1. Name of PhD candidate: Le Van Dzung

2. Gender: Male

3. Date of birth: 05th September, 1971

4. Place of birth: Thieu Ngoc Commune, Thieu Hoa District, Thanh Hoa Province

5. Decision of recognizing PhD students: Decision No. 2660 / QĐ-ĐHKT, dated 22/6/2015 of Hanoi University of Economics, Vietnam National University.

6. Changes during the training process: No

7. Thesis topic: Financial management among public medical universities in Vietnam

8. Major: Business Administration

9. Code: 62 34 05 01

10. Scientific supervisor: 1. Assoc. Prof. Tran Anh Tai; 2. Assoc. Prof. Le Trung Thanh

11. Summary of new findings in the thesis:

Regarding theoretical framework:

The thesis systematized and analyzed some theoretical and practical issues on financial management among public health universities in Vietnam, in which: i) Systematized and clarified the concepts, objectives, contents, tools, evaluation criteria of financial management among public universities, ii) theoretical analysis and finalization on the nature of financial management and training in public medical universities; examined the factors affecting the financial management of public medical universities; iii) systematized and clarified the theoretical basis of financial autonomy for public universities; and iv) summarized practical theories from the studies of financial management experience at universities in some countries globally;

Regarding practical framework:

Based on theoretical and financial management researches in public health universities; The thesis proposed a number of recommendations to improve the financial management in public health universities and to implement autonomy mechanisms.

The thesis is a reference for the public medical universities to apply the financial management at their unit, especially in the autonomy regime with the nature of medical training and financial management among public health universities. It aims to develop a sustainable source of income, ensure funding for the university development goals and improve the quality of training, research and provision of medical services to meet citizen’s demand.

The thesis is one of the reference documents for the Government and other Ministries and Agencies to improve the financial autonomy mechanism for public universities generally, and for public medical universities particularly.

12. Applicability in practice:

The thesis findings are highly applicable in the financial management of the five medical universities that have been studied in this thesis and applicable in universities which have medical majors.

13. Next research directions:

Research on health economics policy, hospital fees, health insurance and payment mechanism in health sector.

14. Announced works related to thesis:

(1) Le Van Dung et al. (2012). Reference book "Hospital financial accounting". Medical Publishing House, 352, Doi Can - Ba Dinh - Hanoi.

(2) Le Van Dung (No. 09 2013). Use financial and accounting tools in public hospital administration. Journal of Finance and Accounting Research - Academy of Finance - Ministry of Finance, 16.

(3) Le Van Dung (No. 12 in 2013). Improve financial autonomy for public training units. Journal of Finance and Accounting Research - Academy of Finance - Ministry of Finance, 63.

(4) Le Van Dung (No. 12 in 2014). Joint ventures operate in public hospitals and some recommendations. Journal of Finance and Accounting Studies - Academy of Finance - Ministry of Finance, 16.

(5) Le Van Dung (No. 04 in 2015). Accounting management for public units under conditions of financial autonomy. Journal of Finance and Accounting Studies - Academy of Finance - Ministry of Finance, 36.

(6) Le Van Dung (No.03 in 2016). Strengthening the role of the State Audit to improve the mechanism and policies of the State. Journal of Accounting and Auditing - Vietnam Association of Accountants and Auditors, 47.

(7) Le Van Dung (No. 05 in 2016). Improve the effectiveness and efficiency of internal spending regulations in public universities. Journal of Finance and Accounting Studies - Academy of Finance - Ministry of Finance, 14.

(8) Le Van Dung (No.10 in 2016). The nature of Institution - University relation of medical training and some proposals in autonomous mechanism. Journal of Finance and Accounting Studies - Academy of Finance - Ministry of Finance, 74.

(9) Le Van Dung (2016). Assess the autonomy mechanism of public units and policy recommendations. The workshop on autonomy mechanism for public units. Academy of Finance - Ministry of Finance, 144.

(10) Le Van Dung (No. 237, March 2017), "Some solutions to improve tuition policy for public medical university in financial autonomy", Journal of Economics & Development; National Economics University, (page 09).

(11) Le Van Dung (No. 06 in 2017), "Trends in university autonomy and some solutions to improve financial management in public medical universities", Journal of Finance and Accounting - Academy of Finance - Ministry of Finance, (page 72).