Current situation and solutions to improve the effectiveness of the subnational friendly international cooperative relation of Ho Chi Minh City
Le, Truong Duy (2020)
2020
Hallintotieteiden maisteriohjelma - Master's Degree Programme in Administrative Studies
Johtamisen ja talouden tiedekunta - Faculty of Management and Business
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2020-10-08
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tuni-202009036873
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tuni-202009036873
Tiivistelmä
Step by step, along path of development, Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) has strengthened foreign relations and enhanced the City’s international prestige. This process coincided with the economy advancing, political position solidifying and the growing trends of globalization, regionalization and decentralization. Taking into consideration the lack of study and review on foreign relations of Vietnamese localities, especially of HCMC, this study focuses on analyzing data and assessment to (i) affirm the linkage between the expansion of sister-city relations of HCMC and the elevation of the City’s political influence as well as economic growth and (ii) evaluate the achievements and limitations of these relations, with the focus being 1991 – 2019 period.
The data consists of primary data and secondary data. Primary data includes practical and original data in the implementation of international friendship and cooperation at Hồ Chí Minh City’s local level such as memorandums, official letters, emails, reports of visits and direct communication between the City foreign affairs agency and partner agencies in exporting, discussing, signing and implementing documents to establish friendship and cooperation between Hồ Chí Minh City and foreign local entities. The primary data also in-depth interviews and extensive surveys. For the secondary data,the author used documents on policies, guidelines and foreign policies of the Party, the State and the orientation of HCMC as well as documents on guidelines and directions to promote the international friendship and cooperation. The resolutions of the Party Central Committee, the Politburo, the Secretariat and the Prime Minister's Directive on international integration as well as articles published in the journals of international relations at home and abroad, newsletters from the Vietnamese representative missions abroad and reports from research institutes were also used to explore and analyze the meaning of words in documents on the basis of the context of the document’s issuance or to make appropriate recommendations related to the process of planning and implementing this policy
The research also forecasts the development trends of HCMC’s sister-city relationship in the next five years; proposes a number of solution packages to improve the quality of these relations. The research emphasizes the importance and necessity of practical solutions and mechanism reforms in enhancing the positive impacts of the City’s cooperation programs with its sister cities across the globe.
The data consists of primary data and secondary data. Primary data includes practical and original data in the implementation of international friendship and cooperation at Hồ Chí Minh City’s local level such as memorandums, official letters, emails, reports of visits and direct communication between the City foreign affairs agency and partner agencies in exporting, discussing, signing and implementing documents to establish friendship and cooperation between Hồ Chí Minh City and foreign local entities. The primary data also in-depth interviews and extensive surveys. For the secondary data,the author used documents on policies, guidelines and foreign policies of the Party, the State and the orientation of HCMC as well as documents on guidelines and directions to promote the international friendship and cooperation. The resolutions of the Party Central Committee, the Politburo, the Secretariat and the Prime Minister's Directive on international integration as well as articles published in the journals of international relations at home and abroad, newsletters from the Vietnamese representative missions abroad and reports from research institutes were also used to explore and analyze the meaning of words in documents on the basis of the context of the document’s issuance or to make appropriate recommendations related to the process of planning and implementing this policy
The research also forecasts the development trends of HCMC’s sister-city relationship in the next five years; proposes a number of solution packages to improve the quality of these relations. The research emphasizes the importance and necessity of practical solutions and mechanism reforms in enhancing the positive impacts of the City’s cooperation programs with its sister cities across the globe.