INFORMATION ON MASTER’S THESIS

1. Full name: Pham Duc Thai 2. Sex: Male 3. Date of birth: December 26th 1969 4. Place of birth: Hai Duong 5. Admission decision number: 1355/2008/QĐ -XHNV-KH&SĐH; Dated 24/10/2008 6. Changes in academic process: None 7. Official thesis title: Communist Party of Vietnam Online Newspaper with the task of external information 8. Major: Journalism Studies 9. Code: 60 32 01 10. Supervisors: Associate Professor PhD Vu Duy Thong – Communist Party of Vietnam Online Newspaper. 11. Summary of the findings of the thesis: Based on the basic theoretical issues on the external information, the thesis assesses the achievements and limitations of external information in the Communist Party of Vietnam Online Newspaper (CPV Online Newspaper) at present. It also offers innovative solutions which could be put in place to improve the quality of external information in the CPV Online Newspaper in the future. Specifically, the results of the thesis can be summarised as follows: - The thesis presents the importance of external information work, the methods needed to continue to provide external information, the Party’s and State’s views on the external information work and the role of media, especially the online newspapers’ role in the external information work. - The CPV Online Newspaper has attached special importance to external information tasks and has achieved remarkable results. It has continually demonstrated the richness and diversity of external information, both in Vietnamese, and in the foreign languages of English, Chinese and French. The external information on CPV Online Newspaper has demonstrated the advantages of such work, such as a large amount of information, accuracy, timeliness, comprehensiveness and correct political orientation. - Due to a range of reasons, over the past years, shortcomings and limitations in the external information provided on CPV Online Newspaper could not be avoided. These should undoubtedly be examined and overcame. Specifically, the status of information is scattered and does not clearly reflect the identity of the CPV Online Newspapers; content tends to fight against the wrong opinion, which fails to meet the set requirements. On the form, information also has some limitations. These include the absence of exploitation and the thorough utilisation of the strengths of newspapers such as: not having promoted the best interactive newspaper; failure to organise, presenting all relevant information well; and not promoting the strength radio on Internet radically. - To promote the newspaper’s achievements and overcome the limitations of external information, CPV Online Newspaper should carry out active and comprehensive measure groups. Specifically, measure groups of leadership and guiding; solutions on professional competence and staff organisation; and solutions on technology infrastructure. The achievement of these solutions requires not only the efforts and creativity of staff, reporters, editors, technicians and employees of the newspaper, but also active advocacy from the organism in charge and the relevant agencies. 12. Practical applicability, if any: In addition to the given contributions in the studying of newspapers and the external information work in general, the results on survey, the assessment of the situation and the measures to improve the quality of external information on CPV Online Newspaper proposed in the thesis contribute to advising the Editorial Department of CPV Online Newspaper and the agency in charge (the Party Central Committee Commission of Popularization and Education) in formulating and developing the newspaper. The research can also be used as a reference for colleagues from the press agencies, students and those working in foreign affairs, the media and external information fields. 13. Further research directions, if any: External information on the newspapers today - Situations, trends and solutions. 14. Thesis-related publications: None