The objective of this research is to investigate the relationship of Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) between Vietnam and United States (U.S). Conducted were unit root test; Johansen Co-integration test; Vector Error Correction Model, and monthly time series data spans from January 2010 to De- cember 2015. The results support the theory of PPP holding between Vietnam and U.S. Based on this result, policy makers can calculate the real exchange rate, and find out the effect of exchange rate on trade balance in order to set suitable policies to improve trade balance. The managers of MNCs can forecast the bilateral exchange rate to find the best options to reduce risk or maximize profit.

This article describes the factors of value chain analysis and clarifies the distribution of profits among the factors involved in the value chain of White Leg shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) in Can Gio District, Ho Chi Minh City. The study was carried out from July to December 2017 through primary data collection with 204 samples including factors involved in the chain in four of the communes of the district, An Thoi Dong, Ly Nhon, Tam Thon Hiep and Binh Khanh. Among factors in the chain,  the distributions of value added and income are different; the majority of value added are contributed mainly from farmer households (81.3%); a substantial part of profit in the chain belongs to processing enterprises (70.7%).

Recently, due to the developments in medical technology, the field of neuroscience has been expe- riencing an unparalleled growth, resulting in many breakthroughs in the field’s understanding of how the brain learns and constructs information. The aim of this paper is to review the key findings of this research and propose implications for designing research in CALL. The findings are reviewed against the backdrop of a critique of current CALL research, which continues to show resistance to change and seems unable to offer new directions to second language (L2) pedagogues. This is a conceptual paper that hopes to inspire CALL scholars and postgraduate researchers to expand the traditional sources of the literature that define the scope of L2 studies and to integrate evidence from emerging research in order to modernise the field and its implications for practice.

The present paper concerns itself with the recent policy changes in higher education across South- East Asia that advocate a shift toward competency-based learning. The change impacts also on English Language Teacher Education (ELTE) programs that seek to prepare pre-service teachers for a career that, increasingly, requires from teachers to be imaginative, innovative and intellectually engaged lead- ers. However, research shows that the new policies present numerous challenges to lecturers in lan- guage teacher education programs in South-East Asia: old habits persist and role models are missing. The present paper addresses the need for examples of quality practices in language teacher education and shares with readers the researcher's own experiences in addressing the new challenges in the Aus- tralian context. The principle that informed the researcher's own teaching model drew on the under- standing that the new career descriptors of school teachers emerged from the world that is becoming increasingly aware that schools belong to community, and that community is not a closed enclave but a conglomerate of "conversations", past and present, in which we participate as professionals. Hence, the key aim of the approach described in this paper was to design strategies that would enable pre-ser- vice people to expand their concepts of their professional community and expose them to ideas that they identify to be interesting, informative and inspiring their interest in future professional development.

Culture and language are two intertwined elements in education especially in language teaching. It is the interrelation between the two factors that makes integrating culture in foreign language les- sons taken for granted. The inseparable combination of language acquisition and cultural awareness is found at all levels of English education from primary to secondary. This paper aims at reviewing the published literature on the importance of teaching intercultural competence (IC) to young language learners from different theories in teaching and learning a foreign language. The study will provide an overview of the necessary and natural roles of IC in language lessons for the teachers in the field.

In teaching listening, it is widely known that a good pattern for listening session should include three stages: pre-listening, while-listening, and post-listening. The aim of this paper is to investigate the employment of pre-listening activities to help improve English-majored students’ listening compre- hension at Van Hien University. The paper first defines the listening process and then reviews various pre-listening activities that are used in teaching and learning listening skill. In order to illustrate the importance of the use of pre-listening activities, the experiment was employed with the participation of two separate groups: one experimental group and one control group. Pre- and post-tests were used to explore students’ performance before and after the use of pre-listening activities in teaching listening lessons. The results showed that there was a statistically significant difference between the two groups after the experiment. This difference was in favor of the group experiencing pre-listening activities. Finally, from the research findings, recommendations were made in the hope of improving listening practice and teaching.

Learning verb phrases plays an integral part in foreign language learning effectively in general or in English learning practically. Thus, it is absolutely necessary for those learning English as a foreign language to analyze and contrast similarities and differences between English and Vietnamese verb phrases. Referring to the collected books, we (three senior students under the supervisor in Van Hien University) examine this statement for our further understanding purpose. In this paper, some common features of the verb phrases in English and Vietnamese are pointed out, concepts about the verb phrases are noted together with the distinction between two languages are also in the light. It is recommended that EFL learners should acknowledge the variations of verb phrases to apply into language use in suitable contexts precisely.

Relative clauses play a crucial role in improving students’ writing and speaking performances. In this study, a 20-question survey was delivered to 100 EFL seniors at a university in Vietnam to find out the extent to which they understood different types of relative clauses and different relative pronouns. Also, the frequency at which these relative clauses and pronouns were used in their written and spoken communication was investigated. The findings showed the participants’ lack of understanding of these aspects. They also preferred using restrictive relative clause over non-restrictive clause, and certain rel- ative pronouns were used significantly more frequently than the others. Recommendations for teachers to raise students’ understanding of relative clauses and relative pronouns, as well as to improve students’ performance were also made for teachers’ conventional teaching practice.

Established in 1998, Cat Tien National Park – the 41th Biosphere reserves of the world is not only highlighted with abundant fauna and flora but also a living locality of many native tribes with featured cultural tradition, in which most of population is the Ma people, mainly rounding up at Ta Lai village of the buffer zone of Cat Tien National Park. The variation about cultural tradition, customs and festival has made cultural humanity resources of this area more plentiful. However, the effectiveness of the exploitation of original culture of Ma people to develop tourism is still not true with its inherent advantages. This paper aims to show the potential, current state of development, im- pacts and solutions to exploit the cultural values of the Ma community in Ta Lai in order to develop tourism on the perspective of sustainable development standpoint.

Based on secondary data collected from the General Statistics Office of Viet Nam, this article pre- sents the actual situation of Vietnamese agricultural sector about the contribution of agriculture to the economic growth and GDP of Vietnam, the export value of the agricultural sector in total export value of Vietnam, the labor productivity of the agricultural sector and investment in the agricultural sector. Besides many achievements, the agricultural sector is currently facing challenging issues: (a) labor productivity is still low, (b) the use of funds is inefficient although the capital investment in agriculture has increased rapidly over the years, (c) the growth rate of agricultural sector is still low due to small- scale production, (e) disease issues, sanitary and phytosanitary safety, (f) food safety, and (g) environ- mental pollution from cultivation and livestock farming have not been strictly controlled. From these facts, this article proposes recommendations which can limit the problems and develop the agricultural sector in the future.

In the real estate sector, buying a house is one of the most important economic decisions that people make, and it requires the buyer to deeply collect information regarding to housing features. In an effort to provide a better understanding of customer behavior in buying a house, this study investigated the roles of housing features and housing service quality on a customer behavior. It also examined the role of housing features and housing service quality on customer service accept- ance. Using the CFA & SEM analyses of 305 respondents who had house buying transactions in the residential areas in the Ho Chi Minh City, the research findings indicated that housing features and housing service quality had the positive relationship with customer’s behavior and with customer service acceptance.

The purpose of this study was to examine the abilities of emotional intelligence among 51 inpa- tients aged 18-60 years (20 male, 31 female) with a DSM-5 diagnosis of a major depressive disor- der. The methods used were The Emotional Intelligence Self-Assessment and The Beck Depression Inventory, 2nd Edition (BDI-II). The result showed that female patients had higher scores than male patients in the five abilities of emotional intelligence; Self-motivation’s average score was the lowest, while an average score of Social-awareness was the highest. In performance of abilities, there were differences between males and females, and severity levels of depression. Extroverted abilities showed lower level of emotional intelligence than introvertive abilities.

Retaining and managing talented employees are extremely meaningful efforts for organizations to ensure their competitive advantage. In Vietnam, more and more women have been holding important roles in national and foreign companies. However, Vietnamese women must also balance the quality of their roles as wives and mothers. This creates psychological pressure and causes difficulties for married working women. This paper aims to examine the factors affecting academic burnout and job performance of married working women. Using data collected from 343 respondents, we found that academic burnout was inversely related to core self-evaluation and positively related with work-family conflict (and family-work conflict), whereas job performance was directly proportional to core self- evaluation and inversely proportional to work-family conflict (and family-work conflict). The findings suggested that married working women need an optimistic self-view to deal with conflicts between job and family more easily, and to reduce academic burnout, and improve job performance.