CONTENTS

THEORY RESEARCH

3. NGUYEN XUAN THANG: Scientific exchange and proposal for strengthening Vietnam - India cooperation

8. PHAM NGOC ANH: Ho Chi Minh’s conception on moral degradation from the perspective of party culture

14. HOANG CHI BAO: Awareness and application of Ho Chi Minh philosophical wisdom

20. LAM QUOC TUAN - NGUYEN THANG LOI: Key solutions to improve leaders’ political culture

PROTECTION OF SEA AND ISLAND SOVEREIGNTY

25. NGUYEN VIET THAO: Safeguarding sovereignty over Vietnam’s sea and islands in the new context

33. TRAN CONG TRUC: Using international legal means to protect water sovereignty

41. PHAN VAN RAN: Vietnamese policies in settling the territorial disputes in the East Sea

48. HOANG VAN NGHIA: Protection of sovereignty over sea and islands based on international laws

54. NGUYEN THI QUE - BUI DUC AN: The responsibility and role of ASEAN and related parties in solving disputes over the East Sea

59. NGUYEN NAM DUONG - DOAN MAI LIEN: The role of Vietnamese overseas representatives in protecting national sovereignty over sea and islands

66. LE HAI BINH:  External information and communication in protecting sovereignty over sea and islands

PRACTICE

72. NGUYEN THI NGOC HOA: Modernizing state administration towards a socialist law-ruled State

78. DANG THI THANH HOA: Solutions to ensure political security in the Vietnam - Laos border area in Dien Bien province

83. PHAN THI HOANG MAI: Social security for Vietnamese farmers

FORUM

89. NGUYEN XUAN YEM: Fight against the abuse of “civil society” for political transformation in Vietnam

95. DO THI THACH –NGUYEN ANH TUAN: Refuting criticism to the Party’s foreign policy