1. Full name: Pham Thi Huong                                        2. Gender: Female

3. Date of birth: 05 February1983                                    4. Place of birth: Thai Binh

5. Admission decision number: 5772/QĐ-ĐHQGHN dated 31st December 2014 of the Director of  Hanoi National University.

6. Changes in academic process: Changing the thesis title by Decision 286/QĐ - VNH dated 29th November 2017; Extending study period by Decision 03/QĐ - VNH dated 02nd January 2018; Shifting to another training program by Decision 108/QĐ - VNH dated 14th June 20187. 7. Official dissertation title: A Sustainable Livelihoods Approach to Community-based Tourism: The Case of Ba Vi, Hanoi.

8. Major:           Vietnamese studies                                        9. Code: 62 22 01 13

10. Supervisors:  Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tran Duc Thanh

11. Summary of the new findings of the dissertation

First: The dissertation is a systematic, in-depth study of the livelihood approach in community based tourism. The dissertation provides a specific livelihood framework including 5 assets: human capital, natural capital, economic capital, social capital, institutional capital, and rationally applies the theoretical basis for livelihood framework in order to contribute to community-based tourism development in Ba Vi.

Second: The dissertation has consolidated and clarified the main characteristics of Ba Vi as an area of historical - cultural space and sustainable tourism development space.

Third: The dissertation has identified and analyzed the current situation of community-based tourism development in Ba Vi according to 5 proposed livelihood assets, thereby addressing the different roles of these assets.

Final: The dissertation provides some suitable policy suggestions, contributing to the development of community-based tourism in the study area.

12. Applicability

- The dissertation can be considered as a pre-feasibility study, preparation for community-based tourism development planning to ensure livelihoods for local residents.

- The dissertation also provides further and deeper researching suggestions on community-based tourism development topics to ensure future sustainable livelihoods in potential localities.

13. Further research directions:

-  Comparative study among different localities; ethnic groups with difference in livelihood resources for community-based tourism development

- Comprehensive research on sustainable livelihood framework for tourism and livelihood resources relationship in consideration of its vulnerability, process, policy ... context in the livelihood framework for tourism.

- Study the community-based tourism development from sustainable livelihoods approach in conjuction with tourism demand angles to create appropriate suitable products.

14. Relevant publications of PhD Student:

[1]. Pham Thi Huong (2018), “Community-based tourism development: the new livelihoods for the Dao people in Ba Vi commune, Hanoi", Asia – Pacific Economic Review, Vol. 06/2018, pp.37-40.

[2]. Pham Thi Huong (2019), “Assess the impact of livelihood capital on community -based tourism development in Ba Vi district, Hanoi”, Economy and Forecast Review, Vol 09, pp. 83-87.

[3]. Pham Thi Huong (2019), “Human capital for community-based tourism development” in Ba Vi”, Tourism Review, Vol 03/2019, pp. 27-30.