1. Full name: Pham Quynh Chinh                                                            2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: 08/09/1981                                                                    4. Place of Birth: Hai Duong

5. Admission decision number: 3202/2010/QĐ-XHNV-SĐH, November 08th 2010 by Rector of University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University – Hanoi.

6. Changes in academic process:: None

7. Official thesis title: Village Culture during the Urbanization of the Red River Delta Today.

8. Major: Scientific Socialism

9. Code: 62 22 85 01

10. Supervisors: Assoc. Dr. Duong Van Thinh and Assoc. Dr. Ngo Thi Phuong

11. Summary of the new findings of the thesis

The thesis investigated major transformations and consequential issues of village culture in the Red River Delta under the effect of urbanization from 1986 until today, in particular:

- From a philosophical perspective, the thesis intepreted the transformation of village culture in the Red River Delta under the effect of urbanization in some major aspects: tradition and habits, culture and arts, organization. On that basis, the thesis analyzed emerging issues of village culture in the Red River Delta under the effect of urbanization nowadays.

- The thesis then suggested some key solutions to enhance positive transformations and suppress negative ones in village culture in the Red River Delta during urbanization in order to achieve a well-round developed and sustainable rural area.

12. Practical applicability

- The thesis’s findings provided a clearer view on theory of village culture and the practical transformation of village culture in the Red River Delta under the effect of urbanization nowadays.

- The dissertation can be used as reference in teaching and studying courses related to culture, village culture, rural studies in Vietnam.

13. Further research directions

Village culture in Vietnam

14. Thesis-related publications

- Pham Quynh Chinh (2010, participant), “Changes out of agricultural purpose of land and their effects to the lifestyle of Vietnamese farmers (Case study in Ning Binh Province)”, Vietnam National University’s research project, code QG.2010.27 (2010 - 2012).

- Pham Quynh Chinh (2015), “Promoting the value of village convention in developing the self-management capability for new rural areas today”, Journal of Theory Education (231), pp. 107-108.

- Pham Quynh Chinh (2016), “Similarities and differences between villages in the Red River Delta and Mekong Delta”, Journal of Theory Education (253), pp. 55-58.

- Pham Quynh Chinh (2017), “Eastern rural commune in the works of Karl Marx”, Journal of Philosophy (4), pp. 64-71.