1. Full name: Tran Thi Hai Yen                                                    2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: 27/12/1987                                                        4. Place of birth: Bac Ninh

5. Admission decision number: No. 2416/2015/QĐ-XHNV date 13/10/2015 of the Principal of University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University.

6. Changes in academic process: No

7. Official thesis title: China – Laos relationship from 2000s to present

8. Major: International Relation                                                   9. Code: 62 31 02 06

10. Supervisors:            Asc Prof. PhD. Trần Anh Vũ

                                    Asc Prof. PhD Dương Văn Huy

11. Summary of the new findings of the thesis

- Providing an approach the relations between a power country and a small country sharing the border, having the same socialist model and no disputes over territorial sovereignty.

- Provide a perspective on how China used in relations with other small countries.

- A comprehensive and systematic research project on China - Laos from the beginning of the 21 st century to the present. By analyzing the contents, the thesis clarifies the implications of this relationship for Laos and its implications for Vietnam and the region.

- The thesis contributes more theoretical basis for the analysis of bilateral relations, especially the relationship between a power and a small country, particularly here are developing power country and a small country.

12. Practical applicability, if any:

13. Further research directions, if any: China – Lao relation, China – Mainland Southeast Asia countries relation.

14. Thesis-related publications:

[1] Trần Thị Hải Yến (2013), “The progress of Chinese relations with Laos Post Cold War”, Southeast Asia Studies (1), tr. 29-35.

[2] Trần Thị Hải Yến (2013), “Economic relations of Yunnan (China) with Laos in the first decade of the 21st century”, Southeast Asia Studies (6), tr. 43-48.

[3] Trần Thị Hải Yến (2015), “Chinese investment in Laos in the current period”, Chinese Studies (8), tr. 24-35.

[4] Trần Thị Hải Yến (2017), “New Chinese immigrants to the three Indochina countries from the beginning of the 21 st century to the present”, Chinese Studies (12), tr. 41-52.

[5] Tran Thi Hai Yen (2017), “The New Chinese Immigrations in Laos Present-day”, International Relations and Diplomacy 5(12), pp.728-735.

[6] Trần Thị Hải Yến (2019), “Looking back on Chinese foreign policy since the 19th Chinese Communist Party Congress and the trend in near future”, Chinese Studies (5), tr.39-53.