TTLV: The role of Buddhism in the cultural life of the people of Thai Binh Village, Mai Lam Commune, Dong Anh District, Hanoi City (from 1986 to the present)

INFORMATION ABOUT THE MASTER'S THESIS

1. Student's full name:Nguyen Thi Hoi

2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: October 23, 1983

4. Place of birth: Nam Dinh

5. Decision on student admission No. 3683/2015/QD-XHNV dated December 31, 2015, 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:The role of Buddhism in the cultural life of the people of Thai Binh Village, Mai Lam Commune, Dong Anh District, Hanoi City (from 1986 to the present).

8. Major: Religious Studies Code: 60.22.03.09

9. Scientific supervisor:Dr. Tran Thi Hong YenInstitute of Ethnology, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences

10. Summary of the thesis results:

The thesis provided an overview of Buddhism and its research area – a basis for highlighting the role of Buddhism in the cultural life of the people.

This thesis has highlighted the manifestations of the role of Buddhism in specific aspects of the cultural life of the people in Thai Binh village, Mai Lam commune, Dong Anh district, Hanoi.

The thesis assessed the role of Buddhism in people's lives and proposed solutions to enhance the role of Buddhism in the current rural development program as well as in the country's industrialization and modernization process.

11. Practical applications:

The solutions presented in this thesis can be applied in practice to promote the role of Buddhism in Vietnamese society today in general, and especially in the lives of people in new rural areas.

This thesis can be used as a reference for studying, teaching, and researching religion, especially contemporary Vietnamese Buddhism.

12. Future research directions:

Buddhist culture

- Buddhism and the building of a new way of life

13. Published works related to the thesis:

Nguyen Thi Hoi (2018), “The role of Buddhism in building grassroots cultural life for people in Thai Binh village, Dong Anh district, Hanoi city”, Journal of Theoretical Education (02/2018).

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name: Nguyen Thi Hoi 2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: October 23, 1983 4. Place of birth: Nam Dinh

5. Admission decision number: 3683/2015/QD-XHNV dated December 31, 2015 of Rector of University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University Hanoi

6. Changes in academic progress: None

7. Official thesis title: Roles of Buddhism in cultural life of people at Thai Binh hamlet, Mai Lam commune, Dong Anh district, Hanoi city (from 1968 to present)

8. Major: Religion studies; Code: 60.22.03.09

9. Supervisor: Dr. Tran Thi Hong Yen, Institute of Anthropology, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences

10. Summary of the findings of the thesis:

The thesis shows general outline about Buddhism, study sites – basis to point out the role of Buddhism in the cultural life of people

The thesis points out manifestations in roles of Buddhism for detailed fields of cultural life of people at Thai Binh hamlet, Mai Lam commune, Dong Anh district, Hanoi city

The thesis evaluates the roles of Buddhism in the life of people and gives solutions to enhance roles of Buddhism in task of constructing new rural areas nowadays as well as country industrialization and modernization

11. Practical applicability:

The solutions brought forward in the thesis can be applied in practice in order to enhance roles of Buddhism in social life in Vietnam nowadays in general, especially life of people at new rural areas

The thesis can be used to be reference for studying, teaching and researching on religion, and especially Buddhism in Vietnam nowadays

12. Further research directions:

Buddhist culture

Buddhism in constructing new lives

13. Thesis-related publications:

Nguyen Thi Hoi (2018), “The role of Buddhism in building cultural life for the people in Thai Binh village, Dong Anh district, Hanoi”, Journal of Theoretical Education (February 2018).