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2. Appendiceal hemorrhage: An uncommon cause of lower gastrointestinal tract bleeding and intraluminal contrast extravasation
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Le Thanh Dung, MD, Nguyen Duy Hung, MD, Le Thi Hong Phuong, MD, Nguyen Ha Khuong, MD, Le Quy Thien, MD, Ngo Quang Duy, MD, Truong-Thi Ngoc Nhu, MD, and Nguyen Minh Duc, MD
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Appendiceal hemorrhage ,Lower gastrointestinal tract bleeding ,Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine ,R895-920 - Abstract
Lower gastrointestinal tract bleeds due to appendiceal hemorrhage are extremely rare. This emergency condition requires a multidisciplinary approach to not only give a prompt diagnosis and exclude differential diagnosis but also crucial to proceed with proper intervention and cause of bleeding. In this paper, we report a case of appendiceal hemorrhage in a young male patient who presented with lower gastrointestinal bleeding. The patient was diagnosed with appendiceal hemorrhage by an abdominal computed tomography scan and gastrointestinal tract endoscopy. Postsurgical follow-up was uneventful, and the histopathology confirmed hemorrhagic and no typical inflammatory signs. It suggested that although appendiceal hemorrhage was rare, this condition should be considered one of the causes of lower gastrointestinal bleeding.
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- 2023
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3. Mobile phone use for farm-related activities by ethnic minority farmers during the Covid-19 pandemic in Quang Tri Province, Central Vietnam.
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Tran Cao Uy, Hoang Dung Ha, Nguyen Ngoc Truyen, Nguyen Van Chung, Duong Ngoc Phuoc, Le Van Nam, Le Thi Hong Phuong, and Cao Thi Thuyet
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- 2023
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4. Evaluating and selecting agricultural insurance packages through an AHP-based fuzzy TOPSIS Method
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Chu, Ta-Chung and Le, Thi Hong Phuong
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- 2022
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5. Novel Method for Ranking Generalized Fuzzy Numbers Based on Normalized Height Coefficient and Benefit and Cost Areas
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Le, Thi Hong Phuong, primary and Chu, Ta-Chung, additional
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- 2023
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6. Buddhism as Teaching of the 'Axial Age' in the Work of Alexander Men
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Le Thi Hong Phuong and Sergei Nizhnikov
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Philosophy - Abstract
The article analyzes the interpretation of Fr. Alexander Men (1935-1990) of Buddhism as teaching of the “Axial Age”. It is based on his seven-volume work “History of Religion: In Search of the Way, Truth and Life” (1970-1983). First defines the methodology used by Fr. Alexander, which is comparative and hermeneutic in nature. At the same time, he proceeds from a theistic-Christian value position, which, nevertheless, allows him respectfully treats other religious-philosophical traditions. The originality of the author’s interpretation of Buddhism is determined, both its adequate features and one-sided, set by the value orientation. The concepts of transcendence and transcendent are differentiated, which allows conducting a comparative analysis of Buddhism and Christianity, assessments given by Fr. Alexander. The denial of the transcendent in Buddhism does not mean the absence of transcendence, especially in understanding the status of nirvana, which is defined purely apophatically. In the Indian worldview, he finds five essential principles that make Buddhism and Christianity related, despite all the difference in their positions: apophaticism, denial of the highest value of earthly goods, recognition of the high dignity of personal asceticism in spiritual life, the concept of “karma” as retribution (it is the aspect of retribution that is emphasized), the idea of salvation-liberation as the main goal of religion. These principles, in his opinion, “constitute a strong bridge connecting Eastern religious experience with the Gospel”. The work of A. Men contributes to the expansion of the cultural horizon, liberation from both nationalist and Eurocentric points of view, contributes to the development of a dialogue that is so necessary right now. It is noted that the “Axial Age” concept by K. Jaspers as a whole allows avoiding one-sided assessments, revealing the common source of all axial teachings, which can be defined as “a breakthrough to the transcendent”.
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- 2022
7. The 2016 Vietnam marine life incident: measures of subjective resilience and livelihood implications for affected small-fishery communities
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Pham Huu Ty, Raphaël Marçon, Mucahid Mustafa Bayrak, and Le Thi Hong Phuong
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Urban Studies ,Geography, Planning and Development ,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law ,Pollution ,Nature and Landscape Conservation - Abstract
In April 2016, four provinces of Vietnam were struck by one of the largest manmade environmental incidents in Vietnam. Through a discharge of toxic chemicals by Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corporation, oceanic waters along Vietnam’s central coast were severely polluted. Consequently, the livelihoods of over 510,000 people living in coastal communities were severely affected by the Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corporation incident (FHS incident). This study focusses on ex-ante and ex-post differences in livelihoods, and the subjective resilience of small-fishery households affected by the FHS incident in Hải Dương commune, a small coastal community, in central Vietnam. This was done through a qualitative analysis of livelihood strategies and resilience capacities of the affected households. Semi-structured interviews (n = 30), expert interviews (n = 3) and secondary data analysis were conducted from March to May 2018 employing a case study approach. Results show that the level of subjective resilience was strongly affected by a combination of social, financial, and human capitals. The presence, or lack, of these capitals combined with contextual factors influenced the livelihood strategies a household could pursue. Households that were able to pursue a combination of intensifying and diversifying livelihood strategies were most successful in recovering from and adjusting to the environmental incident. Households with restrained access to livelihood capitals were limited to intensifying livelihood strategies, having no real other option than persistence and increased dependence on government subsidies. Lastly, migration as a livelihood strategy and subsequent transformative resilience capacities remained generally low.
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- 2022
8. Community-based tourism as social entrepreneurship promoting sustainable development in coastal communities: a study in Thua Thien Hue province, Central Vietnam
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Truong Van Tuyen, Tran Cao Uy, Ho Le Phi Khanh, Le Thi Hong Phuong, Hoang Dung Ha, Le Thi Thanh Nga, and Truong Quang Dung
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Geography, Planning and Development ,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law ,Development ,Aquatic Science ,Water Science and Technology - Published
- 2023
9. The Resilience of Small-Scale Fishing Households to the Anthropogenic Environmental Shocks
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Le Thi Hong Phuong, Truong Quang Dung, Duong Ngoc Phuoc, Le Thi Thanh Thuy, Tran Cao Uy, and Truong Van Tuyen
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Ecology ,Environmental Science (miscellaneous) ,Pollution ,Nature and Landscape Conservation - Published
- 2021
10. The Impacts of COVID-19 on Returned Migrants’ Livelihood Vulnerability in the Central Coastal Region of Vietnam
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Le Thi Hoa Sen, Jennifer Bond, Pham Huu Ty, and Le Thi Hong Phuong
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Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment ,Geography, Planning and Development ,Building and Construction ,COVID-19 ,livelihood vulnerability ,coastal population ,migrant workers ,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law - Abstract
This study investigated the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on livelihoods of households with migration workers, who returned home to the central coastal region during the peak disease outbreak in Vietnam. Five hundred and twenty-nine households with returned migration workers aged eighteen and above in the coastal areas of Quảng Bình, Quảng Trị, and Thừa Thiên Huế provinces participated in this study. Results showed that the livelihoods of all studied households were highly vulnerable due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, with almost 90% at moderate or high risk according to the vulnerability index. All livelihood assets were negatively affected, and financial, psychological, and social assets were the most affected, with Common Vulnerability Score System scores of 3.65, 3.39, and 3.17, respectively. Male, younger workers, or those with a lower education level and fewer social networks were found to be more vulnerable than others. This study suggests that young laborers could aim to attain a higher level of education and/or practical skills to be able to obtain stable employment with benefits such as social insurance if they desire to out-migrate. Further, social programs which allow for migration workers at the destination to meet each other may have positive impacts on their vulnerability.
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- 2022
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11. The role of 3-Tesla magnetic resonance perfusion and spectroscopy in distinguishing glioblastoma from solitary brain metastasis.
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Nguyen Duy Hung, Le Van Dung, Nguyen Ha Vi, Nguyen-Thi Hai Anh, Le-Thi Hong Phuong, Nguyen Dinh Hieu, and Nguyen Minh Duc
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NUCLEAR magnetic resonance spectroscopy ,BRAIN metastasis ,RECEIVER operating characteristic curves ,MAGNETIC resonance angiography ,GLIOBLASTOMA multiforme ,BLOOD volume ,MYOCARDIAL perfusion imaging ,PERFUSION - Abstract
Objectives: This study aimed to assess the value of magnetic resonance perfusion (MR perfusion) and magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MR spectroscopy) in 3.0-Tesla magnetic resonanceimaging (MRI) for differential diagnosis of glioblastoma (GBM) and solitary brain metastasis (SBM). Material and Methods: This retrospective study involved 36 patients, including 24 cases of GBM and 12 of SBM diagnosed using histopathology. All patients underwent a 3.0-Tesla MRI examination with pre-operative MR perfusion and MR spectroscopy. We assessed the differences in age, sex, cerebral blood volume (CBV), relative CBV (rCBV), and the metabolite ratios of choline/N-acetylaspartate (Cho/NAA) and Cho/creatine between the GBM and SBM groups using the Mann–Whitney U-test and Chi-square test. The cutoff value, area under the curve, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of the significantly different parameters between these two groups were determined using the receiver operating characteristic curve. Results: In MR perfusion, the CBV of the peritumoral region (pCBV) had the highest preoperative predictive value in discriminating GBM from SBM (cutoff: 1.41; sensitivity: 70.83%; and specificity: 83.33%), followed by the ratio of CBV of the solid tumor component to CBV of normal white matter (rCBVt/n) and the ratio of CBV of the pCBV to CBV of normal white matter (rCBVp/n). In MR spectroscopy, the Cho/NAA ratio of the pCBV (pCho/NAA; cutoff: 1.02; sensitivity: 87.50%; and specificity: 75%) and the Cho/NAA ratio of the solid tumor component (tCho/NAA; cutoff: 2.11; sensitivity: 87.50%; and specificity: 66.67%) were significantly different between groups. Moreover, combining these remarkably different parameters increased their diagnostic utility for distinguishing between GBM and SBM. Conclusion: pCBV, rCBVt/n, rCBVp/n, pCho/NAA, and tCho/NAA are useful indices for differentiating between GBM and SBM. Combining these indices can improve diagnostic performance in distinguishing between these two tumors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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12. The importance of climate change awareness for the adaptive capacity of ethnic minority farmers in the mountainous areas of Thua Thien Hue province
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Alexandra Winkel, Jennifer Bond, Le Thi Hong Phuong, Le Thi Hoa Sen, Uy Cao Tran, and Nam Van Le
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Adaptive capacity ,05 social sciences ,Geography, Planning and Development ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,0507 social and economic geography ,Ethnic group ,Climate change ,021107 urban & regional planning ,02 engineering and technology ,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law ,Geography ,Socioeconomics ,050703 geography ,Hue - Abstract
To what level are ethnic minority farmers aware of climate change and the importance of their adaptive capacity? This study was conducted in two mountainous districts of Thua Thien Hue province, Vi...
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- 2021
13. Buddhism as Teaching of the “Axial Age” in the Work of Alexander Men
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Nizhnikov, Sergei A., primary and Le Thi, Hong Phuong, additional
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- 2022
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14. ROLES OF ECOTOURISM IN HOUSEHOLD INCOME IMPROVEMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES PROTECTION IN TAM GIANG LAGOON OF QUANG LOI COMMUNE, QUANG DIEN DISTRICT, THUA THIEN HUE PROVINCE
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Tran Ngo Le Thuy Tien, Duong Ngoc Phuoc, Le Van Nam, Le Thi Hong Phuong, Le Viet Linh, Tran Cao Uy, and Hoang Dung Ha
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Geography ,Ecotourism ,Household income ,Socioeconomics ,Natural resource ,Hue - Abstract
This study was conducted to reinforce the hypothesis that ecotourism in Quang Loi commune’s lagoon created differences in income and lagoon resource protection of different beneficiary groups. Data was collected through secondary sources, 3 key informant interviews and interviews of 62 households in three household groups: tourism service, fishing, and aquaculture households. The results reveal that ecotourism services in Quang Loi commune started in 2010 and thrive since 2017, relying on the advantages of the local natural resources. Local community organized and provided tourism services such as: sightseeing on the lagoon, fishing experience, dining and accommodation, and some other services. By joining such services, labors in ecotourism service households earned 39.07 million VND/ year, which significant contributed to improve household’s income. Ecotourism service households, therefore, had higher income than that of fishing group and aquaculture group (85.15 compared to 72.29 and 60 million VND, respectively; p value < 0.05). The lagoon environmental protection activities such as: lagoon night patrol, waste collection, propaganda and advocating for lagoon environmental protection, etc. were paid more attention by the local community since the development of ecotourism. Similarly, there was a significant higher participation time of tourism service households in the above activities in comparison with the rest groups (p value < 0.05). The lagoon environment and resources was assessed to be improved by local residents. This result implicates that ecotourism development is a suitable strategy to improve the local people's livelihood and Tam Giang lagoon resources protection currently.
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- 2021
15. Household recovery from disaster: insights from Vietnam’s fish kill
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Van Truong, Tuyen, primary, Marschke, Melissa, additional, Nguyen, Tuan Viet, additional, Alonso, Georgina, additional, Andrachuk, Mark, additional, and Le Thi Hong, Phuong, additional
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- 2021
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16. Specificity of Mahayana Buddhism in Vietnamese Intracultural Religious Communication
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Le Thi Hong Phuong and Sergei Nizhnikov
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History ,Contemplation ,Vietnamese ,Mahayana buddhism ,media_common.quotation_subject ,language ,Religious studies ,language.human_language ,media_common - Published
- 2020
17. Using a social learning configuration to increase Vietnamese smallholder farmers’ adaptive capacity to respond to climate change
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Le Thi Hong Phuong, Le Thi Hoa Sen, Arjen E. J. Wals, Phan Van Lu, Nguyen Quoc Hoa, and Robbert Biesbroek
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010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Natural resource economics ,Vietnamese ,Geography, Planning and Development ,Developing country ,Climate change ,WASS ,010501 environmental sciences ,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law ,01 natural sciences ,Education and Learning Sciences ,Environmental impact assessment ,Vietnamese smallholder farmers ,Agricultural productivity ,social learning configuration ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Adaptive capacity ,Social learning ,Public Administration and Policy ,adaptive capacity ,language.human_language ,Onderwijs- en leerwetenschappen ,language ,Bestuurskunde ,Business - Abstract
Social learning is crucial for local smallholder farmers in developing countries to improve their adaptive capacity and to adapt to the current and projected impacts of climate change. While it is widely acknowledged that social learning is a necessary condition for adaptation, few studies have systematically investigated under which conditions particular forms of social learning are most successful in improving adaptive capacity of the most vulnerable groups. This study aims to design, implement and evaluate a social learning configuration in a coastal community in Vietnam. We make use of various methods during four workshop-based interventions with local smallholder farmers: interviews with key farmers and commune leaders, farmer-to-farmer learning, participatory observations and focus group discussions. The methods for evaluation of social learning configuration include in-depth interviews, focus group discussions and structured survey interviews. Our findings show that the social learning configuration used in this study leads to an increased problem ownership, an enhanced knowledge-base with regard to climate change impacts and production adaptation options, improved ability to see connections and interdependencies and finally, strengthened relationships and social cohesion. The results suggest that increased social learning in the community leads to increase in adaptive capacity of smallholder farmers and improves both their economic and environmental sustainability. We discuss the key lessons for designing learning configurations that can successfully enhance adaptive capacity and smallholder farmers’ agency and responsiveness to the challenges posed by climate change impacts.
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- 2018
18. Understanding smallholder farmers’ capacity to respond to climate change in a coastal community in Central Vietnam
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Le Thi Hong Phuong, Le Thi Hoa Sen, G.R. Biesbroek, and Arjen E. J. Wals
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010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Geography, Planning and Development ,Climate change ,WASS ,010501 environmental sciences ,Development ,01 natural sciences ,Intrusion ,Education and Learning Sciences ,smallholder farmers ,Agricultural productivity ,climate change adaptation ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,barrier to adaptation ,Global and Planetary Change ,Adaptive capacity ,Agroforestry ,Public Administration and Policy ,Flooding (psychology) ,Coastal community ,Saline water ,adaptive capacity ,Vietnam ,agricultural production ,Onderwijs- en leerwetenschappen ,Environmental science ,Bestuurskunde ,Tropical cyclone - Abstract
Climate change as expressed by erratic rainfall, increased flooding, extended droughts, frequency tropical cyclones or saline water intrusion, poses severe threats to smallholder farmers in Vietnam. Adaptation of the agricultural sector is vital to increase the resilience of smallholder farmers’ livelihoods in times of climate change. To complement efforts already implemented by farmers to reduce social vulnerability it is important to understand how farmers perceive their current and future capacity to adapt to climate change. This paper aims to explore smallholder farmers’ capacity to respond to climate change in current and future agricultural production. We carried out open, in-depth interviews (n = 13), focus group discussions, and structured interviews (n = 114) in the Thua Thien Hue province. Our findings show that farmers nowadays experience more extreme climate variability. Farmers report increasing stresses due to temperature increase and droughts. The autonomous adaptation strategies adopted by farmers include; adjusting the season calendar, using tolerant varieties and breeds, applying integrated crop production models, and income diversification. The motives for adopting particular planned adaptation options differ between farmers in crop production and livestock production. Four factors were found to be significant (p < .05) in influencing the spread of adaptation measures (AMs) farmers adopted: farm income, the number of available information sources, number of workers on the farm, and farmable land available during the summer season. Farmers report several barriers to implement adaptation strategies including; market price fluctuations, lack of skilled labour, lack of climate change information, and lack of capacity to learn and apply techniques in their daily practice. While both crop and livestock farmers participated in one or several training courses on climate change in the past years, livestock farmers were still uncertain about their future capacity and possible AMs.
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- 2018
19. The interplay between social learning and adaptive capacity in climate change adaptation: A systematic review
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G. Robbert Biesbroek, Le Thi Hong Phuong, and Arjen E. J. Wals
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Adaptive capacity ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Process (engineering) ,Psychological intervention ,Climate change adaptation ,Climate change ,WASS ,Context (language use) ,Plant Science ,010501 environmental sciences ,Development ,01 natural sciences ,Order (exchange) ,Interplay ,Education and Learning Sciences ,Sociology ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Social learning ,Ecology ,Public Administration and Policy ,Perspective (graphical) ,Onderwijs- en leerwetenschappen ,Systematic review ,Bestuurskunde ,Animal Science and Zoology ,Agronomy and Crop Science ,Food Science ,Cognitive psychology - Abstract
Successful implementation climate change adaptation depends to a large extent on the capabilities of individuals, organizations, and communities to create and mobilize the adaptive capacity (AC) of their socio-ecological system. Creating and mobilizing AC is a continuous process that requires social learning (SL). Although rich with empirical cases, the literature theorizing and empirically investigating the relationship between AC and SL is highly fragmented. This paper aims to critically examine the peer-reviewed literature that focusses on SL and AC in the context of climate change adaptation (CCA). Special attention is paid to the interplay between the two. Understanding this interplay can help improve our understanding of how CCA takes place in practice and advances theoretical debates on CCA. Systematic review methods are used to analyse 43 papers (1997–2016). Our findings reveal three perspectives that each play an important role in different contexts: an AC-focused perspective, a SL-focused perspective, and a hybrid perspective. These differences in conceptualizations of the relationship between SL and AC may seem trivial at first, but they have consequences for the design of learning-based interventions aimed at helping communities respond to climate change. It appears that such interventions need to be preceded by an analysis of the climate change context in order to decide whether to emphasize AC, SL or both simultaneously.
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- 2017
20. Transformative Social Learning for Agricultural Sustainability and Climate Change Adaptation in the Vietnam Mekong Delta
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Nguyen Thi Ngoc Phuc, Tran Duc Tuan, and Le Thi Hong Phuong
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Sustainable development ,Data collection ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,agricultural transformation ,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment ,business.industry ,Geography, Planning and Development ,Vietnam Mekong Delta ,Climate change ,010501 environmental sciences ,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law ,sustainability ,Social learning ,01 natural sciences ,Focus group ,transformative social learning ,Transformative learning ,Agriculture ,Sustainability ,Sociology ,VACB model ,business ,Environmental planning ,climate change adaptation ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences - Abstract
Climate change has seriously affected agriculture and many aspects of the life of local people in the Vietnam Mekong Delta (VMD). Learning to shift towards sustainable development to successfully adapt to climate change is essential. The VACB (V&mdash, garden/orchard, A&mdash, fishing farm, C&mdash, livestock farm, B&mdash, biogas) model is considered one of the best approaches and methods to adapt to climate change in the VMD. This paper aims to explore the transformative social learning and sustainable development associated with this model in terms of agricultural transformation for sustainability to climate change adaptation in the VMD. The mixed methods approach that guided the data collection included focus group discussions, in-depth interviews with key informants and household surveys. Our findings show that there are three learning processes associated with transformative social learning linked to the VACB model: instrumental, communicative and emancipatory learning. Farmers reported increased knowledge and improved relationships and efficiency when applying the VACB model using several learning channels, both formal and informal. Farmers highlighted six factors that influenced transformative social learning during the adoption and development of the VACB model and several barriers to implementing adaptation strategies to climate change in an attempt to upscale the VACB model.
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- 2019
21. Barriers and enablers to climate change adaptation in hierarchical governance systems : the case of Vietnam
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Le Thi Hong Phuong, Arjen E. J. Wals, and G. Robbert Biesbroek
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Governance system ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Developing country ,Climate change ,Public policy ,WASS ,010501 environmental sciences ,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law ,01 natural sciences ,Development economics ,Education and Learning Sciences ,hierarchical state ,climate change adaptation ,enablers ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Adaptive capacity ,Social learning ,Corporate governance ,Public Administration and Policy ,adaptive capacity ,Onderwijs- en leerwetenschappen ,Bestuurskunde ,Business ,Climate change adaptation ,constraints - Abstract
Governments fulfil important roles in increasing the adaptive capacity of local communities to respond to climate change impacts, particularly in developing countries. Existing studies on how governments enable and constrain the ways in which local level communities learn and build their adaptive capacity, however, generally adopt network or market-oriented types of governance. However, the most vulnerable regions to climate change impact in the world are generally governed through hierarchical policy systems. This research aims to understand how the hierarchical policy system in Vietnam creates enables and/or constrains the policy capacity of policy actors to contribute to effective climate change adaptation. We conducted interviews (n = 26) with key actors at multiple levels of government. Our findings show the importance of clear legal institutions, available financing for implementing policies, and the training of governmental staff, particularly at district and commune levels where the policy capacities are generally too low to deal with climate change impacts. We conclude that any efforts to support local actors (i.e. smallholder farmers) should include investments in policy capacity to ensure uptake and upscaling of adaptation actions more broadly.
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- 2018
22. Developing adaptive capacity in times of climate change in central rural Vietnam: exploring smallholders’ learning and governance
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Wals, A.E.J., Biesbroek, G.R., Le Thi Hoa Sen, Le, Thi Hong Phuong, Wals, A.E.J., Biesbroek, G.R., Le Thi Hoa Sen, and Le, Thi Hong Phuong
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Climate change already affects Vietnam in virtually all sectors. Agriculture in small communities is particularly vulnerable to current and projected climate change impacts. Many of the smallholder farmers in Vietnam have limited adaptive capacity to deal with these impacts. Increasingly social learning is proposed as an important mechanism to build the adaptive capacity of local farming communities. However, little is known about the interplay between social learning and adaptive capacity and how adaptive capacity could be increased in a complex hierarchical governance setting that is typical in a country like Vietnam. The dissertation therefore aims to elicit and explore the ways through which social learning can increase the adaptive capacity of smallholder farmers in central Vietnam to respond to climate change impacts. Four research questions are addressed: (i) what insights does the existing body of climate change adaptation literature provide into the interplay between social learning and adaptive capacity?; (ii) what do smallholder farmers in Vietnam perceive as their current adaptive capacity and what enables or constrains them in increasing it?; (iii) how can social learning configurations strengthen the adaptive capacity of farming communities?; and (iv) how do different levels of government enable and constrain the process of building adaptive capacity and social learning of smallholder farmers to respond to impacts of climate change in Vietnam? Overall, the dissertation shows that social learning offers many possibilities to help farmers adapt to climate change, but that climate change adaptation in developing countries creates specific contextual conditions that require an adaptive capacity-focused perspective. An adequate learning configuration that can successfully help farmers build their adaptive capacity, considers responsive design, facilitation, monitoring, and evaluation steps. Furthermore, efforts of increasing adaptive capacity should not onl
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- 2017
23. The interplay between social learning and adaptive capacity in climate change adaptation : A systematic review
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Le, Thi Hong Phuong, Biesbroek, Robbert, Wals, Arjen E.J., Le, Thi Hong Phuong, Biesbroek, Robbert, and Wals, Arjen E.J.
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Successful implementation climate change adaptation depends to a large extent on the capabilities of individuals, organizations, and communities to create and mobilize the adaptive capacity (AC) of their socio-ecological system. Creating and mobilizing AC is a continuous process that requires social learning (SL). Although rich with empirical cases, the literature theorizing and empirically investigating the relationship between AC and SL is highly fragmented. This paper aims to critically examine the peer-reviewed literature that focusses on SL and AC in the context of climate change adaptation (CCA). Special attention is paid to the interplay between the two. Understanding this interplay can help improve our understanding of how CCA takes place in practice and advances theoretical debates on CCA. Systematic review methods are used to analyse 43 papers (1997-2016). Our findings reveal three perspectives that each play an important role in different contexts: an AC-focused perspective, a SL-focused perspective, and a hybrid perspective. These differences in conceptualizations of the relationship between SL and AC may seem trivial at first, but they have consequences for the design of learning-based interventions aimed at helping communities respond to climate change. It appears that such interventions need to be preceded by an analysis of the climate change context in order to decide whether to emphasize AC, SL or both simultaneously.
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- 2017
24. Climate change and farmers' adaptation : a case study of mixed farming systems in the coastal areas in Trieu Van commune, Trieu Phong district, Quang Tri province, Vietnam
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Le, Thi Hong Phuong and Le, Thi Hong Phuong
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The objectives of this research are (1) to describe and analyze science and local perceptions on long-term changes in temperature, precipitation and drought, (2) to assess impact of drought on mixed farming system, various farm-level adaptation measures and capacity of community to drought adaptation. The study was conducted in a coastal commune, named Trieu Van commune in Trieu Phong district, Quang Tri province. Data and information were collected using in depth interview, group discussion and questionnaire with 59 households. The findings showed that drought heavily influenced daily livelihood of local people in the study area. The statistical analysis of the climate data showed that temperature and drought has been increased over the years. Precipitation was characterized by large inter-annual variability and a decreased amount during summer. Farmers’ perceptions on temperature and precipitation as well as drought were consistent with trends found in climatic data records. Agricultural land and water resources were affected increasingly and negatively by drought. The indicators of these negative impacts are: the reduction of yields and quality of products of crops, livestock, and aquaculture due to increasing pests and diseases. As a result, production costs are increased. The study has also shown how local farmers have made significant efforts to implement adaptation measures to drought and to its impacts. Several farming adaptation options were found, such as using drought-tolerant varieties and local breeds; 42.3% of surveyed households applied VAC(R) model; adjusting seasonal calendar and scale of crops, livestock and fish production (100% interviewed farmers applied this); intercropping, rotational cultivation and diversifying crops and animals in the farm; changing land preparation and mulch techniques in crop production as well as techniques in livestock and fish management. Finding alternative livelihood options and migration were found as important adap
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- 2011
25. Developing adaptive capacity in times of climate change in central rural Vietnam: exploring smallholders’ learning and governance
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Le, Thi Hong Phuong, primary
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