1. PhD Student’s full name:  Bui Lan Huong                                2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: October 4, 1993                                                4. Place of birth: Phu Tho

5. Admission decision number: 3684/QD-XHNV on December 31, 2015 by the Rector of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU.

6. Changes in academic process: None

7. Official thesis title: Philosophical thought of Karl Raimund Popper

8. Major: Dialectical materialism and historical materialism            

9. Code: 62.22.03.02

10. Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Nguyen Vu Hao

11. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:

- The thesis has contributed to summarizing the research situation of philosophical thought of Karl Popper

- The thesis has clarified the impact of socio-economic conditions as well as the effects of theoretical and natural-scientific premises on the formation of philosophical thought of Karl Popper.

- The thesis has systematized and analyzed the basic contents of K. Popper's scientific and socio-political philosophical thought, thereby pointing out the starting point in Popper's research and the connection between these two areas of his philosophical thought.

- The thesis has shown the values and limitations in the philosophical thought of K. Popper, reflecting it critically on the viewpoint of Marxism - Leninism, finding the "reasonable nuclei" thereby clarifying its theoretical significance for solving practical problems of Vietnam today.

12. Practical applicability:

The thesis can be used as references for research and teaching on the history of contemporary Western philosophy, creating a premise for understanding the Western culture in general and Austrian culture in particular in the spirit of "filtering" in a way consistent with the international integration strategy of the Party and the State of Vietnam.

13. Further research directions: History of contemporary Western philosophy, Logic, Dialectical materialism and historical materialism…

14. The thesis-related publications:

- Bui Lan Huong (2016), “Critical rationalism in Karl Popper philosophy and its significance for renewing the approach in teaching the Fundamental principles of Marxism - Leninism Unit of study 1 in universities and colleges at present”, Proceedings of the National Scientific Conference on: Research and teaching of political theory in the trend of globalization, Political Theory Publishing House, pp.449 - 454.

- Bui Lan Huong (2017), “Understanding Karl Raimund Popper's Perspective on the Function of language in his book "Objective Knowledge: An approach from the evolutionary perspective”, Proceedings of the National Scientific Conference on: Research and teaching native language, foreign languages & area of study in the integration period, Danang Publishing House, pp.145 - 148.

- Bui Lan Huong (2017), “The distinction between natural law and moral standards in the concept of Karl Raimund Popper”, Journal of Science (48), Hanoi Pedagogical University 2, pp. 94 - 105.

- Bui Lan Huong (2017), “Marxist historical materialism under the approach of Karl Raimund Popper”, Proceedings of Scientific Conference on: Social politics in the integration period: Theoretical and practical issues, Labor - Society Publishing House, pp.306 - 315.

- Bui Lan Huong (2018), “Karl Popper's concept of "partial social engineering" and lessons learned for social building activities in Vietnam in the context of industrial revolution 4.0”, Proceedings of the Conference Science on: Young knowledge with industrial revolution 4.0, Labor - Society Publishing House, pp.324 - 329.

- Bui Lan Huong (2018), “The concept of Karl Popper on the responsibilities of citizens in democratic society and its implications for the improvement of social supervision and criticism in Vietnam today”, Proceedings of Scientific Conference of young cadres and graduate students in 2017 on: Social sciences and humanities of Vietnam in the process of globalization, Hanoi National University Press, pp.211 – 21.