TTLV: Culture of Thu Trung Catholic Village, Kim Chinh Commune, Kim Son District, Ninh Binh Province

INFORMATION ABOUT THE MASTER'S THESIS

1. Student's full name:Bui Thi Le Thuy          

2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: October 19, 1989

4. Place of birth: Kim Chinh commune, Kim Son district, Ninh Binh province

5. Decision on student admission No. 2998/2013/QD-XHNV-SDH dated December 30, 2013, 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 Catholic village culture of Thu Trung, Kim Chinh commune, Kim Son district, Ninh Binh province.

8. Major: Anthropology Code: 60.31.03.02

9. Scientific supervisor:Assoc. Prof. Dr. Le Ngoc Thang– Editor-in-chief of the Journal of Ethnic Minorities of the Era, Vietnam Anthropology Association.

10. Summary of the thesis results:

Kim Son District, Ninh Binh Province, is home to many villages inhabited by Kinh people who are Catholic. Over time, the lives of these Catholic Vietnamese villages have developed their own unique lifestyles and customs.

Research on the religious and cultural life of the Vietnamese people in Thu Trung village, Kim Chinh commune, Kim Son district, Ninh Binh province will contribute to identifying the religious and cultural activities of the Vietnamese community, thereby discovering characteristics that differentiate it from Vietnamese villages without religion. At the same time, this research will provide a basis for building cultural life at the grassroots level in religious communities, creating conditions for social development and enriching the cultural life of the people.

11. Practical applications:

- To provide arguments for building new rural areas, promoting religious unity, and developing cultural life at the grassroots level in Kinh villages with religious beliefs in the Northern Delta, and for reference nationwide.

12. Future research directions:

- This study aims to compare, explore, supplement, and deepen the cultural and religious elements of Vietnamese villages in the context of building new rural areas and promoting religious unity in Kinh villages with and without religious affiliations in Kim Son district, Ninh Binh province.

13. Published works related to the thesis: None

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name: Bui Thi Le Thuy 2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: October 19^th, 1989 4. Place of birth: Kim Son – Ninh Binh

5. Admission decision number: 2998/2013/QD-XHNV-SDH, Dated: December, 30^th, 2013 by Rector of University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University (Ha Noi).

6. Changes in academic process: None

7. Official thesis title: The culture of Catholic VietNamese people in Thu Trung, Kim Chinh Commune, Kim Son District, Ninh Binh Province.

8. Major: Anthropology Code: 60.31.03.02

9. Supervisors: Assoc.Prof.Dr. Le Ngoc Thang – Editor in Chief of Ethinic and Age Magazine

10. Summary of the findings of the thesis:

- Kim Son, Ninh Binh is a district where there are many Catholics. Over time, the life of VietNamese village of Catholism has formed the typical lifestyle.

- The research on religions and cultural activities of Viet Nam in Thu Trung, Kim Chinh Commune, Kim Son District, Ninh Binh Province will contribute to identify religions and cultural activities of the Vietnamese community, and find out what the different characteristics compared to Vietnamese villages have no religion. Morever, this study will provide basis for building the cultural life at the grounds in the village of Catholics, and help to develop the society as well as the Cultural life of Vietnamese people.

11. Practical applicability, if any:

- To form basis for constructing new rural areas; religious unity and cultural life in the Northern Delta villages where there are many Catholic people.

12. Further research directions, if any:

- To explore and compare Vietnamese cultural and religious factors in the period of new rural areas, religious unity in the villages at Kim Son commune district, Ninh Binh province where there is not different religions among Kinh people.

13. Thesis-related publications: None