1. Full name: Duong Thi Thuy                 2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth: 25th April 1988              4. Place of birth: Ninh Binh

5. Admission decision number: 4982/QĐ-ĐHKHTN dated on 27th November, 2013 of  the Rector of Hanoi University of Science – Vietnam National University.

6. Changes in academic process: No

7. Official thesis title: Assessment of geographical conditions and resources for sustainable tourism development in Dak Lak province.

8. Major: Management of Resources and environment     9. Code: 9850101.01

10. Supervisors: Assoc.Prof.Dr. Pham Quang Tuan

                             Prof.Dr. Truong Quang Hai

11. Summary of the new findings of the thesis

- The study has identified the scientific basis, set of criteria, tourist geographic zoning in Dak Lak province. Since then, clarifying the division of the territory into tourist geographic sub-regions with specific characteristics of natural conditions, ethnic culture, economic activities, tourist potential clusters is a scientific basis for develop specific types of tourism sustainably;

- Assessment of geographical conditions and resources for the development of 4 types of sustainable tourism: 1, Ecotourism; 2, Cultural tourism; 3, Health tourism; 4, Agricultural tourism and spatial orientation for sustainable development according to the tourist geographical sub-regions of Dak Lak province.

12. Paratical applicability, if any: The results of the thesis can be used as a useful reference for the planning, management and investment attraction for sustainable tourism development in Dak Lak province.

13. Further research directions, if any:

- The results of the thesis are a scientific and practical basis for building a multi-scale sustainable tourism model in Dak Lak province.

- The integrated geographic approach to provincial tourism geographical zoning will be applied and implemented in many other provinces across the country.

14. Thesis-related publications:

[1] Truong Quang Hai, Pham Quang Tuan, Duong Thi Thuy (2014), “Current situation of tourism development in the Central Highlands in the first decade of the twenty-first century”, Proceedings of the 7th National Conference on Geoscience, pp.885-897.

[2] Truong Quang Hai, Duong Thi Thuy, Giang Van Trong (2015), “Outstanding advantages of Lam Dong province in tourism development in the Central Highlands”, Journal of Human Geography, No. 1, pp.1-11.

[3] Pham Quang Tuan, Duong Thi Thuy, Le Phuong Thuy (2015), “Resources and ecotourism development solutions for Quan Lan island, Van Don district, Quang Ninh province”, Journal of Earth Science and Environment, pp. 67-72.

[4] Nguyen Hieu, Truong Quang Hai, Pham Xuan Canh, Duong Thi Thuy, Nguyen Thi Thuy Hang, Doan Thu Phuong, Do Trung Hieu, Pham Le Tuan (2015), “Using spatial analysis method to evaluate favorable conditions for developing natural heritage - waterfall tourism in the Central Highlands”, 2015 National GIS Conference, Hanoi.

[5] Nguyen Quang Anh, Giang Van Trong, Nguyen Duc Minh, Duong Thi Thuy (2016), “Assessment of climatic conditions for tourism development in the Central Highlands”, Journal of Earth Sciences and Environment, pp.1-12.

[6] Duong Thi Thuy, Pham Quang Tuan (2017), Analysis and assessment of the tourism territorial system of Buon Ma Thuot plateau in Dak Lak province, Journal of Human Geographic Research, No. 2, 2017, pp.1-10.

[7] Duong Thi Thuy, Pham Quang Tuan (2019), “Assessmentof tourism Resource in Dak Lak Province”, Proceedings of the 11th National Conference on Geoscience, pp.796-808.

[8] Truong Quang Hai (editor), Ta Hoa Phuong, Nguyen Hieu, Luu Duc Hai, Hoang Thi Thu Huong, Giang Van Trong, Nguyen Duc Minh, Nguyen Quang Anh, Duong Thi Thuy, Dang Ngoc Ha (2019), Tay Nguyen tourism, Scientific arguments and development solutions, Monographs, Publisher. Hanoi National University, 683pp, ISBN: 978-604-961-829-1.