Sixteen growing male crossbred goats (Bach Thao x local) with average live weight of 15.7 ± 0.54 kg were allocated to 4 treatments in a 2*2 factorial arrangement with 4 replications. The first factor was with or without supplementation of Mimosa pigra, the second factor was basal diet of Water spinach or Para grass. Mimosa pigra was supplemented with level of tannin at 30 g/kg dry matter (DM). Water spinach and Para grass were offered ad libitum with the amount of 120% average daily intake. Concentrate supplementation was fed at 120 g/head/day. The trial lasted 105 days. The results showed that the intakes of DM, organic matter (OM) and crude protein (CP) significantly increased (p

To select and identify the ruminal bacteria that are able to degrade sugarcane bagasse powder in in vitro condition, sixty-two strains of bacteria isolated from cattle rumen fluid were used to describe characteristics of a colony appearance, a morphologic cell as well as selection of bacteria for degradation of sugarcane bagasse based on activity of endoglucanase and exoglucanase. As a result, three strains of bacteria including of the strain BM49 with high endoglucanase activity and two bacterial strains BM13 and BM21 with both of high endoglucanase and exoglucanase activity were mixed in the ratio 1:1:1. Beside, the result recorded that  a suspension of 6% (v/v) of three bacteria strains (BM13, BM21 and BM49) with 107 CFU/mL was incubated with sugarcane bagasse substrate in in vitro condition for 3 days at 38oC, the yields of sugarcane bagasse degradation were high. The digestion rates of neutral detergent fiber (NDF) and crude fiber (CF) were 45.1% (w/w) and 42.6% (w/w), respectively. Nucleotides sequences of 16S rRNA gene from three strains of bacteria including of BM13, BM21, BM49 were tested by method of maximum likelihood tree after amplifying by a pair of primers 8F and 1492R and sequenced by automated sequencing machines ABI3130. The analysis results highlighted that three strains of bacteria BM13, BM21, BM49 were similar to Achromobacter xylosoxidans BL6, Bacillus subtilis S2O, Uncultured Bacillus sp. Filt.171 with the max identity of 91%, 94% and 94%, respectively.

The compound of oligochitosan – silica nano particle with molecular weight oligochitosan from 4 to 6 kDa and the size of silica nano particles from 20 to 30 nm used for test on antifungal activity against Colletotrichum gloeosporioides causing anthranose in capsicum. The results showed that the concentration of compound from 20 to 80 ppm all inhibited the growth of C. gloeosporioides in in vitro condition from 15.64 to 67.18%, respectively. Compared to the control, all concentrations of the compound promoted increases in chlorophyll content and the best was 60 ppm. This concentration enhanced the ability of disease resistance reaching from 37.8 to 88.8% and decreased disease index from 39.2 to 13.7%. Therefore, the compound of oligochitosan – silica nano particles is a promising high-tech product which í safe and effective in prevention of the anthracnose on capsicum causing by C. gloeosporioides.

The Fertility Capability Classification (FCC) system was developed as an attempt to bridge the gap between soil classification and soil fertility. According to Sanchez et al. (2003), FCC consisted of three category levels: type (topsoil texture 0-20cm), substrata type (subsoil texture 20-50), and 17 modifiers.  Class designations from the three category levels were combined to form an FCC unit. The classes within each category level were defined in. In this system, some of the properties have been directly derived from existing soil classification systems, in which some of soil diagnostic horizons, diagnostic properties, and diagnostic materials of World Reference Based system (FAO, 1998) were related, including Vertic diagnostic horizons (to modifier v), Plinthic (to modifier i), Sulfuric (to modifiers a, c), and Thionic diagnostic properties (to modifier c), Rhodic (to modifier i, i-, i+), Gleyic (to modifier g, g+), Hyposodic (to modifier n-), Hyposalic (to modifier s-) and Fluvic diagnostic material (to type and substrata type L), sulfidic (to modifier c). Besides, on intensive rice soil of the Mekong delta, some characteristics could not be found relation, such as soil texture, soil moisture (modifier d), low soil temperature (t), low CEC (modifier e), low cation reserve (k), carbon saturation (m). But, some modifiers could be found on intensive rice soils of the Mekong delta, such as modifier (r), slope (%), alkaline (b), or volcanic soil (x).

This study is aimed to evaluate effects of three effective phosphate and potassium - solubilizing bacterial strains (Agrobacterium tumefaciens CA09, Rhizobium tropici CA29, Azotobacter tropicalis K16B) on the growth and yield of white radish, peanut, and high yielding rice cultivated on sandy soil of TriTon district, An Giang province. The experiment was conducted with 4 levels of potassium and phosphorus fertilizers (0% PK, 25% PK, 50% PK and 75% PK) combined with three isolates. The results showed that there were no significant difference in growth and component of yield of white radish, peanut, and high yielding rice among treatment 75% PK + potassium – solubilizing bacteria with positive control (100% PK). It is therefore concluded that three phosphate and potassium solubilizing bacterial strains had ability of solubization of phosphate and potassium and provided 25% amount of P and K for the growth of white radish, peanut and high yielding rice. On the other hands, three isolates increase the concentrations of available phosphate, total of nitrogen and organic matter in soil and they can be utilized to produce biofertilizers and further research is imperatively needed to evaluate their effectiveness on other plants.

Objectives of this study were to (i) determine micronutrient uptake of maize from the maize rotation with mung-bean, sesame, and green pepper; and (ii) study the distribution of Cu, Fe, Zn and Mn concentrations in different parts of maize. The on-farm research has been conducted as a completely randomized block design with six farmer’s fields in An Phu district, An Giang province. The treatments included (i) maize - maize - maize (Site-specific nutrient management); (ii) maize - mungbean - maize; (iii) maize - sesame - maize; (iv) mungbean - maize - maize; (v) mungbean - green pepper - maize; and (vi) maize - maize - maize (Farmers’ fertilizer practice) where the formula of 200 N - 90 P2O5 - 80 K2O was applied for (i) to (v) treatments for maize while 215 N - 129 P2O5 - 75 K2O for (vi) treatment. Results showed that the uptake of micronutrients from maize rotation with mung-bean, sesame, and green pepper had not been improved during three crops. The iron uptake of maize was highest while copper uptake was lowest. Cu, Fe, Mn contents were distributed into maize leaves while content of zinc was distributed mainly in grain. The Cu, Fe, Zn and Mn average removals of all treatments were 169, 2996, 408 and 240 g ha-1, respectively, in dry season on An Phu undeposited alluvial soil.

The present study was carried out to determine the effect of doses of paclobutrazol (PBZ) and times of foliar spray of thiourea after PBZ application on flowering and yield of ‘Tau’ lime. Experiments were conducted on 7 year-old lime trees grown on the alluvial soil located at Binh Thanh commune, Cao Lanh district, Dong Thap province, from August 2014 to May 2015. Factorial complete randomized design was used with 5 replications of one tree/each. The first factor included PBZ doses, i.e. 0.5, 1.0, and 1.5 g a.i./m of canopy diameter; and ‘pha la‘ – inducing leaf abscission, a flowering induction method frequently applied by growers was considered as control treatment. The second factor involved times of flowering induction via the foliar application of thiourea at 0.2%, viz. 30, 40, and 50 days after PBZ application. PBZ was applied via collar drenching. The flowering induction method applied by growers included induction of leaf abscission via foliar application of a solution of urea (4.76%) and KCl (5%); three days later, leaf abscission reduction and shoot formation were accomplished via the foliar application of 2,4-D at 40 ppm. Results showed that PBZ application at both doses, 1.0 and 1.5 g a.i./m of canopy diameter, brought in yield increases as compared to growers' method. Foliar spray of thiourea at 30 days after PBZ application caused highest flowering ratio and yield without negative effect on fruit diameter, weight, and quality.

The effects of technological factors such as the removal of noncollagenous protein, demineralization process, extraction and drying conditions on the quality of gelatin extracted from catfish bladder were studied. The results showed the process where catfish bladder was soaked in 0.1M NaOH for 30 minutes and 0.04M CH3COOH for 45 minutes, had the best ability to remove the noncollagenous protein and mineral contents (16.0% and 72.7%, respectively). After pretreatment, catfish bladder was extracted in distilled water to collect gelatin at 70°C for 90 minutes. Gelatin sample showed the highest viscosity and extraction yield (2.22 mPas and 7.18%, respectively) among samples extracted at other levels of temperature and time. Gelatin (dried at 55-60°C for 1 day) showed the highest moisture content, viscosity and extraction yield (11.2%, 8.96 mPas and 7.19% - gelatin concentration of 10%). Gelatin from catfish bladder had better viscosity and gel strength (8.96 mPas and 143 g, respectively) as respectively 1.63 and 1.88 times higher than commercial gelatin.

This study is aimed to determine the effects of herbal mixture concentrations on growth, survival rate and immune responses of white leg shrimp in tank culture system. The experiment consisted of four treatments with different concentration of herbal mixtures as follow: (i) 20 mL/kg of feed, (ii) 40 mL/kg of feed, (iii) 60 mL/kg of feed, and (iv) control (no herbal extracts). After three months, the shrimp in control treatment showed the lowest results in body weight (11.8±1.1 g), body length (12.2±0.5 cm), productivity (1,278±149 g/m3) and significant difference (p 0.05) among treatments. Some indicators of shrimp immune response including the total leukocyte count, granulocytes and phenoloxidase enzyme activity (PO) in 20 mL/kg treatment were increased and significantly different (p

Research on density reduction at different stages of crab larvae was done in order to improve the crab survival rate in nursery. Experiment included 4 treatments and each treatment was triplicated such as (i) density reduction at Zoea-3 stage, (ii) density reduction at Zoea-4 stage, (iii) density reduction at Zoea-5 stage, (iv) density reduction at Megalopa stage. Experimental tanks volume was 0.5m3, larvae density was 300 individuals/L and the salinity was maitained at 30 ‰. When larvae reached the stage of reduction, they were moved to other tanks (2m3, containing 1.5m3 water). After 22 days of rearing, the larval stage index were not significant difference (p>0.05) among treatments, the highest survival rate was 9.8% in treatments with density reduction at Zoea-3 and Zoea-4 stage, it was significantly higher than those in density reduction at Megalopa stage. However, there was no significant difference in survival rate when doing density reduction at Zoea 3, 4 and 5 stages. Results from this study showed that density reduction at Zoea-3 stage or Zoea-4 stage in mud crab larvae rearing obtained the highest results.

An evaluation on exploiting bighead catfish (Clarias macrocephalus) in the Mekong Delta was conducted from 7/2015 to 6/2016, through direct interviews of 118 fishermen catching bighead catfish in five provinces including An Giang, Dong Thap, Long An, Hau Giang, and Ca Mau. The results showed that bighead catfish was caught mainly in rice fields (49.5% in the rainy season and 52.1% in the dry season) and in canals (15.2%). Fishing season of bighead catfish was all year round. There were 13 gears used to exploit bighead catfish, in which commonly used ones included gillnets, trap, electricity shock, trawl net, lift net and bottom trap. Sizes of fish varied in the range of 5–300 g. Yields were lower in the rainy season than in the dry one (16.4 kg/household/season and 113.5 kg/household/season, respectively). The highest yield and income (127.3 kg/household/year and 6.4 million dongs/household/year, respectively) were found in Ca Mau province. Declines in bighead catfish resources were mainly caused by small floods, closed dikes, the use of electricity shock and small mesh sizes for fishing. Currently, bighead catfish fishery has not been profitable for fishermen in the investigated areas.

This study is aimed to evaluate the effect of levamisole-enrich diets on the innate immune response of striped catfish (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus). Different concentrations of levamisole (0, 50, 150, 300 and 450 mg/kg) were incorporated with fish feed for a period of 4 weeks. Experimental fish were challenged intra-peritoneally with Edwardsiella ictaluri in the 4th week after feeding levamisole. Hematological and immunological parameters were determined in week 2 and 4. The results of experiment reveased that total leukocyte count, monocytes and neutrophils increased in levamisole supplemented groups compared to the control group. The immunological parameters, lysozyme and complement activity statistically increased at doses of 300 mg/kg of the levamisole supplemented diet after 2 weeks (p

Biological characteristics of Yellowstrip Scad - Selaroides leptolepis (Cuvier, 1833) were analyzed by using the fisheries biology data collected in landing sites from 2014 to 2015 in the Southwest Sea of Vietnam. Results indicated that the main lengh of Yellowstrip scad in the Southwest sea was 11.3 cm, in the range of 4.5cm to 15.4 cm. The length-weight relationship equations was W=0,000008L3,154 (male), W= 0,000009L3,114 (female), W=0,00002L2,965 (juvenile). Growth parameters (L∞ and K) of the von Bertalanffy equation were 16.3 cm and 1.2/year, respectively. The length at first maturity of fish (Lm50) was 9.8 cm. Male/Female rate of fish was 1.1. The Yellowstrip scad breeds throughout the year but the spawning peaks are observed from Febuary to April. The total mortality Z=4.24/year, the instantaneous natural mortality due to predation, aging and other environmental causes with M= 2.39/year, the instantaneous fishing mortality caused by fishing F=1.85/year and exploitation rate E= 0.44/year.

This study was carried out to determine the possibility of commercial pellet substitution by sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) in white leg shrimp culture (Litopenaeus vannamei) applying bioflocs technology. The experiment was randomly set up with four treatments at different amounts of sweet potato replacement including (i) 100% commercial pellet (control), (ii) replacement of 10%, (iii) 20% and (iv) 30% amounts of the commercial pellet by sweet potato, Shrimps were cultured in bioflocs system (C: N = 15: 1) with 300 L of culture volume, 15‰ of salinity and 150 shrimp/m3 of stocking density. The initial shrimp weight was 0.76±0.13 g (4.43±0.05 cm in lenght). After 90 days of culture, the water parameters were in the suitable ranges for the normal shrimp growth. The 10% replacement commercial pellet by sweet potato showed the better shrimp growth perfomance (SGR= 3.9±0.02 %/day), higher survival rate (72.2±11.0%) and biomass (2.7±0.4 kg/m3) while the shrimp quality is not significantly different compared to control treatment (p>0.05).

The application of the real-world mathematical problems in teaching mathematics is a contemporary trend. This article is aimed to present a pilot study in Can Tho city about building two real-world mathematical problems in Grade 10. Thereby, it is also to propose a useful process in the construction of the real-world mathematical problems which can apply to teaching mathematics in upper high schools in Vietnam.

The use of questions requiring association and imagination is one of the effective methods to elicit and develop student’s association and imagination. There are different types of questions requiring association and imagination: that of the relationship between characters and setting, space and time; that of images, symbols, characters of one artwork with another. Through students’ association and imagination they will be able to comprehend the work more deeply. This paper is to present the results of the practical survey of using questions in teaching Vietnamese medieval literature in grade 10 at Chau Van Liem high school in CanTho city from October, 2015 to February, 2016. Data collected in this research are from the questionnaires, class reports, teacher and student interviews on using questions to enhance image association and imagination. Two purposes of the research included (1) teachers’ perception of the role of using questions to enhance students’ association and imagination; (2) question types used by teachers to develop students’ ability of associating and imaginating.

The article is aimed to analyze the present situation ofpolitical thoughteducation in Vietnamese universities today. It was based on the analysis and assessment of the political and ideological situation of students, as well as practical efficiency of political and ideological education activities at universities in the country through an interview of 900 students.The solutions proposed to improve the efficiency of the above work include firstly, further enhancing the importance of political and ideological education activities for students at school, and secondly, improving the content system of such education activities.

The article is aimed to find out the role, characteristics and expression of the narrator in Vietnamese revolutionary memoirs 1945 – 1975 from perspective narratology. Since then, it is to survey in details the characteristics and confirms the important role of witness narrator, the main narrator in memoirs. In addition, the types of objective narrator such as the hidden narrator and the third narrator make up the diversity of narration methods.

John Maxwell Coetzee is one of the greatest writers of postmodern literature. The readers has been strongly impressed by his novels which reconstructed a broken and fractured world of faithless and suspicion as their appearance in the literary cycles. This study on Coetzee's fictions in terms of artistic conception approaching people is aimed at exploring and exploiting his implicit messages as well as pointing out one of the successful factors in Coetzee's novels. John Maxwell Coetzee là một trong những nhà văn lớn của văn học hậu hiện đại. Ngay từ khi xuất hiện trên văn đàn, Coetzee đã gây ấn tượng mạnh mẽ trong lòng độc giả bởi những tiểu thuyết phục dựng một thế giới rạn nứt, vỡ vụn với đầy sự bất tín và hoài nghi. Nghiên cứu tiểu thuyết Coetzee ở phương diện quan niệm nghệ thuật về con người, người viết muốn chỉ ra một trong những yếu tố làm nên thành công của tiểu thuyết Coetzee, đồng thời khám phá, khai thác các thông điệp tư tưởng mà nhà văn đã gửi gắm.

Based on the collected data of 90 households in three communes, Tan Binh and Hoa An of Phung Hiep district and Dai Thanh of Nga Bay town, the results from Binary Logistic regression indicated that the households’ economic conditions, access to credit and total income of women were significantly associated with the participation of women in the Women’s Union. The results from the propensity score matching method showed that the total income of women involved in the Union was 34.62 million VND/year and 28.16 million VND/year higher than that of non-participation women, respectively by nearest neighbor matching and radius matching. And the gap of 31.43 million VND/year in total income of households with and without women involved in the Union was shown by radius matching. In conclusion, the participation of women in the Women’s Union had positive impacts on the total income of households and women themself.

An Binh temple located in An Binh island of Long Ho district (Vinh Long province) is one of five legend temples which stored many Han-Nom archives showing An Bình residents’ process of building their hamlet and village. Through practical surveys, relics are at risk of being damaged by various causes, and more poignant is that the An Binh temple’s indentity had “rested” following the Elders. From documents collected, theAn Binh temple’s history is restored, partly filling the gaps in mental beliefs of the people at once renowed Bich Tran land.

The study was conducted to determine the factors that have affect on the selection of shopping location trends of tourists towards specialized neighborhood locality in Ninh Kieu district. Research data were collected from direct interviews of 235 visitors. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used in the study. The research results showed that responsibility to tourists’ needs, dedicated hospitality services and emotional adherence are the important factors which form the trends of shopping location selection of tourists; of which, responsibility to the needs of tourists is the most impacting factor.

There is a close relationship between literature and other forms of arts. Literature itself has the ability to synthesize most of the characteristics of various art forms in the wording materials. This article refers to the participation of other art forms such as painting, music and cinema, ... in the literature through the novel The Sorrow of War. Such art forms’ presence in Bao Ninh's work is as a means of reproducing the life, while depicting the writer’s conception of reality and human.

Vietnam Revolutionary Literature of the 1954-1975 period includes many good works which on the one hand reflected faithfully and vividly the realism war against America and imprinted unity power, the will of the whole nation in a majestic historical period inspiration on the other hand. Amid fierce war, Vietnamese already rely on verses, text pages to stand up and overcome dangerous challenges. Literature has become the indispensable spiritual food reinforcing confidence and reinvigorating the Revolutionary army in fierce fighting with the enemy robbing and selling the country. These works truly imply realistic, humane, and humanist values of a generation of soldier-writers which were not only unlost over time, but also affirmed and more shining to become immortal in the nation’s heritage. Essay Duong chung ta di is one of the most representative works. With the typical approach of essay category, this article is aimed to contribute to clarifying unique artistic ideas and penmanship, confirming thus the talent, dedication and tremendous contributions of the writer Nguyen Trung Thanh to the liberation of the South and reunification of our country.

In daily life, the system of sea creatures’ names plays an important role in Vietnamese culinary culture. Identifying marine creatures does not only act as a social signal to distinguish it from other cooking ingredients but also encompass contents related to geography, culture, language and history, etc. Within the scope of this article, the distinct features used for naming were explored to reveal the method of identification of sea creatures in Kien Giang province.

The research is aimed to evaluate factors that attract tourists to Bangkok city. It was based on individual interviews of 145 international travellers to Bangkok city and use of exploratory factors analysis and multiple linear regression analysis methods. This study outcomes indicated that there are six factors that attract tourists to Bangkok city. In descending order of influence they include tourism resources, infrastructure for tourism, shopping and leisure activities, advertisement and promotion policies, human resources, and cuisine.

In 1989, Vietnam Farmers’ Union launched a farmer competition movement of effective production and business which is aimed to enhance farmers’ efficiency in their production and business. This community movement has attracted widespread participations of officers, union members, and farmers throughout the country. It contributes to socio-economic development in rural areas in different ways, such as reducing poverty, increasing the number of medium-income households, creating more jobs and improving the living standards for thousands of households. This study is focused on the households with and without awards in the movement in Giong Rieng district, Kien Giang province to analyse the differences between the two groups as well as the factors affecting the movement’s outcomes by binary logistic regression method. The results showed that incomes of the two groups are significantly different. Some main factors helping farmers achieve the awards include farmers’ participation in the Union, farm size for production and their education level. Promoting propagation and providing farmers with more chances to participate in the Farmers’ Union are possible solutions to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of this movement.

Climate change is becoming a major challenge for humanity development because of its increasingly serious impacts on economic and social activities. Specially, the Mekong Delta region in general, Can Tho city in particular, are also suffering damages due to the impact of climate change related natural disasters such as flood, tide, drought and salinization etc ... Therefore, raising awareness is one of crucial tasks to change human behavior in response to climate change. This study is aimed to survey awareness of climate change by tourism-accommodation enterprises in Can Tho city. It is also to propose a number of measures to raise awareness about climate change contributing to sustainable tourism development in Can Tho City.

This paper is aimed to provide a literature review on earnings management in banking industry through 4 research groups including accruals quality, earnings smoothing through loan loss provision, benchmark beating and external indicators of earnings misstatement. The discussion on controversial issues among previous studies helps to determine research gaps and propose direction for future research. Specifically, earnings management in banking industry in developing countries rarely dealt with by previous studies and is a fertile field for future research. Besides, whether commercial banks, especially in Asian countries, using loan loss provision to smooth earnings remains an open question. Some proxies of earnings management have also been neglected in banking industry, e.g. comparing variability of earnings and variability of cashflow.

This paper is aimed to measure technical efficiency and identify determinants of technical efficiency of king mandarin production at household level at Cai Be district, Tien Giang province. It is based on a data set collected from 60 farmers in thedistrict and the method of data envelopment analysis (DEA) to measure technical efficiency and scale efficiency. As the result, the mean of technical efficiency and scale efficiency of king mandarin growing households was 61.6% and 68.6% respectively. Furthermore, the result of the Tobit model showed that credit and interplanting are important determinants improving the level of efficiency, meanwhile, joinning a certain farmers’ association was found to negatively affect their technical efficiency in king mandarin production.

The study is aimed to investigate factors influencing entrepreneurial intention of 166 students in Can Tho University of Technology. Expanding the theory of planned behavior developed by Ajzen (1991) combined with demographic profiles, personality traits, and entrepreneurial education, the exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and ordinary least square (OLS) results showed that there are 7 factors impacting on entrepreneurial intention including personality traits, attitude, behavioral awareness and attitude, entrepreneurial education, behavioral awareness of control, norms and attitude, subjective norms, and entrepreneurial intention. The results of this study provide more evidence on the one hand, and offer some recommendations for policy makers, researchers and educators on the other hand.

This study is aimed to analyse factors affecting customer satisfaction with the quality of money transfer, collection-on-behalf, and payment-on-behalf services offered by An Giang Provincial Post Office. The research data were collected from a survey on 642 customers. The consistency coefficient was measured by Cronbach’s Alpha for scaling test. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) model and multiple linear regression model were applied to find out the relationship between determinants and the customer satisfaction with service quality of An Giang Provincial Post Office. The research results indicated there were three factors affecting customer satisfaction, including “Perceived value”, “Responsiveness”, and “Empathy”.

The study is aimed to analyze financial efficiency of chili farming in the Mekong Delta based on an interview of 122 farmers in Dong Thap and Tien Giang provinces. Analysis methods of descriptive statistics, financial performance indicators, and multivariate linear regression were applied. Research results indicated that the financial performance of chili farmers was high as the ratio of return on cost was 135%. In addition, there were 5 factors affecting the financial performance of the chili farmers, of which three positive factors include productivity, participation in cooperative/collaborative group, technical training, and two factors (input cost and added cost) are negative. To increase the financial efficiency for farmers, some solutions are proposed, such as improving chili's productivity and reducing input costs; consolidating activities of the cooperative/collaborative group; and technical training.

This paper is aimed to examine the impact of the stock market capitalization (stock market) and the trade openness on economic growth of the 11 countries participating TPP (except Brunei having not a stock exchange), including the group of developing countries (Chile, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Vietnam) and the group of developed countries (Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore, US) during the period from 2000 to 2015. The results based on panel data showed that stock market development positively affects economic growth of developing countries (but not of developed countries); trade openness has a positive impact on economic growth in developed countries (but not significant in developing countries). It is suggested that the planners and the managers select appropriate instruments to promote sustainable economic growth in each group of countries.

This study is aimed to examine the influence of social network advertising on consumers’ purchase intention in Can Tho city. Based on data collected from 193 consumers living in Can Tho city, two main analytical methods used in this paper were Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and multiple regression. Research results showed that there are four factors of social network advertising affecting the consumers’ purchase intention. Of which, social interactivity, permission and entertainment have a significantly positive effect on consumers’ purchase intention. In contrast, the factor of irritation needs to be concerned because of its significantly negative impact on the consumers’ purchase intention. Based on these results, some policy recommendations were proposed to improve the efficiency of social network advertising.

This paper is aimed to analyze micro-factors that affect credit risks in state-owned commercial banks in Hau Giang province by using data collected from 316 observations from five banks. Both binary logit and multinomial logit models were used to estimate factors affecting credit risks. The results showed that the multinomial logit outperformed the binary logit. At credit risk level 1, five factors affecting credit risks of commercial banks include collaterals, loan purpose, borrowers’ loan history, main source of income for repayment, and loan inspection and supervision. At credit risk level 2, factors affect credit risks of commercial banks including all as at the level 1 and borrower’s financial ability, and experience of bank’s staff.

The study was conducted to suggest solutions to develop salt production and business in Ben Tre province. The data were collected from 159 observations involved in the marketing channels. The methods of data analysis comprised descriptive statistics, analysis of marketing channels, the cost-benefit analysis and financial ratios to evaluate the performance of salt farmers. The results showed that the retailers gained the highest profit margin, and followed by non-specialized salt wholesalers, processing companies, salt-specialized wholesalers and collectors, while salt farmers were lost due to high production costs. In addition, some suggestions were proposed to enhance the efficiency of salt industry in Ben Tre province regarding planning of salt-producing areas; application of new production methods; business-link development in salt production and distribution; cooperative establishment and support of accessing loans.

Retailers are now facing a dynamic and competitive retail environment due to globalization, a maturated market, and an increasing competition via M&A. Therefore, retailers find their competitive advantages in the improvement of their relationship with customers. Based on interviewing 130 customers at 5 major supermarkets in Can Tho City and using linear regression, this research isaimed to analyse the impact of customer relationship management (CRM) to the satisfaction of customers towards the retail market in Can Tho City. The results showed that 4 factors of CRM including relationship development, staff behavior, products and services have considerable influence on customers’ satisfaction. Among them, the most influential factor is relationship development. Finally, some recommendations were suggested for manager to improve customer satisfaction.

The study is aimed to test, assess consumer attitudes about the role of promotion in shaping a brand’s equity of Fast Moving Consumer Goods in Can Tho City. Based on the theory of brand equity, and a survey of 226 consumers, methods of descriptive analysis, reliability analysis, exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, structural equation modeling and multi-group structural analysis were used in this study. The results showed that consumer attitudes towards advertising is a major factor in increasing awareness level, perceived quality and brand passion. Attitudes towards promotions is an important factors in increasing the perceived quality and brand passion. Another factor increasing brand awareness level is consumer attitude about the role of public relations activities in consumers’ view, but the impact varies from each to another component of brand equity, age groups and different income levels. It is a supplementary contribution to management practices, helping marketing managers and business managers with a better understanding of brand equity and the relationship between consumer attitudes about the role of promotion in shaping a brand’s equity, so then making promotions more effective.

This study was conducted to analyze factors that affecting the purchase decision voluntary health insurance (VHI) of people in Can Tho City. Primary data was collected by interviewing 207 people living in three districts: Ninh Kieu, Binh Thuy and Cai Rang. Probit model was used to identify the factors affecting the decision to purchase voluntary health insurance. The result of Probit model indicates that health status, gender, frequency of health care, education and communicaton have significant influence on interviewees’ desire to access better quality health services when they choose VHI.

The 2015 Civil code succeeds the 1995 Civil code and the 2005 Civil code. Among its articles, this new Code provides restrictions on civil act capacity. However, the contents of this article remain unchanged in comparison with those of the two previous laws, leading to some shortcomings. This note is aimed to provide some analyses in forensic drug test for drug addicted individuals and suggest how to define whether such person has squandered his/her family properties. Followed by some examines focusing on the ability to act other civil rights, such as asking for divorce, of the person who are being restricted on civil act capacity, and therefore, a system to protect such person is needed. Finally, definitions of some legal terms and some solutions to reform the relevant provisions were provided.