Doctoral dissertation: Statistic Research on Assessment of Sustainable Development in Vietnam

Research objectives: The overall purpose of the thesis is to formulate a method of calculating the aggregate index for sustainable development so as to implement it in assessing the real sustainability of development in Vienam.
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Doctoral dissertation: Statistic Research on Assessment of Sustainable Development in Vietnam 1 2 INTRODUCTION aggregate index for assessment of sustainable development on the basis of the available system of indicators in Vietnam1. The urgency of the topic - calculates, on the pilot basis, the aggregate index of sustainable development Sustainable development is not only the process of economic development, the in Vietnam in the period 2001 – 2010increase of output volume but also the sustainability of the development, which ensure 3. Research targets and methodologythe progress in terms of economic structure, society and the balance of ecological The thesis’ research target is sustainable development.environment. Research scope: Today, sustainable development is one of the most important missions of every + The thesis collect and synthesize data, calculate and analyze aggregate indexcountry, including Vietnam. In order to monitor the country’s development, Vietnam of sustainable development in the territory of Vietnamhas set up a system of statistic index on sustainable development with specific target. + Time target of the research: 10 years from 2001 to 2010, to be suitable to theHowever, the indicators in such a system may have some opposite fluctuation. Some 10-year strategy for socio-economic development of Vietnam.of them develop well over time, while a few others turn to be worse, affecting the The following statistic methods are used for research purposes:development process negatively. This situation causes some difficulties in assessing - Desk research. This is one of the method for data collection in sociologicaland analyzing the trend of sustainable development. There have been organizations survey. Basing on the secondary data of sustainable development and the way toand individuals being interested in making aggregate indexes for assessment of calculate the aggregate indexes, the author provides a broad overview of researchsustainable development so as to obtain a broad overview of this issue. However, up to target, which later serves as a basis for the later assessment.date there has been no system with specific recommendations being applied in - Statistic tables and graphs. They are used to synthesize and demonstrate datapractice. This context has encourages the author to work on the thesis “Statistic and statistic targets of sustainable development over time.Research on Assessment of Sustainable Development in Vietnam”, suggesting a 4. Contribution of the thesisclear, specific and feasible method to calculate the aggregate index of sustainable Through this thesis, the author contributes some new knowledge in terms ofdevelopment. The author then used the available data of Vietnam in the period 2001 – theory and practice of statistic performance, specifically:2010 to test the method. This thesis, therefore, contributes in answering the questions First, the thesis formulates a method to calculate an aggregate index ofby managers “How to assess the real situation of sustainable development in sustainable development in Vietnam, whereby makes it clear the way to calculateVietnam?” and “How was the reality of Vietnam’s sustainable development in the individual indicators, component indicators and then aggregate index; identifies theperiod 2001 – 2010?” higher bound and lower bound of each indicator. This is a new positive contribution in2. Research objectives term of theory for the future studies in sustainable development in Vietnam. The overall purpose of the thesis is to formulate a method of calculating the Second, in term of practice, the thesis gives out analyses and assessments ofaggregate index for sustainable development so as to implement it in assessing the real sustainability of Vietnam’s development over the period 2001 – 2010. The author usessustainability of development in Vienam. Specifically, the thesis: real data of Vietnam and the above-mentioned formula of calculating aggregate index - systemizes and clarifies the contents related to sustainable development and on a pilot scheme, analyses the reality of sustainable development in Vietnam over thethe system of sustainable development index past 10 years. - suggests a method to calculate individual indicators, component indicators and The research results will help Government organizations demonstrate a method 3 4to synthesize, assess and compare the sustainability of the country’s development. This concept was popularized in 1987 thanks to the Brundtland Report (alsoBesides, the thesis opens a new direction of perfecting the existing system of statistic called the Report on Our Common Future) by the World Committee for Environmentindex of sustainable development as well as selects a specific method of assessment in and Development (WCED) under the United Nations. The report made it cl ...