TTLV: The role of preferential policies and social assistance on people's lives through a survey in Dong Van commune, Thanh Chuong district, Nghe An province

MASTER'S THESIS INFORMATION

1. Student's full name: Do Van Bien: 2. Gender: male

3. Date of birth: May 1, 1985

4. Place of birth: Team 7 - Tan Xa - Thach That - Hanoi

5. Student recognition decision No. 2797/2012/QD-XHNV-SDH dated December 28, 2012 of the President of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi

6. Changes in the training process:

7. Thesis topic name:The role of preferential policies and social assistance on people's lives through a survey in Dong Van commune, Thanh Chuong district, Nghe An province.

8. Major: Sociology; Code: 62 31 03 01

9. Scientific advisor: Associate Professor, Dr. Trinh Van Tung, Deputy Head of Sociology Department, University of Social Sciences and Humanities

10. Summary of thesis results:

Part one includes the impacts of preferential policies and social assistance on people's material lives:

Survey results show that the majority of households benefit from loans from social policy banks to achieve goals such as: purchasing equipment for production and business, investing in children's education and medical care.

Part two is the impact of preferential policies and social assistance on people's cultural and spiritual life:

Due to the positive impacts on income increase (for households that receive it regularly) and being a source of material encouragement in unexpected cases for families that receive social assistance and incentives, the policies have had great impacts on cultural and spiritual life.

Part three is the index of people's satisfaction with current preferential policies and social assistance:

Most people are satisfied with the government's support and incentive policies, however, the current level of incentives and subsidies is still low and does not meet the needs of many people for loans or basic living standards, according to survey results.

The implementation of preferential and assistance policies has cumbersome procedures, and the staff performing specialized work on preferential and assistance policies lack both professional capacity and human resources.

11. Practical application:

The results obtained show that it is necessary to have new policies on changing the level of incentives and assistance to match the growth of the market.

It is necessary to have a team of staff performing preferential and social assistance work with proper training.

12. Further research directions:

13. Published works related to the thesis:

- “Improving the law on social assistance in the Vietnamese social security law system”, Master Nguyen Hien Phuong, (lecturer of the Faculty of Economic Law, Hanoi Law University);

- Nguyen Hai Huu (2007), Special report "The current situation of social assistance and social incentives in our country, 2001 - 2007 and recommendations to 2015";

- Master's thesis in Economics on "The impact of the social security system on the poverty problem of farming households in Van Chan district - Yen Bai province" by Nguyen Truong Phat, Faculty of Agricultural Economics, Thai Nguyen University, 2009.

INFORMATION ON MASTER'S THESIS

1. Full name: Do Van Bien; 2. Sex: Male

3. Date of birth: May 1, 1985; 4. Place of birth: Thach That – Ha Noi

5. Admission decision number: 2797/2012/QD-XHNV-SDH Dated December 28, 2012

6. Changes in academic process: No

7. Official thesis title: The role of social concessionary policy and social relief policy in people living (case - study in Dong Van – Thanh Chuong – Nghe An)

8. Major: Sociology; Code: 62 31 03 01

10. Supervisors: PhD. Trinh Van Tung, Vice Chairman of Sociology Faculty, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi;

11. Summary of the findings of the thesis: The findings of this thesis stress on three main parts

The first part: Stress on the impacts of social concessionary policy and social relief policy on the economic conditions of beneficiaries.

The result shows that most of families have a lot of benefit from the funs which is provided by Vietnam Bank for Social Policies. They use that capital to buy new equipment for production, invest in education of children or pay for health protection costs.

Living quality of people is improved because of the ability to use more public services.

The second part: Stress on the impacts of Social concessionary policy and social relief policy on the cultural and recreational activities.

The improvement of economic conditions leads to development in cultural and recreational activities, the need of people in using entertainment tools is higher and higher. All families tend to raise their investment in education for children as a sustainable investment.

The third part: This part focus on measuring the satisfaction of people on those policies;

Mostly people are satisfied with the policies, but some are not, they consider that the government should pay more attention to poor people and the handicapped who are living under basic conditions.

According to the research results, shortage of educated staff remains a great challenge to the implementation of social welfare policies.

12. Practical applicability, if any:

13. Further research directions, if any

14. Thesis-related publications:

- “Complete the law in social relief policy in Vietnamese welfare Law system” (Nguyen Hien Luong, Lecture, Economic law faculty, Hanoi Law University).

- Nguyen Hai Huu (2007) report “The real situation of social concessionary and social relief in Vietnam since 2001 to 2007 and some recommendations to 2015”.

- Economic master thesis: “The effect of social system on the poverty of famer household in Van Chan district – Yen Bai province”.