SCIENTIFIC CURRICULUM VITAE

1. Name: Pham Thanh Vu
2. Date of birth: April 21^th, 1977
3. Nationality: Vietnamese
4. Name of firm: Department of Land Resources, College of Environment and Natural Resources, Can Tho University
5. Current positions: Department Vice-Head
6. Academic qualification:

• in Land Management, Can Tho University, Viet Nam (1999);
• in Soil Sciences, Can Tho University (2007);
• D. study in Land and Water Environment, Can Tho University (2012-2015).

7. Employment record:

• 1999-2010: Department of Soil Sciences and Land Management, College of Agriculture and Applied Biology, Can Tho University (Assistant Researcher);
• 2010- present: Department of Land Resources, College of Environment and Natural Resources, Can Tho University (lecturer, Department vice-head since 2012).

8. Research experiences:

I have been working for Department of Land Management, Can ThoUniversity, for 13 years. I have participated in the following research projects as a research member:

• Assessments of land suitability classification for land use planning in Ca Mau province in the period 2001-2010 (2003);
• Land evaluation and land use planning programs in the Mekong Delta (2003);
• Classification of land mapping units using soil and hydrological characteristics – a case study of Chau Thanh district, Can Tho city (2004);
• Regional assessments of human-induced soil degradation in South and Southeast Asia (2005-2008);
• Land evaluation and farming system analysis (LEFSA) for land use planning in Vinh Long province (2005-2006);
• Program on land use planning for improving sustainability of natural resources (by CTU 2007-2009);
• Climate change affecting land use in the Mekong Delta – Rice-based farming systems (Theme 5 – Spatial land use planning; ACIAR - SMCN/2009/021).

9. Relevant publications:

Le Quang Tri, Van Pham Dang Tri, Pham Thanh Vu (2006) Multi-Criteria together with the physical land suitability zoning and socio-economic conditions at district level – A case study in Vinh Long province. Soils Scientific Journal, 26. p.73-79 (in Vietnamese with English abstract).

Pham Thanh Vu, Le Quang Tri, Van Pham Đang Tri (2009) Application of tool to decision support system in land use planning and land use resources sustainability. Scientific Journal of Can Tho University 4, 25-34 (in Vietnamese with English abstract).

Le Quang Tri, Pham Thanh Vu (2010) Identification of criterions for sub-quantitative land evaluation in two different ecosystem zones. Scientific Journal of Can Tho University 15b, 114-126 (in Vietnamese with English abstract).

Le Quang Tri, Pham Thanh Vu, Van Pham Đang Tri, Nguyen Thi Song Binh (2009). Application of information technology to build the procedure of farming system analysis and multi-criteria evaluation for village and district levels as basis for sustainable land use planning. Scientific Journal of Can Tho University 12, 62-71 (in Vietnamese with English abstract).

Le Quang Tri, Pham Thanh Vu (2011) Land evaluation and multiple-criteria evaluation in Tra Vinh province. Scientific Journal of Can Tho University  ISSN 1859-2333. 18b. 63 – 72 (in Vietnamese with English abstract).

Pham Thanh Vu, Vo Quang Minh; Le Quang Tri; Tran Thanh Thang (2011). Soils of the Mekong delta classified by WRB/FAO (2006) classification system. Scientific Journal of Can Tho University.ISSN 1859-2333. 18b. 10 – 17 (in Vietnamese with English abstract).

Pham Thanh Vu, Le Quang Tri, Vuong Tuan Huy (2013) Investigating, surveying the change of land use systems based on the adaptability of people in the Bac Lieu province. Science and Technology Journal of Agriculture & Rural Development 15/2013 - ISSN 1859-1581. 24-31 (in Vietnamese with English abstract).

Pham Thanh Vu, Le QuangTri, Nguyen Hieu Trung, Nguyen Huu Kiet (2014) Optimization for land use planning option in Bac Lieu province. Science and Technology Journal of Agriculture & Rural Development 8/2014 - ISSN 1859-1581 (in Vietnamese with English abstract).

Pham Thanh Vu, Le Quang Tri, Nguyen Hieu Trung, Vuong Tuan Huy, Nguyen Tan Đat, Le Thi Nuong (2014) Using multi-criteria decision analysis in agricultural land uses in Bac Lieu province. Scientific Journal of Can Tho University 31, 123-134 (in Vietnamese with English abstract).

Pham Thanh Vu, Nguyen Hieu Trung, Le Quang Tri (2014) Exploitation of scenarios strategic land use option for agricultural development. Scientific and Technical publishing (ISBN 978-604-6703655) 108-114 (in Vietnamese with English abstract).

Nguyen Hieu Trung and Pham Thanh Vu (2014) An interactive approach to support natural resources use policy: A case study in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta coastal areas. Presented in the conference GIS-IDEAS, Da Nang, Dec 2014. (accepted).