3. Date of birth:03/10/1982 4. Place of birth: Hai Duong
5. Admission decision number: 4800/QĐ-ĐHQGHN issued on 7th December, 2015 by The President of Vietnam National University, Hanoi
6. Changes in academic process: (List the forms of change and corresponding times)
Adjusting the title of the dissertation according to the Decision No. 243/QĐ-VNH issued on 1st November, 2017 by the Institute of Vietnamese Studies and Development Science.
Extending the training period by 24 months according to the Decision No. 342/QĐ-VNH issued on 28th December, 2018 by the Institute of Vietnamese Studies and Development Science.
7. Official dissertation title: Child labor in tourism in Sapa
8. Major: Vietnamese studies 9. Code: 62220113
10. Supervisors: (Full name, academic title and degree)
Assoc.Prof.Dr. Tran Duc Thanh
Dr. Vu Kim Chi
11. Summary of the new findings of the dissertation
- The dissertation has overviewed the research situation and theoretical basis about child labor, child labor in tourism; introduced the concept of child labour in tourism, introduced a framework to identify child labour in tourism, introduced a framework for studying child labour in tourism ...
- The dissertation has generalized the overall picture of the situation of child labour in tourism in Sapa: the number, age, gender, ethnicity, the work that children participate in ...
- The dissertation has found and analyzed the causes and effects of child labour in tourism in Sapa.
- The dissertation has assessed and placed the issue of child labour in the whole Sapa cultural space with very distinctive characteristics, giving directions to solve the problem of child labour in tourism, while promoting children's resources and socio-economic development.
12. Applicability:
The results of the dissertation and the suggestions help the researchers and tourism managers to have a more comprehensive and multi-dimensional view on the issue of child labour in tourism in Sapa in particular and tourist areas throughout the country in general. The solutions is likely to be applied in practice to solve the problem of child labour in tourism in Sapa.
13. Further research directions:
Child labour in tourism in some other localities in Vietnam.
14. Relevant publications of PhD Student: (list them in chronological order)
[1] Vu Huong Lan (2016), "Approaching from the perspective of sustainable livelihoods – a new direction in community tourism development in Sapa", Workshop on Developing specific policy mechanisms on tourism in the Northwest region, ISBN 978-604-62-6896-3, Vietnam National University Hanoi Publishing House, p.138-161.
[2] Vu Huong Lan , Tran Thi Minh Hoa (2017), "Solutions for Developing Sapa as a World-Class Tourist Site for Tourism Resort, Natural Exploration and Cultural Experience", VNU Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities No 3 (3), p.314 – 330.
[3] Vu Huong Lan (2017), "Community tourism development in Sapa”, Vietnam Tourism Review Magazine No (6), p.56-57.
[4] Vu Huong Lan , Tran Duc Thanh (2019), "The participation of ethnic minority women and children in tourism activities in Sapa, Vietnam", International Symposium: Nexus of Migration and Tourism: Creasing Social Sustainability Symposium, Hanoi Publishing House, Hanoi, ISBN 978-604-55-3441-0, p.191-210.
[5] Vu Huong Lan (2020), "Developing community tourism in Sapa from a sustainable livelihood approach", Journal of Education and Society No (108) (169) March, p.99-103 & 123.
[6] Vu Huong Lan (2020), "A day following street vendors in Sapa", Vietnam Tourism Review Magazine No (6), p.38-40.
