1. Full name of PhD student: Le Thi Tuyen 2. Gender: Female
3. Date of birth: July 22, 1980 4. Place of birth: Thanh Hoa
5. Decision on recognition of PhD students: No. 1745/QD-XHNV, dated July 13, 2017 on recognition of PhD students, batch 1, 2017 of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities (Vietnam National University, Hanoi).
6. Changes in the training process:
Adjust the thesis topic according to the comments of the Basic Thesis Defense Council, approved by the University of Social Sciences and Humanities according to document No. 2136/QD-XHNV dated November 13, 2020 on changing/adjusting the doctoral thesis topic of the doctoral student.
7. Thesis topic: Access to public administrative services of ethnic minorities in the Northwest region (Case study in Sa Pa town, Lao Cai province and Thuan Chau district, Son La province).
8. Major: Sociology 9. Code: 62 31 03 01
10. Scientific advisor: Associate Professor, Dr. Pham Van Quyet
11. Summary of new results of the thesis:
11.1. After an overview of the research problem, the author analyzed the related contents of previous studies. The author pointed out the missing contents in the studies to find a direction for in-depth research on the approach to public administrative services of ethnic minorities in the Northwest region from a sociological perspective.
11.2. The results of the thesis show that ethnic minorities have access to information on public administrative services, but the level of access is not high. Most people use services belonging to the group of public administrative services related to personal identity, which are popular services and simpler to use than public administrative services related to personal property.
11.3. The thesis points out that there are many factors affecting the access to public administrative services of ethnic minorities in the Northwest region. In particular, the factors directly affecting are related to ethnicity, language, culture, lifestyle, geographical distance, etc. In addition, other factors arising from demographic characteristics and characteristics of the subjects providing public administrative services such as: Service provision process, quality of human resources, office modernization, application of information technology in reforming public administrative services.
11.4. After studying the current situation and factors affecting the access to public administrative services of ethnic minorities, the author of the thesis proposed a number of recommendations for the Government and relevant Ministries and Branches; for the subjects providing public administrative services and the people.
12. Practical applicability: Can be applied to research on reforming public administrative services in ethnic minority areas; Can be used as research and teaching materials on ethnicity and public administrative services.
13. Further research directions (if any):
+ Current status of using public administrative services of ethnic minorities in communes in regions I, II, III.
+ Improve the quality of public administrative services in ethnic minority mountainous areas in the North.
+ Increase the participation of ethnic minority women in the political field.
14. Published works related to the thesis:
14.1. Le Thi Tuyen (2019), “Solutions to improve access to public administrative services for ethnic minorities”, Journal of State Management (283) August 2019, pp. 66-69.
14.2. Le Thi Tuyen (2020), “Applying structural-functional theory in studying access to public administrative services of ethnic minorities”, Journal of State Management (294) July 2020, pp.75-78.
INFORMATION ON DOCTORAL THESIS
1. Full name: Le Thi Tuyen 2. Sex: Female
3. Date of birth: July 22, 1980 4. Place of birth: Thanh Hoa
5. Admission decision number: 1745/2017/QD-XHNV on July 13, 2017 on the first group of doctoral students in 2017 accredited by the University of Social Sciences and Humanities (Vietnam National University, Hanoi).
6. Changes in the academic process:
The thesis title was adjusted based on the recommendation of the Grassroots Defense Council, approved by the University of Social Sciences and Humanities in accordance with the Decision No: 2136/QD-XHNV dated November 13th, 2020 on the change/adjustment of the thesis topic of Ph.D. student. student.
7. Official thesis title: Access to public administrative services of ethnic regions in the Northwest region (A case study in Sapa Town, Lao Cai Province and Thuan Chau District, Son La Province).
8. Major: Sociology 9. Code: 62 31 03 01
10. Supervisors: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pham Van Quyet
11. Summary of new findings of the thesis:
11.1. After reviewing past studies, the author indicates inadequacies of the researches so as to conduct further research on access to public administrative services of ethnic regions in the Northwest region from a sociological perspective.
11.2. The research concludes that many ethnic regions have accessed to information about public administrative services; however, the level of access is still not high. The majority of people use public administrative services related to identity, which are simpler and more popular than administrative services associated with personal property.
11.3. The thesis shows that there are many factors involved in the access to public administration services of ethnic regions in the Northwest region. Among these, direct factors include ethnic groups, language, culture, living style, geographical distance, etc. Besides, other factors stem from demographic characteristics and characteristics of public administrative service providers such as service delivery process, human resource quality, office modernization, use of ICT in public administrative service reform.
11.4. After studying the situation and factors affecting access to public administrative services of ethnic areas, the author makes some recommendations to Government, related Ministries and Sectors; public administrative service providers, and people.
12. Practical applicability, if any: The research results of the thesis can be applied in studying reform of public administrative services in ethnic minority-inhabited areas; used as research materials and teaching materials about Ethiopia and public administration service.
13. Further research directions, if any:
+ Research on current situation of using public administrative services of ethnic areas in communes in regions I, II, and III.
+ Research on improving the quality of public administrative services for the ethnic regions in northern mountainous areas.
+ Research on strengthening participation of women from ethnic minority groups in politics.
14. Thesis-related publications:
14.1. Le Thi Tuyen (2019), "Solutions to improve access to public administrative services for ethnic regions", State Management Review (283) August 2019, pp. 66-69.
14.2. Le Thi Tuyen (2020), "Applying the structural-functional theory in studying access to public administrative services of ethnic regions", State Management Review (294) July 2020, pp. 75-78.
