The study aims to determine factors influencing on the quality of ecological tourist products and to investigate how much these factors affect on tourist products in order to suggest solutions to develop tourism inCanthoCitysustainably. The logistic regression was used to analyze the impact of factors affecting on the quality of ecological tourist products inCanthoCityfrom the database of 150 samples of tourists, including 35 international tourists and 115 national tourists in 2008. The study points out 3 main factors that have  impacts on ecotourism quality in Cantho; they are: promtnes, adhesion and diversification of entertainment activities. Specially, the quality of services have major impacts on the quality of ecotourism products in Cantho City; serving abilities, including profession, foreign language ability and promptness have the major role in Cantho ecotourism quality. Therefore,  in order to sustainably develop Cantho ecotourism, it is neccessary to improve the adhesion in ecotourism development, to diversify night-time entertainment and to develop speciality shopping areas and improving serving abilities of tourism staff, specially improving foreign language skills and communication skills. 

This study aims to analyze the production and consumption process of pineapple in Hau Giang province and to develop suitable solutions in order to increase household income of pineapple farmers. Ranking method is used to determine major factors that affect to production and consumption of pineapple. The Linear Regression Model is used to analyze and determine various factors that affect to yield and profit of farm households. S.W.O.T analysis is also applied to determine strength point, weak point, opportunity, and threaten in order to raise suitable solutions to help farm household increase their income and production.

Before Ho Bieu Chanh, perhaps none of the Southern writers cared about regular life in order to realize and exalt the beauty of Vietnamese Southern peasants? personality Those ones were shown naturally, truthfully and vividly. This was made by real details and using words which carry Southern color. Ho Bieu Chanh attributed skillfully for each person a special feature. However, from these typical ones, he could generalize the general personality of Vietnamese Southern peasants.

The study focuses on analyzing of Tien Giang tourism and analyzing the following main aspects:  the number of tourists and the tourist turnover from 2001 to 2006, with appreciation of the development potential of Tien Giang tourism. Analysis of the matrix SWOT can find comparison benefits of Tien Giang tourism compared with other provinces, since this analysis we can design suitable strategies for Tien Giang tourism development over the next few years. Results of the study show that tourists come to Tien Giang mainly at the weekend. Tourists tour the area and the time they stay is very short, averaging 1.53 days per person. This period is insufficient to promote good business prospects. Finally the study found that we must formulate quick and effective solutions if we are to exploit the tourism potential of Tien Giang tourism.

Extension agents link agencies and community in the process of knowledge and technology transfer to rural communities.This paper examines individual factors that influence performance in extension work as perceived by extension agents.The individual factors are: motivation of extension, skill as instructional designer and communicator, skill as facilitator, teaching skill, program planning skill, program implementation skill, program evaluation skill, social skills ability, external contact ability, and professional profile of the extension agents. The survey research was conducted in seven provinces/city ofMekongDelta to a sample of 312 respondents. The study reveals four individual factors that significantly contributed to performance of extension agents, namely, social skill ability, program implementation skills, motivation, and program planning skills. Recommendations for human resource development are discussed.

Asuring labour safety is the most important task of the construction management work, with the high labour accidents at present requires us to research more positively in finding out the effective managing ways about labour safety. So limiting and reducing labour accidents are considered  to be very important role and the responsibility of the labour safety managers. However, the direct labourer?s benefits and responsibilities not mentioned specificly. This research must be carried out in order to estimate the influence from the workers?s characteristics and management methods of the worker?s labour safety. By the analysing method of the multiple regression and the auditing way of statistic value, this research has shown 9 personal characteristics of the worker and 8 factors relating to the management ways which affect the implemention of labour safety of workers. In addition, the accident frequency is also measured through the lost time when the accident occurrence is at the average of 0.193 percent.

Water and bottom sediment samples were taken in 9 intensive clarias ponds with three densities of 100, 150, and 180 individuals/m2. The results shown that the amount of COD discharge from ponds to river as well as the organic from bottom sediment were significant lower at the low density than the high density. The research found that there were the positive correlation between COD, TKN, TP, P-PO43, H2S, the organic bottom content and the cultured time every density, especially hydrogen sulphide concentration in ponds was over Vietnamese standard for aquaculture. The risk of intensive clarias culture increased with increasing culture density but profits of them were not significant differences. Therefore households should culture at density of 100 individuals/m2 that is not only the environmental protection of the adjacent rivers but also developing clarias culture in sustainability .

In order to get the  suitable solution for Tra Su melaleuca forest management  in An Giang province, ?The soil characteristics of  protected  melaleuca forest Tra Su-An Giang province? was carry out to survey and assess chemical characteristics soil in Tra Su melaleuca forest. Twelve  soil samples at two different water management compartments  (divided to twelve plots) were collected and measured for physical and chemical parameters. The result showed that Tra Su was severe acid soil range from slightly to severe acid at all plots. Exchanged Al3+ and total acidity were acid to very acid especially plot 1a (18,10 meq/100g   and 29,21meq/100g respectively). These two parameters were high at the top soil. The organic matter, total nitrogen, total phosphorus values were highest at the surface of all compartments. P content was not much changed  between compartments. N and P content particularly concentrated at the zone occupied by many birds. The chemical composition of soil mainly depend on water management of at different compartments. Therefore, the managers need to care about the water regime related to the strategy management  at TraSu in order to get the good and high biodiversity of  forest.

The study ?Water physical and chemical characteristics in The landscape protected zone for Tra Su Malaleuca forest? was done from January to May, 2008. Results showed that water parameters were over Vietnamese standard for fresh water quality for aquatic life protection (TCVN 6774: 2000) such as: pH, the transparency, dissolved oxygen (DO) and iron. Especially, pH and iron values were suitable for the growth of Malaleuca but not suitable for the growth and development of aquatic organisms. For Chau Phu canal, iron and transparency levels were not appropriate for domestic water using. Therefore,  there is of special interest in view of regulating water in order to develop Malaleuca forest and gather effectively all aquatic organisms.

An investigation was carried out to evaluate a water pollution and effect of the treatment methods on pig keepers at An Binh ward, Ninh kieu district, Cantho city.  The measure parameters were total nitrogen, total phosphorus, SS, BOD5 and COD. There were five different treatment patterns of swine waste water in An Binh ward found, they were plastic biogas digester - fish pond (11,29%), cement brick biogas digester (4,84%), settleable tank (11,29%), water hyacinth pond (46,77%) and flowing directly into river (non-treatment, 25,81%).The lowest SS values of effluents were received from water hyacinth pond (120 mg/l) and plastic biogas digester - fish pond (73.33 mg/l) (P5 values of effluents were received from plastic biogas digester - fish pond (7.49 mg/l) and water hyacinth pond (7.8 mg/l) (P5 of the surface water of river in An Binh ward were 1.75 mg/l, 48.27 mg/l, 46.67 mg/l, 12.7 mg/l and 5.6 mg/l respectively.It is concluded that plastic biogas digester - fish pond and water hyacinth pond have good effect for treatment animal waste water. These treatment patterns gave parameters measured nearly reached the permitted standards and may applied under condition of the Mekong delta ofViet nam.

Sediment and water samples were taken at the canal, river, estuary, and swamp; soil and water samples were collected at mangrove forests in the dry and wet seasons. The results showed that As concentration increased gradually from rivers to estuary with high value at Ganh Hao estuary. Concentrations of As from water at surveyed area were over Vietnamese water standard for aquaculture. The presence of Cd was high in samples collected near Ca Mau city, but low in seaward estuaries, Cd was present without pollution. There was signicant differences in the concentration of As except cadmium between the dry and wet seasons. The results revealed that the polluted level of As, Cd have to be studied for their origin, mobility in soil and water environments and their accumulation in the aquatic organisms.  

The removal efficiency of Sesbania sesban obtained in the wastewater treament by constructed wetland with total N 59,15%, NO3- 81,77%; NH4+ 83,68%. The results of biological characteristic of sesbania sesban showed that sesbania can adapt and grow well in livestock wastewater through the biological parameters. At the end of experiment, the  fresh weight obtained 13 times; their height was 3 times  and  the length of root increased 2 times and the fresh biomass in 1 m2 was 11 times  in comparison with those at the begining. Sesbania sesban accumulated 407,8 g N/m2,  maximum  in the leaf while the stem is minimum. This showed the important mechanisms of Sesbania sesban in removing pollutants especially nitrogen nutrition from wastewater.

To build the land unit maps based on the land characteristics of Song Phu village and Tam Binh district. Farming system analysis by using the PRIMER, ECOPATH and RESTORE softwares for identification of farming ecology and socio-economic of land use systems in the study area. Physical land suitability classification in both two levels Phong Phu village and Tam Binh district. Application of  multi-criteria evaluation (MCE) for selection of promising land use types. There are 8 and 94 land mapping units were identified in the Phong Phu village and Tam Binh district, respectively. PRIMER, ECOPATH, and RESTORE softwares can be used for farming system analysis in term of farmers grouping, ecology system of land use systems in the farming and the input/output of land use systems for sustainable development. These provided the basic information for selection of promising land use types that is a basic for land evaluation. However, the results also supported effectively to multi-criteria evaluation of land use types. Promising land use types that met all the requirements of socio-economic and environemtal purposes were identified for different land suitability zones. These results can be a basis for proposing different scenarios in land use planning.

Urbanization is a process of effecting to a social life such as economic growth, but labor force, jobless, and migration from the rural to the city that would be occure, particular rapidly in the sub-urban. Therfore, the study of labor capacity to adapt to the proccess of urbanization in the sub-urban area of the Can tho City was carried out. Methods of KIP (key important pernel) interview and individual interview of household?s labor transference were applied to collection information of 140 households. The descriptive statistics and cross-table methods were used for the data analysis. Results showed that labors of agricultural sector have moved to other economic areas were slowly due to low education level, and unskills of labor. These made problems of not adaptive the economic growth by the process of the city urbanization. This will make a big problem of a unsustainable city urbanization by big gap of income between city and urban and jobless of the sub-urban, not only now, but also in the future. By results above, for better labore transference of the sub-urban area, the city government?s policies  should focus on as following issues: (1) need assessment of labor demand for economic growth by city urbanization process should be a priority planning (2) by the labor demands, set up short and long-term training programs should be followed the planning, (3) socialization of education and enhance of labor skills  with participation of local government, enterprises, farm households, and mass organization all of those should be implemented regularly.

Food security is a big issue, not only for Vitenam, but also on the world. In general, this issue is not only on how to produce food enough to people?s needs, but also on how to improve income of food producers; all of them creat approach of sustainable food security  By this  approach, this paper focusses on the food security?s analysis in the four levels:  globolization, Vietnam, Mekong Delta  and household of rice production. Results showed that food suppliers will be faced with many problems of the limited land use for food due to proccess of urbanization, industrialization, while the food?s demands will be increased rapidly because of the food for population increase, for livestock?s feeding and for bio-fuels. All of them will make an increase and unstable of food price in the future. Mekong Delta is the main rice production of the country, but the more rice farmers to produce are the more they are to become pooer and pooer. A survey result of 334 rice farmers in the different agro-ecological zones of the region showed that the saving average per household is about 6 VNĐ million per year. This might not cover expenditutres of family?s members. This makes critical, not only for the rice farmers, bul also for the national food security because farmers will shift from their rice production to other crops. In order to solve the problems above, enhances of rice production and rice marketing by improving rice varieties? breeding, reducing rice production costs, and  farmer? organization to connect to the market through participation of four houses (government house, scientific house, company house and farmer house) are strongly recommended.

Nowadays,Vietnamis on the general trend to the global integration and development. The education and training inMekongDelta positive has had positive changes and has been facing both opportunities and challenges. The problem is that how the quality of education including the teaching and learning on chemistry in high schools belonging toMekongDelta has achieved in the comparison to the other regions of the country. This article focuses on the general evaluation on both sides of the quality of the teaching and learning and the teaching method renovation on chemistry in high schools. It is a hope that from these result, educators will understand current status of educational quality and propose solutions to upgrading the quality of the education and training in the region, where has a large human resource for implementing the industrialization and modernization of the country.

The application of the branch -divided curriculum and the textbooks of high school chemistry started from the school year of 2006 ? 2007 (grade 10) to the school year of 2008 ? 2009 (grade 12). Both of forms and contents of the new curriculum and textbooks of high school chemistry are much different from which were used before. Especially, new curriculum and textbooks think highly to the application of knowledge, improving the ability of teaching oneself, cultivating of the ability of problem discovery and solving, and improving the creativeness to students. These characteristics help the teacher changing from the traditional teaching model, in which the knowledge was transferred from the teacher to students in one - way, to the two - way model of  collaborative learning. This meets the current needs of the renovation of chemistry teaching in high schools.

75% of the Vietnamese language used daily is directly imported from Chinese, the so-called ?Han-Viet?. Besides, there are many other words and phrases which have roots from Chinese which were translated into Vietnamese and earned their identity as authentic Vietnamese. In Vietnamese usage, there are many language contexts where idioms, proverbs, or sayings are inserted to enhance the language expression with precision, with tact, and with persuasion as well as to facilitate the audience?s reception of the meaning and thoughts implied by descendants without an awareness of the Chinese roots of those words. As we use these words, many of us know their meaning and the contexts to use it, however, not all of us are aware of the ancient stories from which these idioms or sayings were formed. Therefore, we present a collection of ancient stories explaining the origins and meanings of idioms and sayings that are used daily as a part of authentic Vietnamese.

This case study assesses the process of initiated Participatory Technology Development (PTD) activities in the MekongDelta,Vietnam. It also reflects on how this process led to strengthening farmers? capacities to engage in PTD and attracted the interest of leaders and extension workers in this participatory approach. This assessment involved looking into three elements: (i) PTD that suits the policy and objectives of extension? (ii) the approach and method of PTD are feasible? and (iii) PTD approach is applicable?. Results from assessment indicating that PTD is a good method, it encourages farmers to engage in PTD and enhances extension skills of local extension workers.

The article addresses necessary forms of faculty training; then it suggests solutions to organizing training and retraining activities to enhance the teaching staff?s competences in theMekongDelta universities at the time of integration.

Teaching mathematics has to pay attention to reasearching on mathematical historical elements and cognitive levels of pupils. However, today mathematical objects, which are instroduced into curriculums and textbooks, apart from its derivative and developed periods in history. This reason implies that the guidance for pupils to know mathematical objects is limited. Therefore, researching on the didactical transposition in teaching mathematics will bring the pedagogical meanings to both teachers and learners. This article will show one of these meanings by operating research on the didactical transposition about natural numbers in primary schools.

This study describes a situation of unplanned raising of pangasius for 110 households in An Giang, Dong Thap and Can Tho. As a result, most households have exploited cultivated land for raising pangasius with an average water surface scale of 1.3 ha per household. The reasons of unplanned raising of pangasius are high production efficiency, taking advantages of non used land. The study indicates the determinants of pangasius raising efficiency including quality of fingerlings, water, market information. In addition, the situation of unplanned raising of pangasius is taken place popularly in almost of theMekongDelta, because above 70% of respondents said that they are willing to pay a fine for unplanned raising of pangasius.

Commercial hatchery production of mud crab seed  have been developed for several years in the MekongDelta. Particularly, there are nearly 100 hatcheries of mud crab existing in Ca Mau province recently. Through a prepared questionnaire survey on technical and economical aspects of 28 hatcheries in Ca Mau, the results showed that most of the mud crab hatcheries were original from the previous shrimp hatcheries which were converted to complete  production of mud crab seeds or seasonal production of crab and shrimp seeds. Open-clear water system was applied for larval rearing. Larvae were fed with Artemia nauplii and artificial feed without rotifer and algae. Survival rates from Zoea1 to C1 stages were in range of 5-11%, with an average of 7.68 ±1.55%. Annual production was about 0.62 ± 0.49 crablets / hatchery / year, and net income was 182.15 ± 181.95 million VND / hatchery / year. The study indicated the importance of crab seed  production which significantly contributes to development of mud crab culture in Ca Mau province particularly and in the region generally. 

An on-farm study conducted in four districts Cho Gao, Go Cong Dong and Go CongTayaimed to determine suitable farming systems with high economic return for the fresh-water zone of Go Cong island. Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) exercises combined with farm monitoring involved in 28 farming households were applied during the period of 2006-2007. Results from the farm monitoring showed that all investigated farming systems had high economic return, the average net return of 1 rice-2 upland crops system was highest (46 million VND/ha/year), the next was 2 rice ? upland crop system (35,6 million VND/ha/year). The 3 rice crop system gained the highest ratio of net return and total costs (1,24), following was 1 rice - 2 upland crop system (1,2) and 2 rice ? upland crop system (1,03). In term of high economic return, the three systems were recommended for the fresh water zone of Go Cong as1 rice ? 2 upland crop; 2 rice ? upland crop; and 3 rice crop with high quality.

This paper focuses to analyse the strategic response of enterprises in the Mekong River Delta (MRD) on changes of business envirornment impacted from AFTA and Viet-My Commercial Agreement and Identify the perceptions of MRD?s enterprises about WTO and consideration about the opportunities and threats when Vietnam has become an official member of WTO. Along with this, the author tries to make the conclusions from the findings more valuable by assessing the possibly strategic responses of MRD?s enterprises in the context ofVietnamis an member of WTO. The empirical results indicate that most selected enterprises say that WTO has the good and active effects to development and enlargement of international and home markets. Moreover, most selected enterprises actively propose policy changes in their business strategy.

The contribution of small and medium enterprised (SMEs) in economic development is significant inViet Namas well as in other countries. However, in order to deal with interantional integration, SMEs themselves have to find solutions to operate efficiently; and applying scientific technology. The study aimed to find out factor affecting on applying scientificd technology investment decision of SMEs. Thanks to factor analysis, the results showed that SMEs have to invest on scientific techonology, enterprises has to observes significant changes in enterprise benefit, competitive advantages, labor quality from applying technology. Based on the findings, the study also suggested some solutions to encourage SMEs to invest in technology.

This paper aims to analyze the sugar-cane production efficiency of 120 households in Hau Giang province. The result shows that sugar-cane production in Hau Giang province yearly generates profit for farmers. Sugar-cane is considered as a main crop in Hau Giang province. Yield and profit of farmers who has contract with sugar companies are higher than those without contracts. Among sugar-cane areas in Hau Giang province, such asNgaBayTown, Phung Hiep District, Vi Thanh Town, and Long My District, there is a significant difference in sugar-cane yield due to the difference in production conditions.

This study aims to analyze a situation of produce and competitive advantage from the 22 brocade knitting households in An Giang through using the mothods of stable livelihood framework and participatory appraisals of competitive advantage. As a result, it found that this sector has a long history of development in accordance with the settle of the Khmer and Cham minority, simply technique of product, low investment, female is predominant in the labor force. Besides, the competitive advantage of product presents the indigeuos cultural characters. However, this sector has some disadvantages that are dependent on market of tourism, seasonal; be substituted by industrial goods, weak promotion of product.   

This study aims at analyzing financial performance of coconut fiber processing enterprises in Tra Vinh province. Using the data obtained from a questionnaire survey of 41 enterprises, the results derived from the study reveal that financial performance of coconut fiber processing enterprises in Tra Vinh province is low although they have had some advantages. In addition, findings from regression analysis show that size of enterprises has positive effect on ROA, ROS and ROE. Moreover, education level of enterprises? manager has positive impact on ROS. Finally, results of the study point out that consumption markets (foreign markets or domestic markets) also have significantly effects on profitability of coconut fiber processing enterprises in Tra Vinh province. 

The current status of farming systems was assessed to identify appropriate farming systems and subsequently to propose possible solutions for sustaining the production systems in Tri Ton district, An Giang province. Participatory rural appraisals (PRA) and household structured interviews were applied. Household resources and conditions were evaluated and farming systems with high economic return and suitable for local contexts were identified. The present study points out sustainable farming systems in the future for local farmers.

The paper analyses trends in rice production and determines major factors affecting rice yields and economic return of rice farming in theMekongdelta between 1995-2006. Statistical and household-survey data were employed. Results showed that rice farming area was expanded in favourable areas with good soils and irrigation. In the deta, rice production continued to be intensified, particularly in the favourable areas. At farm level, rice yields and input costs tended to increase while economic return and benefit-cost ratio of rice production were reduced between 1995-2006, due to an increase in farming input prices. Rice yields and economic return were higher with lower seed rates and larger quantities of potassium and phosphorus fertilizers and of fungicides applied. Continuing intensification of rice production is not a way to sustain rice production and to improve income of resource-poor farmers.

This paper focuses to find out and measure the firm technical efficiency (TE), allocative efficiency (AE) and cost efficiency (CE) in the two kinds of production such as  the fishery processing and milled rice sector in theMekongDelta. Along with this, the author tries to make the conclusions from the findings more valuable by taking the comparison of the scale efficiency (SE) between the two. For the cross-sectional data obtained for the year 2007, the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) approach is used to estimate the firm technical, allocation and cost efficiency. The empirical results indicate that milled rice firms are more efficient than fishery processing firms in terms of technical, allocation and cost efficiency.

According to viewpoint of confrerecene resolution the seventh Session tenth of Vietnamese communist Party, this artice generalizes lines, policies of the Vietnamese communist Party and the Party committee in Provinces and cities in Mekong Delta to the famer and development of agriculture, rural areas  in general and Mekong Delta in particular in the revolutin career. Further, the artice also confirms several positive changes in famer?s life, agriculture and rural areas inMekongDelta. On the basis of that, the author suggests potential solution to develop agriculture, famer and rural areas inMekongDelta.

This study concentrates on analyzing actual production and consumption of sugar cane businessmen in theMekongRiverDelta. By approaching methods such as descriptive statistics, using financial targets to analyze acting results of agents who participate in the chain of the sugar cane field with 04 main agents like farmers who plant canes, traders, sugar factories, wholesalers and retailers in the resarch area. The research shows that internal elements and the reaction of sugar cane enterprises in the integrated trend to the external market are still at the medium level and the distribution of profit is not reasonable between agents in the chain of the sugar cane field. The research also offers suitable strategies and necessary resolutions and don?t hesitate to make suggestions with the government and the internal of the sugar cane field to make sugar cane products in the Mekong Delta stable and develop in the future.

Pragmatism is an American school of phylosophy wich has had distinctive contribution to the history of philosophical thought. This doctrine originated in the late nineteenth century - That was the period when there was a crisis in the world outlook and  especially in epistemology. Those pragmatists bilived that the key object of philosophy was to create and study the epistemology and the science method. They said that phylosophers had to study the reality and all things relating to human experiences, wich were considered as intrumentalism. Since all human activities were done to get benefits, those phylosophers belived that those purposes in human?s life must appear in the method of study of phylosophy. According to pragmatists, this method of study is the most effective way wich helps people be succefful in life.

Poverty and famine are subjective social and ecnomic phenomena. They exist along side with the development of human societies as a big challenge to all economies. Vietnam, one of the world? poor countries, needs to overcome poverty and famine. In fact, famine eradication and poverty reduction were introduced a long time ago and have become an important policy and decision of our Party and government. This policy was proposed from the birth of the DemocraticRepublicofVietnamand has been improved with the development of the country. It not only meets the needs and expectations of the majouty of the Vietnamese people from all walks of life but are also in acordance with the present day?s common trends.

The analysis and assessment of changes in the production and life of farmers in the fresh water zone of Go Cong was conducted in 7 sites of 3 districts of Cho Gao, Go Cong Tay and Go Cong Dong. The participatory approaches, especially participatory rural appraisal (PRA) method was used for analyses and assessment. Results showed a big change due to introduction of fresh water: change in land use and farming systems, incomes and living standard of farmers increased, however the environmental was degradation after the introduction of fresh water. Result also showed the positive trend of the  economic development of the zone that thanks to this fresh water program. 

To evaluate the effectiveness of scientific and technological information providing network for local socio-economic development at village level in Vinh Long, a study was conducted in August, 2008. Results showed that the scientific and technological information network has proved its significant effectiveness in supporting the local economic development achievements and changing farmers? perception on the roles of information throught internet. However, to improve its effectiveness there is a need to (1) improve the infrastructure for internet networks; (2) strengthen the information providing capacities; (3) improving the accessibility of local people; and (4) develop information networks on the principles of inheritability, linkages, comprehensiveness and step by step.

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