1. Full name: Nguyen Manh Dung

2. Sex: Male

3. Date of birth: 19-8-1973

4. Place of birth: Nam Dinh

5. Admission decision number: No. 3894/QD-ĐHKT dated December 15th, 2020 of the Rector of University of Economics and Business - Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

6. Changes in academic process: No.

7. Official thesis title: "Developing household livelihoods in Ha Giang province".

8. Major: Political Economy

9. Code: 9310102.01

10. Supervisors:

11. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:

- Scope of the research: The thesis contributes to systematizing the theoretical basis and developing a livelihood framework in the direction of application to households in border mountainous areas. The thesis researches, identifies and assesses the current livelihoods status of households in Ha Giang province. On that basis, this thesis proposes orientations, solutions and recommendations on livelihood development policies for households in Ha Giang province by 2030 from the perspective of political economy.

- Objective of the research: The research object of the thesis is the development of households’ livelihood in the mountainous ethnic minority areas of Vietnam.

- Research Methodology: The thesis uses the following methods: (1) Descriptive statistics method; (2) Analytical and comparative methods; (3) The method of analyzing the livelihood deprivation index through the criteria of the household livelihood diversity index. It is an index to measure the sustainability of livelihoods based on 21 indicators belonging to 5 groups of human, social, financial, material and natural criteria. In which, economic criteria include 5 criteria; social criteria include 4 criteria; financial criteria include 4 criteria; material criteria include 5 criteria; Natural criteria includes 3 criteria. In addition, the thesis uses the multivariable probit model in analyzing the factors affecting livelihood choices of households.

- Findings and practical applicability:

The thesis contributes to systematizing the theoretical basis and developing a livelihood framework in the direction of application to households in border mountainous areas. In addition, the thesis focuses on research, identification and assessment of the livelihood status of households in Ha Giang province.

The thesis analyzes the characteristics of livelihood capital of ethnic minority households in border mountainous areas in Ha Giang province. Livelihood capital is determined to include five components of human capital, physical capital, financial capital, natural capital, and social capital that play a central role in the livelihood framework for households to choose livelihood activities to realizing livelihood goals: raising incomes and reducing poverty.

Research results have shown that ethnic minority households in the border mountainous areas of Ha Giang province have weaknesses in human capital.12. Further research directions: non-agricultural household economic development in the context of national digital transformation; developing non-agricultural households into enterprises. Human capital is limited in terms of qualifications, labor capacity and high dependency ratio. Households in this area also face barriers in terms of physical capital such as: small housing area, lack of information assets, basic assets to participate in production. Furthermore, the study shows that the financial capital of households here is small and dependent on remittances from relatives, so it is difficult to help them change their job structure but only support the poor. immediate difficulties, and cover input costs in small-scale agricultural production. The natural capital of the household is determined through the area of land that the household is holding. Basically, landless households account for a high proportion and the area of agricultural land is small enough to diversify livelihoods. Social capital is defined through village relationships, the sharing of information and experiences. This is the impetus to help households cope with shocks, improve their capacity, which is in the early stages of development. However, this resource has not been paid enough attention to improve the status of the poor.

Based on the above analysis, the thesis has proposed solutions to improve the livelihood capital capacity of households. The solutions are from the perspective of building household's livelihood capital sources so that they can actively choose effective livelihood activities and transform sustainable livelihoods in many directions.

12. Thesis-related publications:

- Nguyễn Mạnh Dũng (2022). Giải pháp phát triển các ngành kinh tế góp phần tạo sinh kế cho hộ gia đình tại tỉnh Hà Giang. Tạp chí Kinh tế Châu Á - Thái Bình Dương, 612.

- Nguyễn Mạnh Dũng, Trần Đức Hiệp, Tô Thế Nguyên (2022). Phân tích nghèo đa chiều bằng phương pháp tiếp cận sinh kế bền vững tại tỉnh Hà Giang. Tạp chí Những vấn đề Kinh tế và Chính trị thế giới, 6 (314).

- Nguyễn Mạnh Dũng, Nguyễn Thị Lan Hương, Nguyễn Anh Tuấn, Trần Đức Hiệp, Đỗ Hoàng Phương, Tô Thế Nguyên (2022). Các yếu tố ảnh hưởng tới thu nhập của các hộ nghèo đa chiều tại Việt Nam: Số liệu từ các hộ dân tộc thiểu số. Tạp chí Phát triển Bền vững Vùng, 12(2).

- Nguyễn Mạnh Dũng (2022). Phát triển du lịch Hà Giang thành ngành kinh tế mũi nhọn, tạo sinh kế cho nhân dân. Tạp chí kinh tế Châu Á - Thái Bình Dương, 614.

- Nguyễn Mạnh Dũng, Nguyễn Anh Tuấn, Đỗ Hoàng Phương, Tô Thế Nguyên, Nguyễn Thị Lan Hương (2022). Sinh kế của các nông hộ huyện Xín Mần. Tạp chí Nghiên cứu Kinh tế, 9 (532).

- Fahad, S., Nguyen-Thi-Lan, H., Nguyen-Manh, D., Tran-Duc, H., & To-The, N. (2022). Analyzing the status of multidimensional poverty of rural households by using sustainable livelihood framework: Policy implications for economic growth. Enviromental Science and Pollution Research, 30, 16106-16119.

- Dung Nguyen-Manh, Hiep Tran-Duc, Anh Thuy Nguyen, 2022. Livelihood choice and household economic wellbeing in the Northwest region, Vietnam. Economic Alternatives. Letter of Acceptance, Sofia, 5.05.2022.