Factors Affecting Sustainable Livelihoods of Households in Quang Tri Coastal Forest Areas, Vietnam

This research is to identify factors affecting sustainable households’ livelihoods in coastal forest areas of Quang Tri province – Central Vietnam, then implying for an appropriate sustainable livelihood strategy. The data from semi-structure interviews on 317 households indicated that factors affecting sustainable livelihoods with positive significant are human resources; physical resources; financial resources; social and community resources; seasonal fluctuations; and livelihood strategies. In addition, the group with factors having a negative coefficient (< 0) include (i) social and environmental trends; (ii) shock and crisis; and (iii) natural resources. Results of research also analyse the influence levels of different factors on the sustainable livelihoods of households. In there, social resources and community factors are highest levels positive influence and social and environmental trends factors is highest level negative influence on sustainable livelihood of households. Therefore, in the future, transferring technologies to increase labour productivity, reduce product costs, and make products more competitive need to consider transformative social learning aspect and the State should have appropriate and reasonable policies for households who have seriously affect by climate change as well as social-economic transitions.