Vietnam In Future Research Articles

The Intention to Participate in Voluntary Social Insurance of Informal Sector Workers: the Case in Mekong Delta, Vietnam

Purpose: The objective of this study is to develop the participation of informal sector workers in voluntary social insurance to ensure the Social Security policy of the Government of Vietnam. Theoretical Framework: Based on the results compiled from expert as: Kotler, 2003; Schiffman and Kanuk, 2007; Ming-Chi Lee, 2009; Holmgren et al., 2016 and Krajaechun and Praditbatuga, 2019. The model was preliminarily designed by the author through eight prefix variables including: Confidence in Benefits, Evaluation of Social Responses, Perception of risks, Beliefs, Motivation, Attitude towards Voluntary social insurance, Subjective norms, and Intention to participate in Voluntary social insurance. Methodology: This study employs primary data from a survey of 370 people working in informal workers in 04 province of the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam: Kien Giang Province, Tra Vinh Province, Hau Giang Province and Soc Trang Province. The Authors using Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) and Bootstrap analysis in the SEM reliability test employed for data analysis and interpretation. Findings: Research results show that two factors that affect the intention to participate in voluntary social insurance of workers in the informal sector: Attitude towards social insurance and subjective norms. Solutions: From the research results, the authors have proposed solutions to further improve the participation in voluntary social insurance of workers in the informal sector in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam in future.

The Intention to Participate in Voluntary Social Insurance of Informal Sector Workers: the Case in Mekong Delta, Vietnam

Purpose: The objective of this study is to develop the participation of informal sector workers in voluntary social insurance to ensure the Social Security policy of the Government of Vietnam. Theoretical Framework: Based on the results compiled from expert as: Kotler, 2003; Schiffman and Kanuk, 2007; Ming-Chi Lee, 2009; Holmgren et al., 2016 and Krajaechun and Praditbatuga, 2019. The model was preliminarily designed by the author through eight prefix variables including: Confidence in Benefits, Evaluation of Social Responses, Perception of risks, Beliefs, Motivation, Attitude towards Voluntary social insurance, Subjective norms, and Intention to participate in Voluntary social insurance. Methodology: This study employs primary data from a survey of 370 people working in informal workers in 04 province of the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam: Kien Giang Province, Tra Vinh Province, Hau Giang Province and Soc Trang Province. The Authors using Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) and Bootstrap analysis in the SEM reliability test employed for data analysis and interpretation. Findings: Research results show that two factors that affect the intention to participate in voluntary social insurance of workers in the informal sector: Attitude towards social insurance and subjective norms. Solutions: From the research results, the authors have proposed solutions to further improve the participation in voluntary social insurance of workers in the informal sector in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam in future.

Investigating the relationship between educational support and entrepreneurial intention in Vietnam: The mediating role of entrepreneurial self-efficacy in the theory of planned behavior

The purpose of the study is to investigate the mediating role of entrepreneurial self-efficacy and the components of theory of planned behaviour (TPB) model (personal attitude, subjective norm, perceived behavioural control) in the relationship between entrepreneurial educational support and entrepreneurial intentions of the university students in Vietnam. The participants of the study include 401 university students (undergraduate and post-graduate) from universities in Vietnam. Confirmatory Factor Analysis and structural equation model is used for testing the hypotheses of this study. The results from the analysis suggest that the entrepreneurship educational support does not impact the entrepreneurial intentions directly, but has an indirect positive effect mediated by three components of TPB and entrepreneurial self-efficacy. Many studies conducted in the past tested the mediating effect of educational support on TPB component but none of the study determined the serial mediating effect of two variables of educational support on ES. Hence, this study is one of the first attempt to find this serial mediating effect. This study recommends that even though the entrepreneurial education does not have a direct impact on entrepreneurial intentions, but educational support does have a significant positive effect on TPB components and self-efficacy, which has a further effect on entrepreneurial intentions and hence it is important for the universities to develop courses which can help in developing the skills for starting new ventures through the education system in Vietnam which will further help in fostering creativity, self-dependence and innovation. The study results will be useful to fulfill government's aim to increase the number of start-ups in Vietnam in future.

Trade Liberalization and Customs Revenue in Vietnam

The study assesses the impact of trade liberalization factors on changes in customs revenues in Vietnam. Research data was conducted between 2002 and 2017 on the official website of the Government's Web Portal and The World Bank. This paper uses the vector error correction model to estimate the short-term and long term relationship between data series. The results have proven that tariff reductions have a positive effect on short-term and long-term customs revenues in Vietnam. However, the implementation of other international commitments on trade liberalization has positive short-term and long-term negative impacts on customs revenues in Vietnam. The study's results also show that exchange rate has no effect on changes in customs revenues in the short term but it has a strong impact on increasing customs revenues in the long run. Based on these findings, the article also suggests a number of policies to ensure customs revenues in Vietnam in future. In order to ensure customs revenues, the government of Vietnam should: (1) having some policy to improve the efficiency of customs management in Vietnam; (2) Building appropriate VND exchange rate policy; (3) Establishing reasonable non - tariff barriers to prevent fraud and ovations cause losses in customs revenues.

BCAT- based marker for marker-assisted selection in Vietnam cucumber breeding

Yield imporovement is one of major breeding objectives of cucumber improvement. Gynoecious, an important agricultural trait which highly correlates with yield, was proved to be controlled by F locus. Conventional plant breeding approach has some limitations in terms of potential inaccuracies and time-consuming. Molecular marker - assisted breeding is, therefore, an effectively alternative solution. F locus– linked molecular marker was previously reported. The main aim of this project was to evaluate the potential applicability of this F locus– specific marker for marker–assisted selection in Vietnam cucumber breeding program. Three different cucumber populations <i>e.g.,</i> pure lines, F2 and F3 population were utilized with 13, 131 and 84 plants, respectively for each population. Plant sexual phenotypes were determined. Sequencing reactions were performed for <I>BCAT</I> 3’UTR of 3 gynoecious and 2 monoecious pure lines. Plant genotypes were determined by standard PCR with a primer pair amplifying a 56 bp-deletion region in <I>BCAT</I> 3’UTR. A 56 bp-deletion was found in <I>BCAT</I> 3’UTR of gynoecious pure lines as compared with monoecious lines. The marker based on this 56 bp-deletion region in <I>BCAT</I> 3’UTR could help to separate cucumber plants having homozygous and heterozygous sex phenotypes. The marker genotype absolutely corresponded with monoecious trait. Especially, the marker could precisely explain for 80 % gynoecious trait. The marker highly explained for Vietnam cucumber sex traits and could be applied for marker-assisted selection in cucumber breeding program in Vietnam in future.

Critical Success Factors of Large Design-Build Projects in Vietnam

Design-build (D&B) has been broadly perceived as an effective project delivery method and become popular in the world. However, the implementation process of this innovative procurement method in Vietnam encounters difficulties due mainly to unfamiliarity and inexperience with the approach. Critical success factors (CSFs) which could be used to enhance the project execution are useful to practitioners in Vietnam if identified. A questionnaire survey was employed to identify CSFs of D&B projects in Vietnam. Parties' competence, especially financial capability, and contract documentation are the most important factors significantly affecting project success. It was also shown that the perspectives of two principal parties in D&B projects on the CSFs are statistically correlated. The identified CSFs were then validated with some various D&B projects. The execution results of CSFs' were compared with the projects' performance measured try key performance indicators (KPIs). The most important success factors of this study were also compared with other countries'. The validation and comparison results provide project participants with some useful information to perform D&B projects better. Practitioners should well perform the identified CSFs to enhance the chance of the success of D&B projects in Vietnam. The findings of this study are useful not only to Vietnamese practitioners but also to others who are concerned about D&B method and plan to employ it in Vietnam in future.