoi

5. Admission decision number: 2811/2016/QD-XHNV dated August 18, 2016 of the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University Hanoi.

6. Changes in academic process: None

7. Official thesis title: China's strategy shifting towards Greater Mekong Sub-region from 2006 to present

8. Major: International Relations Code: 60.31.02.06

9. Supervisors: Assoc. Prof. PhD Nguyen Thi Que – International Relations Institute - Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics

10. Summary of the findings of the thesis: There has been some highlighted findings in the thesis as follows:

- Overview of theories of regional and sub-regional cooperation.

- An analysis of factors which have been affecting China's shifts in its strategy towards Greater Mekong Sub-region since 2006. (global and regional context and the demands within Greater Mekong Sub-region countries).

- Clarification of time periods (starting in 2006) since which China has been shifting its strategies towards Greater Mekong Sub-region.

- Evaluation of the results and the drawbacks faced by China and Greater Mekong Sub-region countries.

- An analysis of the effects that the China's shifts in its strategy towards Vietnam.

- Predictions about China's shifts in its strategy towards Greater Mekong Sub-region until 2025.

- Proposing solutions to the effects that the adaptations in China's strategies have on Vietnam.

11. Practical applicability, if any:

- The thesis helps provide scientific and practical evidence for forming foreign policy of the Communist Party and the State of Vietnam in the face of the effects resulting from China's strategic shifts towards the Greater Mekong Sub-region.

- The thesis can be used as a source of reference materials for Vietnamese officials working in areas of foreign affairs, security and defense, international politics, geo-politics, regionalistics, international relations and foreign policy.

12. Further research directions, if any:

- Based on what it already had, the thesis could be more developed in many other directions. One particular example of this could be a study of China's policy shifting towards Greater Mekong Sub-region or Southeastern countries.

- Due to the geo-political importance of Southeast Asia, the thesis could be further developed by drawing an analogy between policies of powerful countries and the influences these countries have on Greater Mekong Sub-region countries.

13. Thesis-related publications:

- ADB, Greater Mekong Subregion: Twenty years of partnership, Mandaluyong City, Philippines: Asian Development Bank, 2012.

- Li Mingjiang (2010), China's International Relations in Asia, Vol1.

- Le Van My (2016), China's towards Greater Mekong Sub-region: Impact and Influence

- Mishuhiro Kagami (2010). Japan and Korea with the Mekong River basin Countries, BRC Research Report Bangkok Research Center