1. Full name of doctoral candidate: Ta Thi Nguyet Trang 2. Gender: Female
3. Date of birth: November 18, 1989 4. Place of birth: Thai Nguyen
5. Decision to admit doctoral students No.: 1745/2017/QD-XHNV, dated July 13, 2017
6. Changes in the training process:
7. Thesis title: Vietnam-Thailand Relations from the Perspective of International Relations Theory from 1991 to 2019
8. Major: International Studies 9. Code: 62 31 02 06
10. Scientific supervisor: Prof. Dr. Hoang Khac Nam
11. Summarize thenew resultsof the thesis:
- Applying international relations theory to research is useful in explaining the causes, conditions, and impacts on the development of Vietnam-Thailand relations. Specifically, the theory of cooperation helps explain past confrontations and the subsequent security and political cooperation in the post-Cold War context. The theory of cooperation effectively explains the trends in security, politics, economics, and other fields. The theory of economic cooperation identifies subjective factors influencing this process and assesses the increasing role of socio-cultural cooperation.
Each theory offers aspects and arguments that can explain the conflicts between the two countries, as well as the comprehensive cooperation between them. These theories provide tools for assessing the trends in this relationship. From this, the prospects for this relationship appear positive.
- When applying international relations theories to assess the relationship between Vietnam and Thailand in three basic areas—political security, economic relations, and socio-cultural relations—it becomes clear that each theory explains the relationship between the two countries in a specific area. This also means that no single theory can be applied to explain the entire process. However, applying theories alone is not a guarantee of answers to all problems, as theories are often general in nature, while reality is much more diverse.
- This dissertation is the first scientific work in Vietnam to study Vietnam-Thailand relations from 1991 to 2019 from the perspective of international relations theories. Therefore, the dissertation will make new scientific contributions by systematically and comprehensively researching the factors influencing and the development of relations between Thailand and Vietnam from 1991 to 2019, drawing conclusions about the current state of Vietnam-Thailand relations and their prospects and future development directions.
12. Practical applications: The Vietnam-Thailand relationship is transitioning to a strategic partnership. Therefore, the results of this study will help foreign policy makers in both countries gain a more comprehensive understanding of the factors influencing and the prospects for the future development of this relationship.
This dissertation also serves as a teaching and reference document for lecturers and students specializing in international relations, as well as readers interested in the topic of Thailand-Vietnam relations in particular, and the political, diplomatic, and economic cooperation of ASEAN countries in general.
13. Future research directions: The research results have highlighted the positive aspects of applying Western international relations theories to Vietnam in particular and the ASEAN region in general. These results open up new research directions for examining international relations theories in relation to the relationships between countries in the region.
14. Published works related to the dissertation:
1. Ta Thi Nguyet Trang (2019), “Impacts of Vietnam - Thailand relationship on the economic development of Vietnam from the perspective of constructivism (1991 - 2018) ,HNUE Journal of Science64(11), pp.31-37.
2. Ta Thi Nguyet Trang (2019), “Evaluation of the Vietnam - Thailand international relations cooperation trend from the perspective of liberalism”,Proceedings of the International Workshop on Structural Prospects in the Asia-Pacific to 2025 and Vietnam's Responses, World Publishing House, Hanoi, pp. 274-284.
INFORMATION ON DOCTORAL THESIS
1. Full name: Ta Thi Nguyet Trang 2. Sex: female
3.Date of birth: November 18, 1989 4. Place of birth: Thai Nguyen
5. Admission decision number: 1745/2017/QD-XHNVDated 13/7/2017
6. Changes in academic process: none
7. Official thesis title:Vietnam-Thailand relations from the perspective of international relations theories between 1991 and 2019
8. Major: International relations 9. Code: 62310206
10. Supervisors: Professor Hoang Khac Nam
11. Summary of thenew sensations of the thesis:
- The application of the theory of international relations in research is useful when helping to explain the causes, conditions and impacts on the development of Vietnam - Thailand relations. In particular, Realism helps to explain the past confrontation and movements in security-politics cooperation in the context of the post- Cold War. Liberalism helps to explain well the trend of cooperation in both security - politics and economics and other fields.Constructivismhelps identify the subjective factors that influence this process, and helps assess the increasing role of cultural and social cooperation.
- Each theory has aspects and arguments that can explain the conflicts between the two countries, and also explain the comprehensive cooperation between the two countries. Theories help provide a tool to assess the trendability of this relationship. Subsequently, the prospect of this relationship can be seen to be positive.
- When applying theories of international relations in assessing the relationship between Vietnam and Thailand regarding three basic areas: security - politics; economic relations; socio-cultural relations shows that each theory explains the relationship between the two countries in each field. This also means a theory cannot be used to explain the whole process. However, using the theory is not the right answer for all problems because the theory is general and the reality is more diverse
- The thesis is the first scientific work in Vietnam to study Vietnam-Thailand relations from 1991 to 2019 from the perspective of international relations theories, so the thesis will have new scientific contributions. From the theoretical perspective, the systematic and comprehensive research is conducted on the factors involving the relationship and the improvement in the relation between Thailand and Vietnam from the year 1991 to 2019, subsequently giving assessments on the status of Vietnam-Thailand relation and prospects and future development directions. It is also a scientific reference source for researchers and educators in international relations as theories of international relations are scientifically examined into a practical relationship.
12. Practical applicability:The Vietnam-Thailand relationship is transforming into a period of becoming strategic partners of each other. Therefore, the results of the thesis will also help foreign policy makers of the two countries have a broader view of the impact factors as well as prospects of developing this relationship in the future.
13. Further research directions:The thesis is also a teaching and reference material for lecturers, students majoring in international relations and readers interested in Thailand - Vietnam relations in particular and the topic of politics, diplomacy, economics cooperation of ASEAN countries in general.
14. Thesis-related publications:
1.Ta Thi Nguyet Trang (2019), “Impacts of Vietnam - Thailand relationship on the economic development of Vietnam from the perspective of constructivism (1991 - 2018) ,HNUE Journal of Science64(11), pp.31-37.
2.Ta Thi Nguyet Trang (2019), “Evaluation of the Vietnam - Thailand international relations cooperation trend from the perspective of liberalism”,Proceedings of the International Workshop on Structural Prospects in the Asia-Pacific to 2025 and Vietnam's Responses, World Publishing House, Hanoi, pp. 274-284.
