1. Full name of the author: Ngo Thanh Mai                      2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: August, 20th, 1984                                4. Place of birth: Nam Dinh

5. Admission decision number: 4642/ QD-VNH dated December 20th, 2013 Issued on by The President of Vietnam National University,  Hanoi

6. Changes in academic process:

- Decision on transferring the training program for graduate students No. 247 / QD-VNH dated July 11, 2016 by the President of  Institute of Vietnamese Studies and Development Science – VNU.

- Decision on extending the training and dissertation defense for PhD student No. 420 / QD-VNH dated December 1, 2016. by the President of Institute of Vietnamese Studies and Development Science – VNU. Renewal period: 12 months (from December, 2016 to December, 2017).

- Decision on extending the training and defense of the dissertation for doctoral students No. 313A / QD-VNH dated December 9, 2017 by the President of  Institute of Vietnamese Studies and Development Science – VNU. Renewal period: 06 months (from December, 2017 to June, 2018).

- Decision on extending the training and defense of the dissertation for doctoral students No. 109A / QD-VNH dated June 19, 2018 by the President of  Institute of Vietnamese Studies and Development Science – VNU. Renewal period: 06 months (from 06/2018 - 12/2018).

7. Official dissertation title: Impacts of Comics on Vietnamese Children.

8. Major: Vietnamese studies                                         9. Code: 62220113

10. Supervisors:  Prof. Dr. Pham Hong Tung 

11. Summary of the new findings of the dissertation

Applying the theory of socialization process in children’s personality, the thesis studies the effects of comics on the personality formation and development of Vietnamese children. The wide popularity and interest of Vietnamese children in comics has proved the appeal of this literary genre. The effects on every age, with typical characteristics in physiological and psychological development, are also different.

- Based on the research of target groups, the dissertation has discovered the current situation of reading comics among children in Vietnam. A majority of Vietnamese children read Japanese comics, followed by Vietnamese comics and comics from other countries.

- In Vietnam, reading comics is one of the most popular forms of entertainment among children. They are quite proactive in buying and choosing comics and lack consultation from their family and the school in comics selection.

- Comics have positive effects on children: it is a form of entertainment which makes them happy; a number of characters with outstanding personalities have become favorite characters for many children. Through the colorful animation world, numerous messages have been conveyed to provide young readers with better understanding about life and the surrounding world, and to stimulate their creativity…

- Comics have negative effects such as a waste of time and money, health problems. The irrelevant language and images also affect the cognitive process, communication and behavior of children…

- By analyzing the strengths, weaknesses, challenges and opportunities of Vietnamese comics in relation to foreign comics, the thesis also proposed a number of solutions to the development of Vietnamese comics in the future.

12. Applicability

- The results from this dissertation can be used as references in the study of issues related to comics.

- The given recommendations will assist parents in the selection of suitable stories for their children.

- The current strength and limitations, opportunities and challenges of Vietnamese comics, together with useful suggestions for managers, publishers and authors, are also stated in this study, in order to create a distinct brandname for Vietnamese comics.

13. Further research:

- Pornographic comics and its effect on Vietnamese teenagers.

- The influence of Japanese comics on the style of Vietnamese comics.

- Enhancing the communication role of comics to Vietnamese children in the 4.0 era

14. Relevant publications of PhD Student: (list them in chronological order)

[1] Ngo Thanh Mai (2016), "Speech of comic strip and its effect on modern youth’s language", Journal of Language and Life, No. 1 (243) 2016, p. 67 - 70.

[2] Ngo Thanh Mai (2016), "Influences of Japanese comics on Vietnamese Teenagers’ Spiritual Life ", VNU Journal of Science: Foreign Studies, Vol. 32, (3), p.105 -113.

[3] Ngo Thanh Mai (2016), "The cultural impact of Japanese manga characters on Vietnamese children today", Proceedings of the First Scientific Research Conference of Fellows, Vietnam Institute of Studies and development, VNU, pp.217-

[4] Ngo Thanh Mai (2018), " Artistic Represtation of Time and Space in Japanese Comics Books ", Journal of Military Science, (12): 3-2018, p. 60 - 66.

 [5] Ngo Thanh Mai (2018), "Comics with children in the integration period", Proceedings of the National Scientific Conference on Research and Teaching of Foreign Languages, Languages ​​and International Studies in Vietnam, Home Published by Hanoi National University, pp.287 - 401.