1. Full name: Nguyen Thanh Luan                                  2. Sex: Male

3. Date of birth: 26th October 1991                                 4. Place of birth: Lao Cai

5. Admission decision number: 3686/QĐ-ĐHKT

6. Changes in academic process: None

7. Official thesis title: Foreign loan management for development of ethnic minority households in Lao Cai province

8. Major: Economics management                                  9. Code: 9340410.01

10. Supervisors: Assoc.Prof. Vu Thanh Son

11. Summary of the new findings of the thesis:

The thesis has assessed the current situation of household livelihood development for ethnic minorities in Lao Cai province based on the current status of livelihood resources, studying the relationship of livelihood resources, especially especially the role of capital sources, including ODA, in developing household livelihoods for ethnic minorities in Lao Cai province based on the survey results of 243 respondents who are (1) Representative of Farmers' Union; (2) Representative of the Women's Union; (3) Representative of the Youth Union; (4) Village head (or equivalent); (5) Village cell secretary (or equivalent) in 27 communes in 9 districts/towns of Lao Cai province is Lao Cai city, and the districts/towns are Sa Pa, Si Ma Cai, Muong Khuong, Bat Xat, Bac Ha, Van Ban, Bao Thang and Bao Yen. At the same time, to have a more objective view, the author has assessed the current situation of household livelihood development for ethnic minorities in Lao Cai province based on a survey of 168 ethnic minority households. in 27 localities in the sample. The results show that there is a very high similarity in the assessment of the households with the assessment of the local managers.

The results show that all the concepts and scales used in the research have high reliability (Cronbach's Alpha coefficient of all scales is greater than 0.7); the research variables converge on the correct scales in accordance with the theoretical model; Regression analysis results show that natural resources have no impact on “development of household livelihoods of ethnic minorities in Lao Cai” due to the P_value of 0.764, and social capital. has a negative impact on “development of household livelihoods of ethnic minorities in Lao Cai” with a standardized Beta value of 0.09 and with a P_value of 0.092. The rest of the other capital sources all have a positive impact on "development of household livelihoods of Lao Cai ethnic minorities" and are ranked in descending order from the highest "Economic capital" to the lowest value. standardized Beta value is 0.41; the second is “Institutional Capital” with a standardized Beta value of 0.201; and the third is “Human Capital” with a standardized Beta value of 0.141 and the same significance level above 95% when P_value is less than 0.05. In addition, people's opinions also highly appreciated the activities of managing ODA capital for the development of household livelihoods of ethnic minorities here. These research results are very important practical bases, along with the actual ODA management in Chapter 3 will be an important premise for the PhD student to make suggestions and recommendations to improve effective state management of foreign loans (ODA) for livelihood development of ethnic minority households in Lao Cai province in chapter 5.

12. Practical applicability:

The thesis with the topic "Management of foreign loans for the development of livelihoods of ethnic minority households in Lao Cai province" has some significant new contributions in terms of science and practice, making recommendations to improve state management of ODA. If this state management activity achieves the effectiveness and efficiency of the implementation of programs and projects in the ethnic minority areas of Lao Cai province, the livelihoods of ethnic minority households will be improved, thereby helping people to improve the quality of life. income and quality of life. Specific contributions of the thesis are:

• Analyze and point out the experience of Lao Cai province in accelerating the disbursement of ODA, organizing the appropriate ODA state management apparatus, thereby promoting the effectiveness of ODA to local economic development. in general and to improve the livelihoods of ethnic minority households in particular.

• Through the econometric model, the thesis measures the influence of resources on the livelihood development of ethnic minority households in Lao Cai province. Research results show that resource capital has no impact on changes in ethnic minority households' livelihoods; social capital has a negative impact on household livelihood development; Finally, economic capital is the resource that has the greatest impact on the improvement of ethnic minority households' livelihoods in Lao Cai province.

13. Further research directions:

Firstly, in terms of ODA management, further studies can focus on the orientation of attracting ODA in the new context that Vietnam is classified as a middle-income country, with preferential terms and conditions. Loan incentives decreased and gradually shifted to commercial lending conditions. For the specific conditions of Lao Cai province, it is necessary to have more studies on the organization of the management apparatus as well as the inspection and supervision of ODA in order to improve the efficiency of ODA use in terms of the cost of using ODA capital. capital use increased compared to the previous period.

Second, to have a broader picture, the following studies can choose to analyze the impact of resources on household livelihood development for ethnic minorities in Lao Cai province.

14. Thesis-related publications:

- Nguyễn Thành Luân, Trần Nhật Tân, Hà Văn Thắng, Đỗ Trường Sơn, 2018. Các yếu tố ảnh hưởng đến phát triển kinh tế hộ gia đình: Bằng chứng từ điều tra hộ gia đình tại tỉnh Lào Cai. Tạp chí Kinh tế và Quản trị kinh doanh, Đại học Thái Nguyên, số 7, trang 36-40.

- Trần Minh Hằng, Nguyễn Thành Luân, 2020. Dòng vốn hỗ trợ phát triển chính thức và phát triển kinh tế - xã hội vùng dân tộc thiểu số và miền núi ở Việt Nam. Tạp chí Dân tộc học, số 2, trang 13-24.

- Nguyễn Thành Luân, 2020. Hiệu quả của các chương trình dự án quốc tế đến phát triển kinh tế ở một số tỉnh miền núi Việt Nam. Tạp chí Kinh tế Châu Á – Thái Bình Dương, số 576, trang 62-63.

- Nguyễn Thành Luân, 2020. Tác động của các chương trình dự án quốc tế đến giáo dục ở khu vực miền núi Việt Nam. Tạp chí Kinh tế Châu Á – Thái Bình Dương, số 579, trang 94-96.

- Luan Thanh Nguyen, Tuyen Quang Tran and Hang Minh Tran, 2020. The impact of foreign aid on household income among ethnic minority groups in Vietnam. Economic Horizons Journal, 3(22).