INFORMATION ON MASTER’S THESIS

1. Full name: ĐÔNG QUỐC NGÔ 2. Sex: Male 3. Date of birth: April 18th, 1978 4. Place of birth: Nam Khê Commune, Uông Bí District, Quảng Ninh Province. 5. Admission decision number: 2551/2007/QĐ-XHNV-KH&SĐH Dated November 2nd, 2007 by the Rector of the College of Social Sciences & Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi. 6. Changes in academic process: (List the forms of change and corresponding times) 7. Official thesis title: Studying on the Catholic patriotic movement during the anti-French resistance war in Southern Vietnam (1945-1954) 8. Major: Vietnam History 9. Code: 60 22 54 10. Supervisors: Professor, Doctor Đỗ Quang Hưng 11. Summary of the findings of the thesis: - Exploiting some new fuller material mainly through archives, newspapers and magazines, and memoirs on the subject of Catholic patriotism in Southern Vietnam. - Proving highlight typical activities of the Catholic patriotic movement in Southern Vietnam in the period 1945-1954. - Approaching the evolution of the Catholic patriotic movement in Southern Vietnam through analysis of its internal organization. 12. Practical applicability, if any: In addition to providing the concrete historical ground about the relationship between Catholics and anti-French resistance war for management agencies, the thesis also contributes to providing references for colleagues in research and teaching history of Vietnam's Catholics period 1945-1954. 13. Further research directions, if any: 14. Thesis-related publications: (List them in chronological order) - Activities of Catholics Supporting the Vietnamese August Revolution in 1945 in Northern Delta, Military History Journal, No. 8. August 2007, pp. 6-10 - Participation of Catholicism in Northern Delta with Viet Minh in the Resistant War against the French (1946-1954), Religious Studies Review, No. 9. September 2007, pp. 27-35. - About a Priest who “Respects the God while loves the Nation”, Religious Studies Review, No. 9. September 2008, pp. 51-57. - Factors Influenced Activities of Patriotic Catholics during the Vietnamese August Revolution in 1945, Religious Studies Review, No. 3. March 2009, pp. 15-24. - From Đoàn Công giáo cứu quốc (the College of Catholic National Salvation) to Liên đoàn Công giáo Nam Bộ (the Catholic Union of South Vietnam), Religious Studies Review, No. 5. May 2010, pp. 30-39, and No. 7, July 2010, pp. 52-61.