The institutional context influencing rural-urban migration choices and strategies for young married women and men in Vietnam

This report draws together secondary data and informed opinion relating to the wider context in which young married rural-urban migrants must craft strategies for managing their reproductive and family lives. In contrast to long standing patterns of male migration, the increasing numbers of migrants and the emergence of new forms of migration mean that young married women are increasingly moving for work too. The report outlines the wider situation in which these dynamics are occurring: the growing inequalities in the context of doi moi, the declining barrier that household registration poses to mobility, and the changing opportunities for work in the city. It also reviews changing gender relations in Vietnam with particular attention to changes in marriage and marital relations, in sexuality and fertility and in parenting. Finally it explores how changes in social entitlements in Vietnam may affect these migrants with special attention to maternal health, child health and children’s education. The report concludes that migrants with young families and new marriages face a plethora of barriers and opportunities that they must negotiate and that the strategies they formulate are dynamic and involve complex trade-offs

Exploring the Impacts of Financial Education on Behaviour Change in Personal Finance Management: Evidence from the PUFin Educational Programme “Managing My Money”

The impacts of educational interventions towards behaviour change have been disputed in previous studies (Hensley, 2015; Collins & Holden, 2014; Hopley, 2003). This study investigated whether financial interventions result in a change in financial behaviour. It also examined the role of educational interventions in contributing to the financial well-being (FWB) of citizens through obtaining desirable behaviour change and strengthening financial capability. The participants in the study have taken part in the “Managing My Money” course (MMM). This study examined if they had made a change in their behaviour, as a result of taking part in this course. The literature review covers the theories explaining the relationship between educational interventions, behaviour change, financial capability and FWB using a range of behaviour change models, such as the “Five Stages of Change” model (Prochaska et al., 1992; Prochaska & DiClemente, 1983). A positivist approach was chosen to measure behaviour change. A survey method was applied and enriched with data from open-ended questions (Easterby-Smith et al, 2008). The deductive analysis of the open-ended responses provided a clearer picture of actual behaviour change and financial capability of students before and after the course. This research makes an empirical contribution to the behaviour change literature. It provides evidence showing the effect of financial education towards behaviour change in personal finance (Prochaska & Di Clemente, 1992; Collins & Holden, 2014; Darnton, 2008). This research also supports previous studies that an educational intervention does not always result in behaviour change (SeiLing and Shockey, 2006), but helps to prepare people to make a change. In addition, it uncovered factors that constrained people in making a change, such as knowledge and low-income (Bell & Lerman, 2005; Lyons, 2005). A conceptual framework of the relationship between educational intervention; behaviour change, financial capability and well-being is outlined. The study has implications for social marketers, where a programme of personal financial education, should be developed to promote positive behaviour change, in particular for low-income individuals to encourage an improvement in the FWB of society

BUILDING A CURRICULUM CONTENTS FOR THE BADMINTON LECTURES FOR STUDENTS OF THANH HOA UNIVERSITY OF CULTURE, SPORTS AND TOURISM

Research and build badminton content for non-sport students Thanh Hoa University of  Culture, Sports and Tourism, physical education subject, with appropriate subject content with students, facilities of the school, initially obtained good results

An inquiry into the determinants of Vietnamese product export

Export led growth is the model of economic development that Vietnam has been following. While there are a great number of studies on the determinants of aggregate export of Vietnam, there are few that analyze the impacts of different factors on the export of different product groups. This paper aims at filling this gap in research on international trade of Vietnam. The results show that the fast GDP growth of Vietnam, the large population of importing countries, the wide economic gap between Vietnam and the importing countries, the depreciation of domestic currency, the free trade agreements that Vietnam signed and the shared border with the importing countries contribute to the increase of Vietnam’s export of all product groups. In contrast, the GDP of importing countries and population of Vietnam have no clear impacts on the export of any product groups.

Investigation of botulism in free-range duck farming in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam

Background: One of the most common diseases in free-range ducks in the Mekong Delta is botulism. Botulism is a poultry disease caused by botulinum exotoxin of Clostridium botulinum. Aim: To evaluate the prevalence of botulism in free-range ducks in the Mekong Delta and the risk of infection by determining the presence of C. botulinum in the farming environment. Methods: Research was carried out on 200 duck flocks with 187,050 individuals raised freely in the fields in the provinces of the Mekong Delta, including An Giang, Can Tho, Hau Giang, and Kien Giang. The ducks were diagnosed with botulism based on clinical symptoms. To demonstrate the presence of botulinum neurotoxins and identify serotype, samples of serum and/or gut were analyzed by mouse bioassay. Samples of soil (n = 600), water (n = 600), crabs (n = 216), and snails (n = 400) were taken from the grazing regions for C. botulinum analysis by PCR assay. Results: There were 1.19% (2,235/187,050) free-range ducks in the Mekong Delta positive for botulism. Clinical symptoms of botulism including limberneck, drooping eyelids–enlarged pupils, and leg paralysis were prevalent across free-range ducks, with the frequency of 87.92% (1,965/2,235), 90.07% (2,013/2,235), and 79.78% (1,783/2,235), respectively. The lesions of pulmonary edema–hemorrhage, hemorrhagic liver, and gas-producing intestines were common, accounting for 86.19% (362/420), 95.48% (401/420), and 92.14% (387/420), respectively. Botulin toxin type C was found in a considerable number of serum samples, accounting for 40.48% (51/126). Meanwhile, the percentage of serum samples containing botulin toxin types E and D was 28.57% (36/126) and 25.40% (32/126), respectively. Clostridium botulinum was detected in the farming environment specifically 17.5% (105/600) in soil, 19.67% (118/600) in water, 8.33% (18/216) in crabs, and 3.00% (12/400) in snails. Conclusion: The free-range ducks in the Mekong Delta were at high risk of botulism because of the latent presence of C. botulinum in the farming environment