1. Full name: Nguyen Van Vinh                                                               2. Sex:  Male

3. Date of Birth: 20/03/1987                                                                   4. Place of Birth: Thai Binh

5. Admission decision number: 2999/2013/QĐ-XHNV-SĐH, dated 30 December 2013, by Rector of the University of Social sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

6. Changes in academic process:

- No.4619/QĐ-XHNV of extention for QH-2013-X PhD candidates issued on 29/12/2016.

- No.1656/QĐ-XHNV of extention for QH-2013-X PhD candidates issued on 05/07/2017.

- No.3550/QĐ-XHNV of extention for QH-2013-X PhD candidates issued on 29/12/2017.

7. Official thesis title: The activities of the English East India Company in Siam Kingdom in the Seventeenth century.

8. Major: World History                                                  9.Code: 62.22.03.11

10.Supervisors: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hoang Anh Tuan

11. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:

- The thesis clarifies the factors leading to the formation of the English East India Company in 1600.

- Clarifying the penetration process and operation of the English East India Company in comparison with the Western maritime powers (Netherlands, France) in Siam Kingdom in the seventeenth century.

- Clarifying the cause leading to the failure of the English East India Company in the commercial activity in Siam Kingdom in the seventeenth century.

12. Practical applicability, if any:

The dissertation makes readers aware the activity history of the English East India Company in Siam Kingdom in the seventeenth century from the inception to set up formal relations to the decision to closebusiness and leave; and analyzing activity characteristics of the English East India Company in the seventeenth century in comparison with other Western powers such as the Netherlands and France. Also, clarifying the clever response of the Siamese government when facing the Western nations’ increasing influence, shaping the flexible diplomacy of the Siamese court between the eighteenth and nineteenth century in response to new challenges of the times.

The dissertation can be used as a reference material for MA, PhD students, researchers about trade history of Southeast Asia sea.

12. Further research directions, if any:

- Regional and international economic exchanges in the middle and early modern periods of time.

14. Thesis related publications:

- Nguyen Van Vinh (2014), “The English East India Company in Siam (1612-1623)”, Scientific Proceedings for and young lecturers and Post-graduate Students, USSH, Hanoi National University, pp.473-494.

- Nguyen Van Vinh (2016), ““Silk for Silver”: Portugal on Macao-Nagasaki trade routes in the XVI-XVII Century”, European Studies Review (7), pp.50-61.

- Nguyen Van Vinh (2017), “The French East India Company and Its trade strategy in East Asian in the 17th century”, European Studies Review (12), pp.60-73.

- Nguyen Van Vinh (2018), “The Presence of Western Merchants in the Kingdom of Siam in the 17th century”, European Studies Review (4), pp48-60.