1. Full name: Do Thi Thu Phuong                       2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: 13/07/1986                                4. Place of birth: Ha Noi

5. Admission decision number: 1745/2017/QĐ/XHNV, dated July 13, 2017 on the first group of doctoral students in 2017 accredited by University of Social Sciences and Humanities (Vietnam National University, Ha Noi).

6. Changes in academic process:

Both the thesis’s supervisor is added and thesis’s title is adjusted according to Decision No. 644/QD/XHNV dated March 15, 2019 of the Rector of University of Social Sciences and Humanities (Hanoi National University).

7. Official thesis title: Social inclusion of orphans at SOS Children’s Village and Birla Children’s Village, Hanoi.

8. Major: Social Work                                        9. Code: 9760101.01

10. Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Dang Nguyen Anh ; Assoc. Prof. Dr Doan Thi Thanh Huyen

11. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:

11.1. After doing literature review, the author analyzed relevant contents of previous studies, pointed out missing issues in these studies to find direction, from social work perspective, for the in-depth research of activities to support social inclusion of orphans.

11.2. The thesis indicated the status of orphans’ social inclusion in terms of learning; health and medical care; career orientation and social relationship. According to the author, even though being given the opportunities and supportive resources, orphans still faced the difficulties in nurturing characteristics, policies and themselves abilities to integrate.

11.3. The thesis evaluated social work activities to support orphans in the matter of education, health care, career orientation and counselling. With that, it listed some limitations relating to unprofessional activities, officials with in-depth knowledge deficiency, lack of human resources.

11.4. After evaluating, the author proposes solutions to improve the effectiveness of social work activities, and to promote social inclusion for more orphans, including: adding policies and regulations for the development of Social Work Profession; professionalizing social work activities to support academic inclusion; diversify information sources in career orientation; mobilizing resources; increasing capacity of healthcare; establishing a department of social work.

12. Practical applicability, if any: The solutions for improving the efficiency of social work activities (Section 4.2 – Chapter 4) can be applied to support orphans’ social inclusion in Children’s Village.

13. Further research directions, if any: Social inclusion of orphans leaving Children’s Village and returning to their hometown.

14. Thesis-related publications:

14.1. Do Thi Thu Phuong (2018), “Social inclusion of orphans in intensive care units from social work perspective”, Proceedings of the International Workshop on Development of therapeutic services for Social Work in Vietnam, pp.224 – 228.

14.2. Do Thi Thu Phuong (2019), “Model of Social Work for orphans in Hanoi”, Journal of Sociology (3), pp.71 – 85.

14.3. Do Thi Thu Phuong (2020), “Laws and Policies on social inclusion for orphans in social assistance centres”, Journal of Education and Society (2), pp.216 – 220.