1. Full name: Nguyen Thi Thu Trang                                2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: 16/04/1980                                              4. Place of birth: Thai Binh

5. Admission decision number: 3216/2014/QĐ-XHNV-SĐH, on 31/12/2014 by Rector of USSH, VNU Hanoi.

6. Changes in academic process:

- Decision on adjusting the name of thesis.

- Decision on extending the study time: from 01/01/2018 to 31/12/2018, from 31/06/2018 to 31/12/2018.

7. Official thesis title: Comparison between Vietnamese and Indian magical fairy tales.

8. Major: Folk Literature                                                     9. Code: 62 22 01 25

10. Supervisors: Prof.Dr. Le Chi Que

11. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:

- Regarding to the research results: The dissertation is the first scientific research to have the in-depth and systematic comparison of the magical fairy tales between Vietnamese and Indian. The dissertation investigated and analyzed 16 similar types of miraculous fairy tales, including 131 stories of Vietnam and India in terms of structure and motif, generalized typical values, found out the similarities and differences, as well as explained the causes of such similarities and differences.

- In terms of materials: The dissertation has translated from English into Vietnamese 30 Indian magical tales which supports readers to have more understanding about Indian fairy tales, culture, country and people.

- In terms of research and teaching: The dissertation has provided references and teaching content for related subjects such as: Vietnamese Folk Literature, Indian Literature, and Folk Literature Studies in term of type method, Comparative literature research in university.

- In terms of foreign relations: The dissertation compares Vietnamese and Indian fairy tales in the comparison of two cultures with the practical significance, contributing to enhance mutual understanding in the integration and development process.

12. Practical applicability, if any:

- The dissertation's research results will actively contribute to the teaching resource compilation of comparative literature, literature and folklore in Vietnam and India, and provide useful references for students, lecturers and researchers.

13. Further research direction, if any:

- Continue the in-depth and comprehensive researches on similar types of fairy tales of Vietnam and India, or extend the fields of the researches to compare with other countries in the region and around the world.

14. Thesis-related publication:

- Nguyen Thi Thu Trang (2010), “The main Motifs that build up the Strong Man image in Vietnamese Folktales”, The Vietnamese Studies and Language in the approaches , Social Sciences Publisher, Hanoi, pp. 417-432.

- Nguyen Thị Thu Trang (2013), “Type of the Strong Man in Vietnamese Folktales and the world’s”, Researching and Teaching Vietnamese Studies, Social Sciences publisher, pp. 414-428.

- Nguyen Thi Thu Trang (2017), “The influence of Indian religious beliefs in Vietnamese folktales”, Researching and Training Vietnamese Studies - Some theoretical and practical issues, Hanoi National University Publisher, Hanoi, pp. 611-623, ISBN 978-604-62-8436-9.

- Nguyen Thi Thu Trang (2017), “ Type of Cinderella in Vietnam and some Asian countries”, in Researching and Training Vietnamese Studies,  Ho Chi Minh National University Publisher, Ho Chi Minh, pp. 1111-1120, ISBN 978-604-73-5445-0.

- Nguyen Thi Thu Trang (2018), “A Character of the Strong Man in Vietnamese and Indian Fairy Tales, Researching and Training Vietnamese Studies and Language, Ho Chi Minh National University Publisher, Ho Chi Minh, pp. 685 – 693, ISBN 978-604-73-6155-7.

- Nguyen Thi Thu Trang (2018), The Story of the Strong Boy in Vietnamese and Indian Fairy Tales from the Strutural Perpective, VNU Journal of Social Sciences and Humaities, Vol 4 (2b), pp. 276-285, ISSN 2354-1172.

- Nguyen Thi Thu Trang (2018), "Comparison of motifs building up the image of Strong Man in Vietnamese and Indian Fairy Tales", Journals of Social Sciences Ho Chi Minh City (10 + 11) , p. 57-68, ISBN 1859-0136.