THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
LE VAN BAY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
IN NEW RURAL CONSTRUCTION TOWARDS
URBANIZATION IN PHO YEN TOWN, THAI NGUYEN PROVINCE
Major: Rural Development
Code: 9620116
SUMMARY OF DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
THAI NGUYEN - 2021
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The work was completed at
UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY – THAI NGUYEN
UNIVERSITY
Scientific supervisors:
1. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Duong Van Son
2. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Do Anh Tai
Reviewer 1:
Review 2:
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The dissertation will be defended in front of the Committee at the
University level held at UNIVERSITY OF FORESTRY - THAI NGUYEN UNIVERSITY
At ...... time ...... date month 2021
The dissertation can be found at:
National Library
Thai Nguyen University Learning Resource Centre
Library of Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and Forestry
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS RELATED TO THE THESIS
1. Le Van Bay, Duong Van Son (2021), "Some solutions to develop the
agricultural economy in new rural construction towards urbanization in
Pho Yen town, Thai Nguyen province", Journal of Science and Technology
of Thai University Nguyen, 226 (01), p. 127-134.
2. Le Van Bay, Do Anh Tai (2021), " Promoting the development of socio-
economic infrastructure for economic development in the construction of
new rural areas towards urbanization in Pho Yen town, Thai
Nguyen ", Journal Economic Journal of Asia - Pacific, No. 590, p. 45 - 47.
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PREAMBLE
1. Urgency of the topic
The National Target Program on New Rural Construction for the
period 2010-2020 oriented economic development in new rural
construction such as: building new rural areas with modern socio-
economic infrastructure; appropriate economic structure and forms of
production; linking agriculture with the rapid development of industry and
services; attaching rural development with urban areas according to
planning; the material and spiritual life of residents is increasingly
improved.
Pho Yen town, located in the south of Thai Nguyen province,
adjacent to Hanoi capital, is a centre of industry, services, traffic
connection. This makes the area play an important role in promoting the
socio-economic development of the south of Thai Nguyen province. From
a purely agricultural district, agricultural production is the main, up to
now, the economic structure of Pho Yen has shifted towards industry-
construction; services and agro-forestry.
Over the years, Pho Yen Town has always encouraged local people
to actively shift production and business activities, which created an
emulation movement for economic development, hunger eradication and
poverty alleviation. As a result, many households have boldly pioneered in
getting rich with effective economic development models; actively built
new rural areas. Hence, rural areas of the town have witnessed more and
more changes.
In addition, the issue of rural urbanization, one of the spearheads of
new rural construction and rural economic development, to ensure
modern infrastructure associated with the development of production,
trade, and services in rural areas in Pho Yen town has not been given due
attention.
From the above problems, the research aims to analyse the status
of rural economic development of Pho Yen, point out the advantages and
limitations as well as proposed solutions, methods to improve the speed
and efficiency of economic development. Especially, the rural economy in
new rural construction towards urbanization in Pho Yen is very important
to help a potential town like Pho Yen breakthrough and develop
rapidly. Therefore, conduction of research " Economic development in
new rural construction towards urbanization in Pho Yen town, Thai
Nguyen province " has scientific and practical significance for Pho Yen
town, a young urban area with many large industrial parks, adjacent to
Hanoi capital.
2. Research objective
2.1. General objective
Through assessing the status and analysis of the influential factors,
the thesis proposed solutions to economic development in new rural
construction towards urbanization in the town of Pho Yen, Thai Nguyen
province in the following years.
2.2. Specific objectives
- Systematizing the theoretical and practical literature about
economic development in the new rural construction towards
urbanization.
- Assessing the current situation and analyse factors affecting
economic development in the construction of new rural areas towards
urbanization in Pho Yen town, Thai Nguyen province in the period 2016 -
2020.
- Proposing economic development solutions in the construction of
new rural areas towards urbanization in Pho Yen town, Thai Nguyen province
by 2030.
3. New contributions of the dissertation
3.1. Theoretical contributions
- The thesis contributes to generalizing and modifying research on economic
development in new rural construction towards urbanization. By
