1. Full name: Ta Thi Tam                                    2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: 11/09/1986                                 4. Place of birth: Bac Giang

5. Admission decision number: 4618/2016/QĐ-XHNV dated 29/12/2016, Rector of University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

6. Changes in academic process: No

7. Official thesis title: Border Markets and Socio-Economic Dynamics in the Vietnam-China Borderlands Since 1990

8. Major:  Anthropology                                                   9. Code: 62 31 03 02

10. Supervisors: Assoc.Prof.Dr. Nguyen Van Chinh and Dr. Nguyen Thi Thanh Binh

11. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:

The dissertation has systematized some relevant researches on border markets topic. On that basis, the dissertation has inherited and completed these previous studies.

Theoretically, the dissertation has given a preliminary theoretical system of the border region issues, from a political - ethnographic perspective, access to the border market from the suggestions of social spatial and social network theories.

The dissertation has metioned characteristics of markets in the Vietnam - China border region from 1990 to present.

The dissertation has clarified socio-economic interactions and exchanges of the ethnics in Vietnam-China border markets. Also, the role of these markets in livelihoods of ethnic groups in the Vietnam-China border areas from 1990 to present has been proved.

The dissertation has analyzed effects of trade and cultural - social activities in border markets on the life of local ethnic minorities, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of border development policies in Vietnam - China border areas, especially from 1990 to present.

12. Practical applicability, if any:

The research results of the thesis are used as references for students, graduate students, graduate students in Anthropology, Cultural, Sociology,...

The dissertation has shown the functions and roles of border markets in the life of ethnic groups on the Vietnam - China border areas from 1990 to the present. This is also a useful reference for managers and policy makers at central and local levels.

13. Further research direction, if any

Market, Border Markets, upland market culture, inter-ethnic relations and cross-border,...

14. Thesis - related publications

1. Ta Thi Tam (2016), “Ethnic relations in border markets: A case study of Coc Leu market, Lao Cai province”, Journal of Museum and Anthropology, 3, pp.72-84, ISSN: 0866-7616.

2. Ta Thi Tam (2017), “Go to the market: new livelihood of the Giay in border area”, Journal of Museum & Anthropology, 2, pp.76-85, ISSN: 0866-7616.

3. Ta Thi Tam (2017), “Exchange contacts at a border market”, Journal of Chinese Studies, 8, pp.34-44, ISSN: 0868 3670.

4. Ta Thi Tam (2017), “Vietnam-China trading relationship at Coc Leu market, Lao Cai province”, Journal of Sciences, 17, pp.127-137, ISSN 2354-1512.

5. Ta Thi Tam (2017), “The situation of small trading activities in the Sino-Vietnamese border in recent years”, Journal of Sciences, 19, pp.116-125, ISSN 2354-1512.

6. Ta Thi Tam (2018), “The role of Vietnamese in trading and services developmet in Sino-Vietnamese border areas”, Anthropology review, 4, pp.14-24, ISSN: 0868 7632.

7. Ta Thi Tam (2018), “Network of markets in Sino-Vietnamese border areas”, Journal of Chinese Studies, 10, pp.59-67, ISSN: 0868 3670.

8. Ta Thi Tam (2018), “Cattle trading: Livelihood of the Hmong in Vietnam-China border markets”, Journal of Sciences, 25, pp.160-167, ISSN 2354-1512.

9. Ta Thi Tam (2018), “The Viet in agriculture, forestry and fishery development in Sino-Vietnam border area”, Journal of Sciences, 26, pp.157-168, ISSN 2354-1512.

10. Ta Thi Tam (2018), “Preserving the border market (case of Dong Van market, Ha Giang province)”, Journal of Museum & Anthropology, 3&4, pp.58-65, ISSN: 0866-7616.

11. Ta Thi Tam (2018), “Studies on the Southeast Asia and Sino-Vietnamese border areas”, Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 12, pp.20-28, ISSN 0868-7239.

12. Ta Thi Tam (2018), “Chinese in border markets of Lao Cai province”,Proceeding of the National Science Conference 2017 Some issues of ethnic and ethnic groups in Vietnam border areas and intermittently border today, Social sciences, publisher, Hanoi, ISBN: 978-604-956-378-2.

13. Ta Thi Tam, Ly Cam Tu (co-author, 2018), “Policy on trade development at Mong Cai border gate, Quang Ninh province”, Proceeding of the National Science Conference 2017 Some issues of ethnic and ethnic groups in Vietnam border areas and intermittently bordertoday, Social sciences, publisher, Hanoi, ISBN: 978-604-956-378-2.

14. Ta Thi Tam (2019), “The market in sustainable livehood development of ethnic groups in the Viet Nam - China border region”, Review of Regional Sustainable Development, 4, pp.83-88, ISSN 2354-0729.