1. Full name: Ho Thanh Tam                                                       2. Sex: Male

3. Date of birth: Jan 16th 1986                                                   4. Place of birth: Kontum

5. Admission decision number: 3216/2014, Dated: Dec 31st 2014 of the Rector of University of Social Sciences and Humanities.

6. Change in Academic Process:

Changing Thesis’s title from “Socio-Economic Transformation of Dak Lak province (1954-1975)” under the guidance of As. Prof. Truong Thi Tien to “Regilious Policy by Sai Gon Government in the Central Highland (1954-1975)” under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Do Quang Hung and As.Prof. Dr. Nguyen Dinh Le. The decision number 191/QĐ-SĐH dated Feb 09th 2015.

7. Official Thesis Title: Regilious Policy by Sai Gon Government in the Central Highland (1954-1975)

8. Major: History of Vietnam                              9. Code: 62.22.03.13

10. Supervisior(s): Prof. Dr. Do Quang Hung; As.Prof. Dr. Nguyen Dinh Le

11. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:

- Sketch the situation of religion in the Central Highlands during the French colonial period;

- Clarify the concept of regional religious policy;

- Analyze the content of religious policy by the Saigon government in the Central Highlands and its transformation through two phases 1954-1963 and 1964-1975.

- Analyze the reactions of religious groups, elites of the ethnic minority and the revolutionary forces toward religious policy of the Sai Gon government in the Central Highlands.

12. Practical Applicability:

The dissertation can be used as a reference material for the teaching of History of Vietnam and Religious Studies at VNUH as well as other research institutions.

13.  Further Research Directions:

Regilious Policy by Sai Gon Government (1954-1975);

Ethnic and Religious Issues in the history of revolution of Vietnam (1930-1975)

14. Thesis-related Publications:

- Ho Thanh Tam (2017), “Magic in the medical life of the Central Highlanders and it’s reaction to the Western civilization at the end of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries”, Journal of Social Sciences of Central Highlands (1), pp. 59-67.

- Ho Thanh Tam (2017), “The Land Development Program of the Republic of in Central Highlands (1957-1961)”, The VNU Journal of Sciences: Policy and Management Studies (1), pp.76-82.

- Ho Thanh Tam (2017), “The relationship between the Central Highlands and the ancient and modern nations in Vietnam”, Journal of  Social Sciences and Humanities (4), pp. 406-415.