Factors Influencing Startup Intention of Young People in Vietnam

Thi Thuy Trang PHAM(Thi Thuy Trang PHAM ),Thi Bich Ngoc TRAN(Thi Bich Ngoc TRAN ) 한국유통과학회 2023 The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Busine Vol.10 No.2

Entrepreneurship brings countless values to each individual and practical benefits to society and the economy. Recently, the call for a better understanding of entrepreneurship from corporations and governments is regularly voiced the day, both in the academic literature and in public discussions. This study examines factors influencing the startup decision of young people in Vietnam. Primary data was collected from an online survey and then imported into an Excel file before being analyzed by SPSS 22. The total number of relevant observations for the study is 656, using numerous statistical approaches such as EFA and multiple regression analyses. This study contributes to the existing literature and current practice by suggesting six major determinants of startup intention: self-expectation, personal attitudes, self-competency, perceived feasibility, entrepreneurial orientation, and financial wealth. Among these factors, self-competency and entrepreneurial orientation are statistically significant, indicating that the capability of young people is the most important determinant of their startup intention. Additionally, the results indicate that self-expectation, attitude, perceived feasibility, and finance do not impact students’ intention to pursue entrepreneurship. We suggest that by enhancing the training quality of universities, young people will be provided with much essential knowledge and technical skills for running a business.

The Impact of Leadership Capability, Job Stress and Work-Life Balance on Job Satisfaction in Vietnamese Logistics Industry: An Analysis Based on the Second-Order Constructs

Ngoc Thi Kim PHAM(Ngoc Thi Kim PHAM ) 한국유통과학회 2023 The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Busine Vol.10 No.1

Logistics industry is being an important industry in Vietnam with the contribution from 8-10% of GDP recently. This industry employs about 15 millions people. Increasing the employees’ job satisfaction is become one of the most concerns of managers in logistics companies to strengthen the employee engagement and improve their business performance. The aim of this study is to investigate how employees’ perceptions of job satisfaction are influenced by factors such as job stress, leadership capability, work-life balance, and demographics. 426 workers in the logistics sector in Vietnam were surveyed online. The acquired data was analyzed using a structural equation model. In total 16 hypotheses were established, 13 of which were deemed to be significant. The results demonstrate how the literature-informed second-order constructs can potentially explain the overall job stress, leadership capability, and work-life balance of employees in the Vietnamese logistics industry. These variables account for 54.8% of job satisfaction. This study makes a theoretical contribution to the extant literature by showing how researching second-order constructs can improve the theory’s capacity to predict employees’ job satisfaction. The paper concludes with a set of recommendations for the management of logistics firms in Vietnam.

Distribution of Factors Affecting Foreign Direct Investment in ASEAN Countries

Anh Thi Lan NGUYEN(Anh Thi Lan NGUYEN ),Chau Thi Minh PHAM(Chau Thi Minh PHAM ),Hanh Hong NGUYEN(Hanh Hong NGUYEN ),Dat Ngoc NGUYEN(Dat Ngoc NGUYEN ),Duy Van NGUYEN(Duy Van NGUYEN ) 한국유통과학회 2023 유통과학연구 Vol.21 No.2

Purpose: Research on attracting foreign direct investment plays an important role in ASEAN countries. ASEAN has needed FDI capital for development and integration with many developing countries. Research design, data and methodology: This study is conducted to assess the impact of factors: inflation (INF), economic growth (GDP), population (POP), and trade (TRADE) on attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) of ASEAN countries. The study will find out how factors distribution contributes to FDI attraction. The study collects data from 10 ASEAN countries from 2010 to 2020. With data collected for ten countries from 2010 to 2020, data analysis with panel data will be used in this study. The Regression with Driscoll-Kraay standard errors correction model will be used in the study. Results: Panel data analysis shows that economic growth and population positively impact FDI attraction in ASEAN countries. However, two factors: INF and TRADE, do not affect FDI. Conclusions: Countries need to focus on economic development, create many good conditions for people and domestic enterprises and create opportunities for foreign investors to pay more attention. improving the quality of domestic human resources will help to better improve the working quality factor when the demand for high-quality human resources increases.

Cigarette Smoking among Adolescents aged 13-15 in Viet Nam and Correlates of Current Cigarette Smoking: Results from GYTS 2014 Data

Le, Thi Huong,Nga, Thi Thu Vu,Nguyen, Ngoc Dung,Le, Thi Thanh Xuan,Kim, Bao Giang,Phan, Thi Hai,Doan, Thu Huyen,Luong, Ngoc Khue,Nguyen, Tuan Lam,Hoang, Van Minh,Pham, Thi Quynh Nga Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention 2016 Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention Vol.17 No.no.sup1

The aim of this paper is to report the rate of current and ever cigarette smoking and explore correlates of current cigarette smoking among adolescents aged 13-15 in Viet Nam. This analysis was derived from GYTS survey, which comprised of 3,430 adolescents aged 13-15, conducted in 2014 in 13 cities and provinces of Viet Nam. We calculated the weighted rates of current and ever cigarette smoking and reported patterns of smoking behavior. We also performed logistic regression to explore correlates of current cigarette smoking behavior. The weighted rate of ever cigarette smoking was 9.5% (95% confidence interval (CI): 8.5 %-10.5%), in which the weighted rate among males (15.4%; 95% CI: 13.6%-17.0%) was higher than that among females (4.2%; 95% CI: 3.3%-5.1%). The weighted rate of current cigarette smoking was relatively low at 2.5% (95%CI: 2.0%-3.0%) with higher weighted rate among males (4.9%; 95% CI: 3.8%-5.9%) compared to the corresponding figure among females (0.2%; 95% CI: 0.0 %-0.5%). Current cigarette smoking was significantly higher among males than females, in students aged 15 versus 13 years old, and in students who had several or all close friends smoking and students with daily observation of smoking at school. For greater smoking reduction outcomes, we recommend that tobacco interventions for adolescents should consider targeting more male students at older ages, establish stricter adherence to school-based banning of cigarette smoking, engage both smoking and nonsmoking adolescents and empower adolescents to resist peer smoking influence as well as changing their norms or beliefs towards smoking benefits.

An improvement of real-time polymerase chain reaction system based on probe modification is required for accurate detection of African swine fever virus in clinical samples in Vietnam

Tran Ha Thi Thanh,Dang Anh Kieu,Ly Duc Viet,Vu Hao Thi,Hoang Tuan Van,Nguyen Chinh Thi,Chu Nhu Thi,Nguyen Vinh The,Nguyen Huyen Thi,Truong Anh Duc,Pham Ngoc Thi,Dang Hoang Vu 아세아·태평양축산학회 2020 Animal Bioscience Vol.33 No.10

Objective: The rapid and reliable detection of the African swine fever virus (ASFV) plays an important role in emergency control and preventive measures of ASF. Some methods have been recommended by FAO/OIE to detect ASFV in clinical samples, including real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR). However, mismatches in primer and probe binding regions may cause a false-negative result. Here, a slight modification in probe sequence has been conducted to improve the qualification of real-time PCR based on World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) protocol for accurate detection of ASFV in field samples in Vietnam. Methods: Seven positive confirmed samples (four samples have no mismatch, and three samples contained one mutation in probe binding sites) were used to establish novel real-time PCR with slightly modified probe (Y = C or T) in comparison with original probe recommended by OIE. Results: Both real-time PCRs using the OIE-recommended probe and novel modified probe can detect ASFV in clinical samples without mismatch in probe binding site. A high correlation of cycle quantification (Cq) values was observed in which Cq values obtained from both probes arranged from 22 to 25, suggesting that modified probe sequence does not impede the qualification of real-time PCR to detect ASFV in clinical samples. However, the samples with one mutation in probe binding sites were ASFV negative with OIE recommended probe but positive with our modified probe (Cq value ranked between 33.12-35.78). Conclusion: We demonstrated for the first time that a mismatch in probe binding regions caused a false negative result by OIE recommended real-time PCR, and a slightly modified probe is required to enhance the sensitivity and obtain an ASF accurate diagnosis in field samples in Vietnam.

베트남 내 한국어능력시험(TOPIK)의 현황과 전망

Pham Thi Ngoc 국제한국언어문화학회 2018 국제한국언어문화학회 학술대회 Vol.2018 No.05

The Relationship Between Human Resource Management Practices, Work Engagement and Employee Behavior: A Case Study in Vietnam

Thi Ngoc Mai PHAM 한국유통과학회 2021 The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Busine Vol.8 No.4

This study aims to identify the relationship between human resource management practices, work engagement, and proactive behavior of health workers in Gia Lai Province in Vietnam. Based on theoretical frameworks of human resource management, work engagement, and proactive behavior, this study developed a research model and tested its relationship between human resource management practices, work engagement, and the proactive behavior of healthcare workers in Gia Lai Province. This research has used a mixed research method with qualitative and quantitative research. The quantitative research was conducted by survey with 232 health workers. The hypotheses were tested by using structural equation modeling (SEM). The findings showed that human resource management practices have a positive and significant influence on proactive behavior, which directly influences healthcare workers’ work engagement. Besides, work engagement plays a role in mediating the influence of human resource management practices on proactive behavior. This research implies that health care organizations should pay more attention to human resource management practices to improve work engagement that assists in increasing employee proactive behavior. Efficient human resource management practices help boost work engagement and, initiality, improve the quality of health care services and minimize errors in treatments.

Anti-inflammatory Effects of Scrophularia buergeriana Extract Mixture Fermented with Lactic Acid Bacteria

Thi Ngoc Anh Pham,Hae Lim Kim,이동령,최봉근,양승환 한국생물공학회 2022 Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering Vol.27 No.3

Scrophularia buergeriana (SB) was once thought to be an herbal remedy with a wide range of uses. Lactobacillus transformation improves the medicinal benefits of biological substances. However, the effect of fermented SBE in macrophages on inflammatory expression is unknown. Furthermore, the synergistic effects of SBE and lactic acid bacteria (LAB) have not been previously investigated. Therefore, in the present study, we investigated the mixture of SB fermented with different lactic acid bacteria (LAB) strains, and analyzed their characteristics before and after fermentation. The results showed that LAB activities increased the levels of phenolic compounds, flavonoids, and iridoids, and SB extract (SBE) stimulated the growth of Lactobacillus strains. Moreover, we also determined the anti-inflammatory effects of the SBE fermented sample in lipopolysaccharide-treated RAW264.7 cells. It was observed that the treatment of SBE fermented sample inhibited nitric oxide (NO) production than SBE and also decreased the RNA expression of iNOS, IL-1β, IL-6, TNF-α, and COX-2. The results of this study indicate the potential anti-inflammation activity of lactic acid bacteria-fermented SBE as nutraceutical ingredients.

Anti-aging skin and antioxidant assays of protein hydrolysates obtained from salted shrimp fermented with Salinivibrio cibaria BAO-01

Pham Thi Ngoc Anh,Bao Le,양승환 한국응용생명화학회 2020 Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry (J. Appl. Vol.63 No.3

This study focused on the preparation and characterization of anti-wrinkle peptides from the salted and fermented shrimp (Acetes japonicus) inoculated with Salinivibrio cibaria BAO-01 (SFSC). The results showed the proximate composition of SFSC to be 9.23% water, 75.32% protein, 0.23% fat, and 13.3 mg/g ash. Interestingly, the S. cibaria fermentation significantly increased the amount of methionine, leucine, and arginine. The in vitro antioxidant activity was assayed by the diphenylpicrylhydrazyl method and its IC50 value was found to be 43.02±2.84 μg/mL. It was observed to inhibit the activity of elastase, tyrosinase, collagenase, and hyaluronidase. The IC50 values of SFSC were 182.75±12.38 μg/mL for anti-elastase activity, 186.78±7.95 μg/mL for anti-tyrosinase activity, 444.4±34.81 μg/mL for anti-collagenase activity, and 1447.95±28.92 μg/mL for anti-hyaluronidase activity. These results suggest that salted and fermented shrimp has strong potential for the development of nutricosmetic products.

Design an artificial intelligence chatbot to support patient declaration and direction of examination rooms for outpatients

Thi Ngoc Thao Pham,Ha Phuong Truc Nguyen,Thi My Ni Pham,Quang Than Tran,Hoanh Su Le ASCONS 2022 IJASC Vol.4 No.1

Background/Objectives: Automation is a trend currently, and chatbots are an excellent way for organizations to automate customer service duties. The medical profession has been put under immense strain during COVID-19 outbreaks as the number of patients increases rapidly, causing medical institutions and hospitals to be overcrowded. Users will find it challenging to schedule an appointment at a clinic, provide health advice, or update information due to this. Methods/Statistical analysis: A chatbot that supports users in advising, making appointments, and screening COVID-19 patients at clinics can be a valuable resource for both the user and the clinic in this situation. This paper developed a framework for developing a chatbot for clinics using a specific Frequent Answer Question (FAQ) dataset relating to COVID-19 and frequent diseases in Vietnam. In our study, the RASA framework was used with data collected from interviewing receptionists and website of clinics. Findings: Our chatbot can act as a counsellor, assisting patients with scheduling appointments, answering inquiries about symptoms of common illnesses, in particular, COVID-19 patient screening. In addition, we integrated our chatbot with Facebook Messenger and Zalo, two major social networking sites in Vietnam. Improvements/Applications: For specific implementation with each clinic, dataset enhancement and new services information update are necessary for broader applications.