NEW RURAL CONSTRUCTION IN HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM

Ho Chi Minh City is Vietnam's the largest city with potentials, strengths on the development of industry, construction and service. The proportion of these sectors accounts for more than 99% of the city's GDP structure. Moreover, the city also has a large rural area with 05 suburban districts. In the past years, the city has also focused on strong investment to build and develop rural areas, contributing to changing the face of rural areas of the city; and simultaneously narrowing the gap between the urban and suburban areas. Since the day of national reunification up to now, Ho Chi Minh City has focused resources to invest in developing rural areas under the policy of new rural construction of the Communist Party of Vietnam, especially investment in building a synchronous and completed socio-economic infrastructure system, contributing to rural development, increasing incomes and improving people's lives. Article visualizations

DETERMINANTS OF THE INTENTION TO USE LOAN SHARKS OF STUDENTS: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCES FROM VIETNAMESE UNIVERSITIES

Based on the development of the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology model (UTAUT), the authors measured the intention to use loan sharks for students in Vietnamese universities. The research utilizes both quantitative and qualitative methods with the primary data collected from students in Vietnamese universities. The results demonstrate that three main variables significantly impact on intention to use loan sharks, namely "Social Influence," "Financial Literacy," and "Expectancy Effort." In particular, the authors added the "Financial Literacy" element through the results of in-depth interviews. Besides, "Gender" and "Academic Year" also affect the relationship between three main variables and the intention to use loan sharks. Based on the research results, the authors propose several specific policy implications for authorities to eliminate loan sharks through social media and promote financial literacy in universities

Factors affecting to digital skills and adaptability of students in the context of digital transformation at the Ho Chi Minh city University of Technology and Education

The article focuses on analyzing the factors affecting students' digital skills and adaptability in the context of digital transformation. The study identified influencing factors: Environment, Behavior, Individuals, Teachers, Time of use, and access. However, the results of an online survey of 1.282 students of the Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education (HCMUTE) with Cronbach's Alpha test method, EFA analysis, correlations, and regression analysis, showed that there are 3/5 factors identified in the hypothesis that affect digital skills and adaptability of HCMUTE students in the context of digital transformation, specifically: behavior (Beta = 0.177, Sig. = 0.000); individuals (Beta = 0.181, Sig. = 0.027); teacher (Beta = 0.547, Sig. = 0.000). Besides, the environment does not affect digital skills and adaptability (KNSKNTU) due to Beta = 0.017 and Sig.=0.384>0.05. Sig does not involve usage and access time factors. >0.05 in the table Correlations not be further analyzed in the regression model. The research results are expected to help provide a more objective view of the reality of digital adoption and student adaptability in the digital transformation context at HCMUTE

Factors affecting to digital skills and adaptability of students in the context of digital transformation at the Ho Chi Minh city University of Technology and Education

The article focuses on analyzing the factors affecting students' digital skills and adaptability in the context of digital transformation. The study identified influencing factors: Environment, Behavior, Individuals, Teachers, Time of use, and access. However, the results of an online survey of 1.282 students of the Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education (HCMUTE) with Cronbach's Alpha test method, EFA analysis, correlations, and regression analysis, showed that there are 3/5 factors identified in the hypothesis that affect digital skills and adaptability of HCMUTE students in the context of digital transformation, specifically: behavior (Beta = 0.177, Sig. = 0.000); individuals (Beta = 0.181, Sig. = 0.027); teacher (Beta = 0.547, Sig. = 0.000). Besides, the environment does not affect digital skills and adaptability (KNSKNTU) due to Beta = 0.017 and Sig.=0.384>0.05. Sig does not involve usage and access time factors. >0.05 in the table Correlations not be further analyzed in the regression model. The research results are expected to help provide a more objective view of the reality of digital adoption and student adaptability in the digital transformation context at HCMUTE

Emerging Role of Circulating Tumor Cells in Gastric Cancer

With over 1 million incidence cases and more than 780,000 deaths in 2018, gastric cancer (GC) was ranked as the 5th most common cancer and the 3rd leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide. Though several biomarkers, including carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), cancer antigen 19-9 (CA19-9), and cancer antigen 72-4 (CA72-4), have been identified, their diagnostic accuracies were modest. Circulating tumor cells (CTCs), cells derived from tumors and present in body fluids, have recently emerged as promising biomarkers, diagnostically and prognostically, of cancers, including GC. In this review, we present the landscape of CTCs from migration, to the presence in circulation, biologic properties, and morphologic heterogeneities. We evaluated clinical implications of CTCs in GC patients, including diagnosis, prognosis, and therapeutic management, as well as their application in immunotherapy. On the one hand, major challenges in using CTCs in GC were analyzed, from the differences of cut-off values of CTC positivity, to techniques used for sampling, storage conditions, and CTC molecular markers, as well as the unavailability of relevant enrichment and detection techniques. On the other hand, we discussed future perspectives of using CTCs in GC management and research, including the use of circulating tumor microembolies; of CTC checkpoint blockade in immunotherapy; and of organoid models. Despite the fact that there are remaining challenges in techniques, CTCs have potential as novel biomarkers and/or a non-invasive method for diagnostics, prognostics, and treatment monitoring of GC, particularly in the era of precision medicine

Demographic Factors Affecting the Level of Financial Literacy in Rural Areas: The Case of Vietnam

This article measures the level of financial literacy in the rural areas of Vietnam. The financial literacy is usually concerned by financial institutions and government organizations. This is considered to be an indicator that contributes to the assessment of the quality and potential growth of the financial system. In the article the determinants of financial literacy in Vietnam are identified. In result the authors propose a designed financial literacy enhancement programme for implementation

Capital structure, working capital, and governance quality affect the financial performance of small and medium enterprises in Taiwan

This study examines the impact of capital structure, working capital, and governance quality on the financial performance of small- and medium-sized enterprises in Taiwan using a sample of more than 2000 firms from the Taiwan Economic Journal (TEJ) during the 24-year period of 1995-2018. Panel data are used to create statistics for the regression model. The result shows that a firm's capital structure, represented by the debt ratio, has a significantly negative impact on the firm's financial measures (return on assets (ROA) and return on equity (ROE)), where the working capital, represented by the cash conversion cycle (CCC), has a negative impact and governance quality, represented by the board size, cash dividend distribution, and the percentage of directors, has different impacts

A atual educação em ética profissional para estudantes vietnamianos

With the cause of industrialization and modernization, especially by the impact of the Industrial Revolution 4.0. the role of education and training are changed dramatically, and also from the direction of the Vietnamese government on the concentration of education and training policy improvement which leads to the foundation and driving force for industrialization and modernization of the country, this paper will analyze and present the basic concepts of professional ethics education and the status quo of education of professional ethics at the universities in Vietnam. The key research method applied in this paper is the critical realist approach. Later, the recommendations are proposed for the enhancement of the effectiveness of professional ethics education for Vietnamese students at the universities.Con la causa de la industrialización y la modernización, especialmente por el impacto de la Revolución Industrial 4.0. el papel de la educación y la formación se modifican drásticamente, y también de la dirección del gobierno vietnamita en la concentración de la mejora de la política de educación y formación que conduce a la base y la fuerza impulsora para la industrialización y modernización del país, este documento analizará y presentará los conceptos básicos de la educación en ética profesional y el status quo de la educación en ética profesional en las universidades de Vietnam. El método de investigación clave aplicado en este artículo es el enfoque realista crítico. Posteriormente, se proponen las recomendaciones para mejorar la eficacia de la educación en ética profesional para los estudiantes vietnamitas en las universidades.Com a causa da industrialização e modernização, principalmente pelo impacto da Revolução Industrial 4.0. o papel da educação e do treinamento mudou drasticamente, e também da direção do governo vietnamita na concentração da melhoria da política de educação e treinamento que leva à fundação e força motriz para a industrialização e modernização do país, este artigo irá analisar e apresentar os conceitos básicos da educação para a ética profissional e o status quo da educação para a ética profissional nas universidades do Vietnã. O principal método de pesquisa aplicado neste artigo é a abordagem realista crítica. Posteriormente, as recomendações são propostas para o aumento da eficácia da educação em ética profissional para estudantes vietnamitas nas universidades

Developing a restaurant recommended system via the Vietnamese food image classification

A recommendation system is a system that recommends products and services to users based on daily online searching habits. The recommender system is applied in many fields such as job searching, health care, education, music, and tourism. However, few studies have combined computer vision and collaborative filtering to build a restaurant recommendation system in the tourism sector. In this study, we presented a solution to build a restaurant recommendation system through Vietnamese food image classification. First, we used ResNet-34 which is a variant of the convolutional neural network to classify Vietnamese food images. Then, the system applied the alternative least square technique in matrix factorization and Apache Spark in distributed computing to train the restaurant location dataset. The output was the most relevant restaurant places list to show many choices to users. The experimental datasets included the Vietnamese image and the restaurant location datasets that were collected from kaggle.com and foody.vn websites. For image classification task evaluation, we compared ResNet-34 to variants of ResNet. For the restaurant recommendation task evaluation, we compared alternative least squares with k-nearest neighbor. The comparison results show that the proposed solution is better than traditional popular models

A Simple, Rapid, and Cost-Effective PCR Procedure for Detection of NUDT15 Gene Variants in Vietnamese Patients with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Objective The NUDT15 variants impact thiopurine dose selection in acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients. The ability to rapidly detect variants is important in clinical practice. This study aims to develop a simple polymerase chain reaction (PCR) procedure for detecting NUDT15 variants in Vietnamese patients. Materials and Methods Sanger sequencing was used to determine NUDT15 variants from 200 patients. We designed primers and optimized the PCR procedure for detection of wild-type and variant alleles and compared with Sanger sequencing results. Results The inserted variant c.55_56insGAGTCG was detected by differences in size through conventional PCR. The tetra-primer amplification refractory mutation system PCR was successful in detecting two variations, c.52G > A and c.415C > T. The sensitivity and specificity of PCR procedure achieved 100% when compared to 200 Sanger sequencing results. Conclusion Our PCR procedure is suitable for replacing Sanger sequencing to detect the NUDT15 variants in clinical setting