1. Researcher: Lai Thi Thanh Binh                                2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: 29/06/1979                                            4. Place of birth: Hanoi

5. Admission decision number: Decision No. 3216/2014/QĐ-XHNV-SĐH dated 31st December 2014 by the by the Principal of University of Social Sciences and Humanities.

6. Changes in academic process:

- Modifying the doctoral thesis’ title

The original thesis’s title: Human Rights in Ho Chi Minh Thought - Contents and Values.

- The new thesis’s title: Ho Chi Minh's thought on human rights - contents and values (Decision number 508/QĐ-SĐH dated 5/8/2015 by the Principal of University of Social Sciences and Humanities).

- Extend the duration of study for 2 months: Decision number 3549/QĐ-XHNV dated 29/12/2017 by the Principal of University of Social Sciences and Humanities.

7. The Official thesis’ title: Ho Chi Minh's thought on human rights - contents and values

8. Major: Politics

9. Code: 62.31.02.01

10. Supervisor:              1.Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pham Ngoc Anh                            

                                    2. Prof. Dr. Duong Xuan Ngoc  

11. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:

- Based on political approach, the thesis provides an overview of human rights in Ho Chi Minh thought; clarify the concept of Ho Chi Minh's thought on human rights to study the content, value of Ho Chi Minh humanistic ideology.

- The thesis gives systematic examination on Ho Chi Minh's points of view on human rights

- The thesis affirms the permanent values of Ho Chi Minh's thought on human rights as a contributive orientation for implementing and protecting human rights in Vietnam in the current time.

12.  Practical applicability:

Ho Chi Minh's thought on human rights has contributed to the development humanistic ideologies; and has been theoretical foundation, lodestar for the Communist Party and the State to apply and fulfill human rights in Vietnam. The achievements of human rights in Vietnam has become a constituent part of modern Vietnamese political culture. Ho Chi Minh's ideology of ​​human rights is actually a proletarian asset that Ho Chi Minh left to the Party, State and people of Vietnam; is a resource that motivates Vietnamese society to move towards the goal of liberating people thoroughly.

In addition, the thesis can be used as a teaching material and additional reference resources for research fellows who want to study Ho Chi Minh humanistic ideologies.

13. Further research directions:

As a profound ideological system covering a variety of diversified contents and values on human rights so that it is not enough to study and employ those ideologies in practice just only once. This process requires the participation of many people, with many objective and subjective conditions. Although this dissertation is only the first views in the endless studying process, these results are obviously necessary and even suggest some new issues that need to be further explored.

The study of Ho Chi Minh's thought on human rights has opened many new futher research directions:

In theory, it is necessary to continue to study and apply Ho Chi Minh’s approach to deal with human rights issues in Vietnam based on the humanistic international principles and the particularity of Vietnam context;

In practice, Ho Chi Minh's thought on human rights need to be institutionalized and implemented practically and comprehensively, especially the highly need of promotion of the human rights in modern sociocultural context.

This new approach is a very significant scientific task that the researcher always has the self – awareness and keeps making an effort to fulfill studying process.

14. Thesis related publications:  

1. Lai Thi Thanh Binh (2014), “Ho Chi Minh’s ideology on staff’s responsibility”, Battle Journal (128), pp.21-25.

2. Lai Thi Thanh Binh (2015, co -author), “Singapore's anti-corruption experience and suggestions for Vietnam”, Journal of Southeast Asian Studies (8), pp.21-27.

3.  Lai Thi Thanh Binh  (2015), “Responsibility of Party cadres of culture and arts section - a part of Ho Chi Minh's thought on building up the responsibility", Journal of Theater and Cinema Research (5), pp.6-10.

4.  Lai Thi Thanh Binh (2016), “Implement the International Convention on the Rights of the Child in Viet Nam today”, Journal of State Management (251), pp.75-78.

5.  Lai Thi Thanh Binh (2017), “Ho Chi Minh's style and Ho Chi Minh's opinion about the artist’s style”, Journal of Theater and Cinema Research(14),  pp.63-67.

6. Lai Thi Thanh Binh (2017), “Human Rights in the Declaration of Independence, Content and Values”, Journal of State Management (259), pp.8-13.

7. Lai Thi Thanh Binh (2017), “Ho Chi Minh ideology on religious rights”, Journal of Religious Affairs (9), pp.9-12.