TTLV: Understanding the Party's perspective on Vietnamese culture before the August 1945 Revolution.

INFORMATION ABOUT THE MASTER'S THESIS

1. Student's full name: Phung Thi Mai

2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: October 26, 1990

4. Place of birth: Hanoi

5. Decision to recognize the student No. 2797/QD-XHNV-SDH, dated December 28, 2012, 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: Exploring the Party's perspective on Vietnamese culture before the August 1945 Revolution.

8. Major: History of the Communist Party of Vietnam; Code: 60 22 03 15.

9. Scientific supervisor: Dr. Tran Viet Nghia, Department of History, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

10. Summary of the thesis results:

- This thesis provides an overview of the state of Vietnamese culture before the August 1945 Revolution.

- This thesis presents and analyzes the Party's views on Vietnamese culture before the August 1945 Revolution in several areas: the concept of "culture"; arts and literature - an important part of culture; cultural mobilization and propaganda; and the construction of cultural models.

- Based on the Party's views on Vietnamese culture, the thesis highlights some of the influences of these views on Vietnamese cultural life and the victory of the August Revolution of 1945.

- Based on the process of developing the Party's views on culture and the influence of these views, this thesis offers some lessons learned for the current cultural policies of the Party and the State.

11. Practical applications: The research findings of this thesis can be used as reference material in academic research at research institutions and universities; and in the process of refining cultural policies by policy-making bodies.

12. Further research directions: In-depth study of the Party's views on each aspect of culture before the August 1945 Revolution.

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name: Phùng Thị Mai 2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: October 26, 1990 4. Place of birth: Hanoi

5. Admission decision number: 2797/QD-XHNV-SDH, dated 28^thDecember 2012 by President of University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

6. Changes in academic process: No

7. Official thesis title:“Find out the views of Vietnam Communist Party about Vietnam culture before the August 1945 Revolution”.

8. Major: History of Vietnam Communist Party 9. Code: 60 22 03 15

10. Supervisors: PhD. Tran Viet Nghia, Faculty of History, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

11. Summary of the findings of the thesis:

- The thesis overviewed the situation of Vietnamese culture before the August 1945 Revolution.

- The thesis presented and analyzed the views of Vietnam Communist Party for Vietnam culture before the August 1945 Revolution about some aspects: Concept of culture; arts - an important part of culture; move and propaganda about culture; establish cultural patterns.

- The thesis raised some influence of this views on the cultural life of Vietnam and the victory of the August 1945 Revolution.

- The thesis provides some prestigious experiences for the policies of culture and art of Party and Government at the present.

12. Practical applicability: These results of the thesis can be used as a reference document for the academic research in institutions and universities; to help policy-making agencies complete the policies for culture.

13. Further research: I will go deeply on studying of the views of Vietnam Communist Party in each field of culture before the August 1945 Revolution.