1. Full name of doctoral candidate: PHAM VAN GIENG 2. Gender: Male
3. Date of birth: August 11, 1988 4. Place of birth: Quang Ninh
5. Decision No. 3253/2016/QD-XHNV dated September 30, 2016, of the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, recognizing doctoral students.
6. Changes in the training process: None
7. Thesis title: The Party's leadership in securing Soviet assistance in education and training during the period 1954-1975
8. Major: History of the Communist Party of Vietnam 9. Code: 62 22 03 15
10. Scientific supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vu Quang Vinh
11. Summary of the new findings of the Thesis
This thesis analyzes the factors influencing Vietnam's efforts to secure Soviet assistance in the field of education and training.
Based on historical documents, this thesis reconstructs the Party's policy and process of seeking Soviet assistance in education and training during two periods: 1954-1964; and 1965-1975.
The thesis concludes with observations on the advantages: The Party correctly recognized and successfully leveraged Soviet assistance in education and training to formulate policies and strategies for educational development suitable to Vietnam's reality. It synthesizes and analyzes the Party's achievements in leveraging Soviet support. Soviet support helped Vietnam build a new workforce – a crucial factor for a young nation in the resistance war against the US. This support fostered the strengthening and steady development of relations between the two countries. Vietnam effectively utilized Soviet support to develop its internal strength. Based on this planning experience, the Party intensified its guidance and organization to transform external strength (through Soviet support in education and training) into internal strength, leading to the victory in the resistance war against the US imperialist invasion. The thesis draws lessons learned from leveraging Soviet assistance for application and development in the current period.
12. Practical applications: Serving the research needs of specialized subjects in the history of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the history of Vietnam's foreign relations, and the history of education and training.
13. Further research directions (if any):
14. Published works relevant to the dissertation:
- Pham Van Gieng (2015), “Prospects for cooperation in training human resources in the economic field with the Russian Federation in the current period”, Asia-Pacific Economic Journal (449), pp. 36-39.
- Pham Van Gieng (2016), “Some experiences in using and managing Soviet economic experts in North Vietnam during the resistance war against the US (1954 - 1975)”, Asia-Pacific Economic Journal (Last April issue), pp. 86-88.
- Pham Van Gieng (2019), “The role of the Soviet Union in training human resources for Vietnam”, Journal of Party History (348), pp. 64-67.
- Pham Van Gieng (2019), “Soviet Union’s assistance in education and training to Vietnam (1954 - 1975)”, Journal of Political Science Information (04-16), pp. 96-98.
- Pham Van Gieng (2019), “The Influence of Soviet Culture on Vietnam in the Current Period”, Proceedings of the National Scientific Conference “Vietnamese Culture in Development”, pp. 281-284.
- Pham Van Gieng (2021), “Vietnam took advantage of Soviet support in education and training during the period 1954 - 1975”, Journal of Party History (364), pp. 71-75.
INFORMATION ON DOCTORAL THESIS
1. Full name: PHAM VAN GIENG 2. Sex: Male
3. Date of birth: November 8, 1988 4. Place of birth: Quang Ninh
5. Admission decision number: 3253/2016/QD-XHNV on 30th, September, 2016 by rector of USSH, VNU
6. Changes in academic process: None
7. Offical thesis title: The leading party enlisted the Soviet's support of education and training from 1954 to 1975
8. Major: History of the Communist Party of Vietnam 9. Code: 62 22 03 15
10. Supervisors: Ass Prof., Dr. Vu Quang Vinh
11. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:
The thesis explains the factors affecting the process of Vietnam enlisting the support of the Soviet Union in terms of education and training.
Based on historical documents, the thesis recreates the policy and process of enlisting the Soviet Union's support in education and training of the Party in two periods: 1954 - 1964; 1965 - 1975.
The thesis provides comments on the advantages: Comprehending the right perception, the Party enlisted the help of the Soviet Union in education and training to set out guidelines and policies for the development of education and training in line with reality in Vietnam; synthesize and analyze the achievements of the Party in the process of enlisting the Soviet Union. The support of the Soviet Union helped Vietnam build new human resources - an important factor of a young country in the resistance war against the US. The above support impulsed the relationship between the two countries to be consolidated and solidly developed. Vietnam has effectively utilized the support of the Soviet Union to develop internal strength. From the experience in planning, the Party has strengthened the direction and organization of implementation in order to turn the external strength (through the support of education and training of the Soviet Union) into internal strength and make the victory of the resistance war against American imperialism. The thesis illustrates lessons learned in the process of enlisting the help of the Soviet Union to apply and develop in the current period.
12. Practical applicability: Serves for the study of specialized subjects in the history of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the history of Vietnam's foreign affairs, and the history of education and training.
13. Further research directions, if any:
14. Thesis-related publications:
- Pham VG (2015), "Prospects of cooperation in training human resources in the economic field with the Russian Federation in the current period", Journal of Asia-Pacific Economy (449), pp. 36-39.
- Pham VG (2016), "Some experiences in using and managing Soviet economic experts in North Vietnam during the war against the US (1954 - 1975)", Journal of Asia-Pacific Economy (last April), pp. 86-88.
- Pham VG (2019), "The role of the Soviet Union in training human resources for Vietnam", Journal of Party History (348), pp. 64-67.
- Pham VG (2019), "The help of Soviet education and training for Vietnam (1954 - 1975)", Journal of Political Science Information (04-16), pp. 96-98.
- Pham VG (2019), "The influence of Soviet culture on Vietnam in the current period", Proceedings of the National Scientific Conference "Vietnamese culture in the development", pp. 281-284.
- Pham VG (2021), "Vietnam enlisted the support of the Soviet Union in education and training from1954 to 1975", Journal of Party History (364), pp. 71-75.
