ENCHANCING THE EFFICIENCY OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT THROUGH A.I

With the rapid development of the Information Technology industry, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are becoming the most popular keywords in the modern world. Companies around the world as well as in Vietnam have been finding powerful applications of Artificial Intelligence in their daily operation, especially in human resource management and development. AI application not only helps organizations to optimize their processes and increase performance, but also creates a flexible working environment and a better experience for employees. However, along with those benefits, the application of AI also creates new challenges, requiring organizations to consider and prepare carefully before applying new technology. This article will delve into the benefits and challenges of applying AI in human resource management, thereby helping businesses form and develop appropriate strategies in the future

ASSESSMENT OF THE POTENTIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT OF AGRITOURISM IN BINH DINH PROVINCE, VIETNAM

This study evaluates the potential for agritourism development in Binh Dinh Province, Central Vietnam. The analytical hierarchical process is used to determine the weights of four factors with 25 measurement criteria to assess agritourism potential. The research results show that Binh Dinh Province has great agritourism potential based on four evaluation factors, including (1) local agricultural tourism resources, (2) the trend for agritourism development and the agritourism market, (3) the local community’s willingness, and (4) the supporting activities of the local government. In particular, the local agricultural tourism resources factor received the highest score, followed by the local community’s willingness and the supporting activities of the local government. The trend for agritourism development and the agritourism market was rated the lowest. Therefore, Binh Dinh has viable opportunities to encourage the growth of agritourism to improve farmers’ livelihoodsDu lịch nông nghiệp đem lại nhiều cơ hội cho phát triển kinh tế cũng như đa dạng hóa các loại hình du lịch và cải thiện đời sống sinh kế của người dân. Nghiên cứu sử dụng phương pháp phân tích thứ bậc (AHP) để tính các trọng số của các tiêu chí đánh giá tiềm năng phát triển du lịch nông nghiệp tại các huyện, thị xã phía bắc tỉnh Bình Định. Tiếp theo, kết quả mô hình hóa sơ đồ mạng cho thấy cả 4 địa phương An Lão, Hoài Ân, Phù Mỹ, thị xã Hoài Nhơn đều được đánh giá ở mức điểm cao về tiềm năng phát triển du lịch nông nghiệp trên các khía cạnh tài nguyên du lịch, xu hướng phát triển du lịch, sự ủng hộ của người dân địa phương và sự quan tâm của chính quyền địa phương. Tuy nhiên, yếu tố xu hướng phát triển thị trường du lịch nông nghiệp được đánh giá ở mức điểm thấp hơn. Điều này cũng xuất phát từ việc phát triển du lịch nông nghiệp tại các huyện, thị xã phía Bắc tỉnh Bình Định cũng mới bắt đầu nhận được sự quan tâm trong vài năm gần đây, số lượt khách tham quan các huyện, thị xã phía Bắc tỉnh Bình Định còn ít so với tiềm năng du lịch của địa bàn

Business Leaders' mindset and the Firms' capabilities change towards the adoption of technology and innovation through government sponsored entrepreneurial training programs: the case of Hertfordshire, UK

© ICECH - International Conference on Emerging Challenges.Research purpose: The paper aims to: (1) Understand SMEs’ current mindset and capabilities, and their future expectations towards the adoption of technology and innovation and; (2) Explore the relative influence and impact of the Help to Grow: management programme on the leaders’ mindset and business capabilities of Hertfordshire business participants. Research motivation: The UK Government and many of the key sectors are increasingly focusing on growth, sustainability, and diversity. The paper explores the impact of a national programme to help the small business community (including micro and SMEs) to grow their businesses, with particular focus on the entrepreneurial mindset and businesses’ capabilities to adopt technology and innovation. Research design, approach and method Two surveys were conducted with different sizes to supplement information and make the analysis more accurate. The first survey was taken in 2019 and 2020 with 425 SMEs in Hertfordshire and in 2022, the second survey (and interviewed) were typically selected from the group of enterprises that were initially surveyed (n=20) to see more insight into the research issue. Main findings: The initial analysis (Hertfordshire-wide business community) and follow-on analysis (attendees of the Help-to-Grow: Management programme at UH) highlight the value of these short-intensive business leader skills programmes focused on developing the leadership and management skills of these business entrepreneurs and their small businesses capabilities. Practical/ managerial implications The research results have important implications for small and medium enterprises in identifying, evaluating and changing their mindsets as well as capabilities towards technological improvement and innovation. In addition, the research also provides more evidence and practical basis for the government and related agencies to improve such programs to better support small and medium businessesPeer reviewe

A comparative research on Communities of Practice, University Knowledge Exchange and Business Model Changes between the United Kingdom and Vietnamese Agri-tech Startups

This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, to view a copy of the license, see: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/The paper explores the expectation that agri-tech startups in the United Kingdom and Vietnam gain benefits of Communities of Practice (CoP), and how CoP help those businesses to tackle the challenges of business model changes for their growth enhancement. The co-creational collaboration between academics and agri-tech startups when working together on knowledge/experience-sharing through CoP is also investigated. The research uses a case-study approach, meetings, interviews, and documentary data to capture the events, actions and changes of attitudes, behaviours, and expectations of eight agri-tech startups towards their use of CoP. The research indicates a significant change in the business models of the startups when integrating into temporal CoP. These agri-tech startups often exploit their existing business models, while exploring a portfolio of new business opportunities that could generate new growth engines. Some of them quickly move into a value creation phase by which they achieve quick-wins and medium-term actions that generate both financial and non-financial business value. The research results may have implications for policymakers and practitioners who want to develop these types of interventions. Businesses in other fields can also better understand the value and potential of temporal CoP and start applying them. Keywords: Agri-tech, business model change (s), university knowledge exchange, communities of practice, startup (s). *Peer reviewedFinal Published versio

Knowledge of tuberculosis among physicians working at community health stations in Vietnam

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant health problem worldwide, including in Vietnam, where around 174,000 newly diagnosed cases and 13,200 patients died in 2018. There are challenges in the diagnostic process, treatment, and follow-up. The physicians with knowledge of TB working at commune health stations play an essential role in this struggle. The primary purpose of this study was to evaluate knowledge of TB and related factors among physicians working at community health stations in the Northern provinces of Vietnam. A cross-sectional survey was implemented on 335 physicians working at community health stations in 5 Northern provinces in Vietnam from September 2019 to October 2020. The result showed that the TB knowledge of physicians was not good. There were some severe knowledge gaps concerning at-risk groups, the main symptoms of TB, sputum tests for both diagnosis and follow-up and management of attack therapy. The TB training participants had better TB knowledge than others (aOR=1.68; 95%CI: 1.047-2.712). This study underlines the importance of clinical experience and TB training to TB knowledge. We suggest that a TB training plan is required for physicians. Our survey results could inform the process of defining the physicians who work at community health stations' role in TB management in the future

The psychological impact of the COVID-19 epidemic among healthcare workers at the grassroots level in Vietnam

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly affected the mental health of healthcare workers (HCWs). Therefore, an immediate priority is to monitor rates of mental health issues to understand related factors and inform interventions. The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the psychological and mental health impact of COVID-19 and some related factors among HCWs at the grassroots level in Vietnam. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 675 HCWs working at health facilities through questionnaires. The finding showed the rate of HCWs who were psychologically affected by the COVID-19 pandemic was 37.2%, of which 64.1% of HCWs were afraid to tell their families about the risk of exposure to COVID-19 at work. The 31.0% of HCWs had difficulty sleeping deeply/insomnia due to the COVID-19 epidemic. No statistically significant differences were found in the psychological impact of COVID-19 between HCW groups by age, gender, seniority, and professional qualifications. Some groups of HCWs were found to have poor psychological health. Our research suggests that during the COVID-19 pandemic, HCWs working in healthcare facilities experienced an increased psychological burden; psychological interventions for those at high risk and with common mental disorders should be included to reduce this burden and protect HCWs' mental health

Vietnam’s Scientific Publications in the Period of COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic is considered a global disaster that affects all areas of the world; however, it is also seen as a motivation for domestic and foreign scientists to focus on researching solutions to reduce its damage. This article aims to explore the correlation of scientific publications of countries in Southeast Asia, among research fields in Vietnam and among topics published by Vietnamese educational institutions in the context of a pandemic. 1392 Southeast Asian countries’ publications related to COVID-19 were referenced from the Scopus database, including 123 articles from Vietnam (up to August 27th, 2020). Statistics show that Vietnam ranks fifth in the number of scientific publications with research cooperation of researchers from 20 different countries. Regarding the research fields of Vietnam, medicine is the main research topic, social science ranks third following environmental science. In the field of social science, articles focus on four key topics: epidemic prevention, reduction of pandemic effects on life and socioeconomics, factors related to online learning of students, healthcare for the elderly. From the analysis results, the authors recommend that researchers should pay attention to other topics in the social sciences that have not been published, such as psychological effects of infected or suspected nCovi, the impact of COVID-19 to disadvantaged groups in society..

Payment Methods in Acquisitions of Association of Southeast Asian Nations Bidders

This paper examines the determinants of methods of payment in M&A transactions in ASEAN countries. We take into account the effects of characteristics of bidders, targets and countries on the choice of method of payment. The findings document the importance of bidders' technology status, targets' ownership status, relative size of bidders and targets, and especially the corporate governance variables in the countries that involved in those M&A transactions. In addition, crisis periods also distinguish the choices of payment method for domestic and cross-border M&As in ASEAN countries. Keywords: Methods of payment, ASEAN countries, Mergers, Acquisitions JEL Classifications: G32, G34, G3

Vertical transmission and early diagnosis of the microsporidian Enterocytozoon hepatonaei in Whiteleg Shrimp Penaeus vannamei

Microsporidia, which are ubiquitous obligate intracellular parasites responsible for a variety of diseases and economic losses in farming, have different transmission strategies. While horizontal transmission relies on sufûcient parasite numbers released into environment, vertical transmission requires host reproduction to occur leading to a lower virulence, and also induces a sex ratio distortion. The second strategy has been reported in a broad range of hosts from protists to mammals, in which insects and amphipod crustaceans as the most common. The present study shows the first evidence of vertical transmission of a microsporidia in decapod crustaceans via an experimental description of the infection by Enterocytozoon hepatopenaei (EHP) in whiteleg shrimp Penaeus vannamei. The group of healthy shrimp was infected with EHP by feeding with infected-shrimp tissue and sharing habitat. The presence of EHP in the infected shrimps was detected by using Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) method with specific primers EHP-510F/EHP-510R and histopathological analysis. The Nauplius, Zoae 1 and Zoae 2 stages collected from the infected female broodstocks demonstrated that EHP can infect offspring from their parental shrimp, and interestingly EHP can be detected from Nauplius stage of shrimp by the use of PCR method

TỐI ƯU HÓA ĐIỀU KIỆN NUÔI CẤY VÀ KHẢO SÁT KHẢ NĂNG PHÂN HỦY DIBENZOFURAN VÀ NAPHTHALENE CỦA CHỦNG VI KHUẨN Paenibacillus naphthalenovorans 4B1

The pollution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon compounds caused by herbicide residues contaminated with dioxin from the war and other wastes from industrial activities has left severe consequences to human health and the environment. Bioremediation using microorganisms capable of decomposing pollutant compounds exhibits more advantages than physicochemical treatment methods as it is highly efficient, economically feasible, sustainable, and eco-friendly. In this study, Paenibacillus naphthalenovorans strain 4B1, isolated from dioxin-contaminated soil in Vietnam, was optimized the culture conditions and evaluated its abilities to degrade dibenzofuran and naphthalene. The results revealed that strain 4B1 showed the best growth on mineral salts medium supplemented with dibenzofuran 1250 mg/L or naphthalene 750 mg/L, pH 7.0, incubated at 45°C and 180 rpm with a cell density of 9,42 × 107 và 5,6 × 107 CFU/mL, respectively. Gas chromatography analysis of the substrate concentrations indicated that strain 4B1 could degrade 79.76% of 1250 mg/L dibenzofuran and 83.03% of 750 mg/L naphthalene after 72 hours of incubation at optimal conditions. These results make Paenibacillus naphthalenovorans 4B1 a potential candidate for application in bioremediation of environments contaminated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon compounds.Ô nhiễm các hợp chất hydrocarbon thơm đa vòng gây ra do dư lượng chất độc chiến tranh hoặc từ chất thải của các hoạt động công nghiệp đã để lại nhiều hậu quả nghiêm trọng cho sức khỏe con người và môi trường sinh thái. Phương pháp phục hồi sinh học sử dụng các vi sinh vật có khả năng phân hủy các hợp chất ô nhiễm cho thấy hiệu quả xử lý cao, chi phí thấp, bền vững và thân thiện với môi trường hơn so với các phương pháp lý hóa thông thường. Trong nghiên cứu này, chủng vi khuẩn Paenibacillus naphthalenovorans 4B1, phân lập từ đất nhiễm dioxin, được nghiên cứu tối ưu hóa các điều kiện nuôi cấy và đánh giá khả năng phân hủy các hợp chất dibenzofuran và naphthalene. Kết quả nghiên cứu cho thấy chủng vi khuẩn này sinh trưởng tốt nhất trên môi trường muối khoáng bổ sung 1250 mg/L dibenzofuran hoặc 750 mg/L naphthalene, pH 7,0, nuôi cấy ở nhiệt độ 45°C và tốc độ khuấy trộn 180 vòng/phút với mật độ tế bào lần lượt là 9,42 × 107 và 5,6 × 107 CFU/mL. Phân tích sắc ký khí hàm lượng cơ chất còn lại trong môi trường nuôi cấy cho thấy chủng 4B1 có khả năng phân hủy dibenzofuran và naphthalene với hiệu suất lần lượt là 79,76% và 83,03% sau 72 giờ nuôi cấy. Kết quả này là cơ sở cho việc ứng dụng chủng vi khuẩn Paenibacillus naphthalenovorans 4B1 trong nghiên cứu xử lý các môi trường bị ô nhiễm các hợp chất hydrocarbon thơm đa vòng