Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology

Project's information

Project's title	Study on scientific basics to develop indices for sustainable use assessment of tourist beaches in North Coastal Vietnam
Project’s code	KHCBBI-01/18-20
Research hosting institution	Institute of Marine Environment and Resources
Project leader’s name	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tran Dinh Lan
Project duration	01/01/2018 - 31/12/2021
Project’s budget	1,500 million VND
Classify	Excellent
Goal and objectives of the project	- Establish a scientific and practical basis for building a set of indicators to evaluate the sustainable use of tourist beaches in the North of Vietnam. - Proposing a set of indicators to evaluate the sustainable use of tourist beaches in the North of Vietnam.
Main results	- Theoretical results: + Research and technology outputs: - The set of indicators to evaluate the sustainable use of beach and tourist beach ecosystems in the study area. - GIS database on tourist beach resources in the North of Vietnam - Report on the scientific basis and practice of developing a set of indicators for sustainable use of tourist beaches in the North of Vietnam. + Publication: The project has published 01 SCIE article, 02 articles in an international journal with ISSN index, 03 articles in a journal of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology. The first authors and corresponding authors of all the articles are the main participants of the project. + Education output: The project supported a PhD candidate and a master’s student to successfully defend their thesis. The project leader is the supervisor of PhD and master’s student.
Novelty and actuality and scientific meaningfulness of the results	Develop a set of indicators to evaluate sustainable use and apply it to tourist beaches in the North of Vietnam.
Products of the project	International Journal 1. Huong, D. T. T., Ha, N. T. T., Do Khanh, G., Van Thanh, N., & Hens, L. (2021). Sustainability assessment of coastal ecosystems: DPSIR analysis for beaches at the Northeast Coast of Vietnam., Environment, Development and Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-021-01648-x 2. Do Gia Khanh, Do Thi Thu Huong, Vu Duy Vinh, Tran Dinh Lan. (2019). Sustainable Marine Structures, Vol. 1, Iss. 02.. , Sustainable Marine Structures, 1(2), 24–32. https://doi.org/10.36956/sms.v1i2.141 3. Lan, T. D., & Chien, H. T. (2020). Proposition of Economic Valuation Index for Sustainable Ecosystem Management : An Island Case Study., Modern Environmental Science and Engineering (ISSN 2333-2581) November 2020, Volume 6, No. 11, pp. 1196-1204. https://doi.org/10.15341/mese(2333-2581)/11.06.2020/006. VAST's journal 1. Đỗ Thị Thu Hương, Trần Đình Lân, 2019. DPSIR application for analyzing the cause of quality degradation of sandy beaches in the northeastern coastal area of Vietnam, Journal of Marine Science and Technology, Vol 19 (3A), pp. 77-88 2. Nguyễn Thị Thu Hà, Trần Đình Lân, Đỗ Thị Thu Hương, 2019. Assessment of the risk of environmental pollution for Do Son tourist beach. , Journal of Marine Science and Technology, Vol 19 (3A), pp.153-162. 3. Cao Thị Thu Trang, Tran Dinh Lan, Do Thi Thu Huong, Tran Manh Ha, Nguyen Thi Thu Ha, Pham Thi Kha, Nguyen Van Bach, Lê Văn Nam, Đinh Hải Ngọc. Environmental qulity assessment of sandy beaches in Ha Long – Cat Ba area (Vietnam),Journal of Marine Science and Technology, Vol 19
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