1. Full name:     Hoang Thanh Nguyet                                         2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: 06/01/1983                                                        4. Place of birth: Hanoi City

5. Admission decision number: No. 5705/QĐ-ĐHKHTN, dated on 19th December, 2014 by Rector of VNU University of Science, VNU

6. Changes in academic process:

- Extension education time according to: Decision No. 5041/QĐ-ĐHKHTN dated on 29th December, 2017, signed by the Rector of VNU University of Science;

- Local return: Decision No. 2517/QĐ-ĐHKHTN dated on 21st August, 2020 signed by the Rector of VNU University of Science.

7. Official thesis title: Study on determination of major environmental issues in strategic environmental assessment of mineral master plans

8. Major: Environmental Science               Code: 9440301.01

10. Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Ho Si Giao and Prof. Dr. Trinh Thi Thanh         

11. Summary of the new findings of the thesis

This thesis has obtained the following research results:

- To identify the achievement, shortcomings, disadvantages in determination of major environmental issues in the strategic environmental assessment (SEA) of Mineral Master Plans (MMP) which were approved by the Prime Minister or the Minister of Ministry of Industry and Trade.

- To conduct the first qualification semi-quantitation method to determine major environmental issues in SEA report of MMP, simultaneously, to arrange these major environmental issues in order. Those methods has been experienced in the Master Plan of coal industry development;

- To conduct a pollution criteria and indicators to be used in screening and classifying mineral exploitation projects at planning stage. This is considered as one of the solutions for preventing and minimizing negative impacts on environment proposed by SEA;

- To apply the pollution criteria and indicators for 03 mineral exploitation projects (ME) projects in Vietnam.

12. Practical applicability, if any:

The accurate determination of major environmental issues in SEA holds a decisive meaning to creating the effectiveness and benefits of SEA regarding to MMP. Research results helps with preventing errors occurring in the process of conducting planning stage (PS); improving effectiveness of decision-making at planning stage and strengthening the power of management works. In addition, the pollution criteria and indicators with quantitative and comparable perspectives on the basis of scientific assurance, being in line with reality, will help management authorities, policy makers, and investment decision maker with screening and classifying ME projects to ensure efficiency on economy, society and environment; simultaneously, to support elimination of ME projects with high potential risks of causing environmental pollution and incidents.

13. Further research directions, if any

- To keep studying other qualification semi-quantitation methods to use in other SEA steps, including in determining major environmental issues and screening, classifying projects;

- To keep studying scientific methods to apply in SEA of other fields (not only mineral exploitation);

- To apply researched methods to determine major and specified environmental issues for each mineral group; for Exploration, Mining, Processing Minerals Planning thats is integrated from the component Planning.

14. Thesis-related publications:

[1]. Hoang Thanh Nguyet (2018), “Study on the method of determination of major environmental issues in strategic environmental assessment of mineral master plans”, Mining Industry Magazine, No. 1, pages from 104 to 106.

[2]. Hoang Thanh Nguyet (2014), “Major environmental issues in mineral master plans”, Mining Industry Magazine, No.2, pages from 68 to 72.

[3]. Mai The Toan, Hoang Thanh Nguyet (2014), “Using strategic environmental assessment tool with mineral master plans”, Environment Magazine, Topics of Science and Technology /2014, pages from 41 to 44.

[4]. Mai The Toan, Hoang Thanh Nguyet (2015), “Strategic environmental assessment, Environmental Impact Assessment in Vietnam - Achievements, difficulties, challenges and development directions”; Conference on State Management on Environmental Protection, Environmental Journal, Topic II/2015, pages from14 to 16.