This paper approaches the corporate governance mechanism to study the impact of corporate governance factors on capital risk, credit risk, and liquidity risk in Vietnamese commercial banks. This approach divides corporate governance into internal mechanism and external mechanism. The empirical study investigates 26 joint-stock commercial banks in the period of 2009-2013. The empirical study indicates that board strengths, foreign capital, information disclosure, and stakeholder roles have significant impacts on financial risk management in the banking systems. The study result provides key indicators for policy makers to build corporate governance mechanism for the financial risk management in Vietnam banking system.

Shadowing has been widely utilized in English language teaching classes, especially in interpretation training courses for decades and has become a topic of avid interest to various researchers such as Lambert (1992), Murphey (1995, 2001), Shiota (2012), and Hamada (2014). However, there has been no research conducted on the effect of implementing shadowing on fluency improvement in English interpretation in Vietnam. In response to this gap in the literature, this study aims to investigate (1) the possible connection between shadowing practices and the interpreting performances of the third-year English-major students in the educational context at Hanoi University of Industry (HaUI) and (2) the students’ perceptions of the application of shadowing in interpreting classes and its impacts on interpreting fluency. 54 third-year students at the Faculty of Foreign Languages (FFL), HaUI took part in a two-month experimental research, divided randomly into two groups including experimental and control groups. Data were gathered from (1) the pre- and post-tests with these two student cohorts, (2) interviews conducted with five students from the experimental group and (3) observations with this group. The research findings showed (1) a minimal influence of shadowing techniques on fluency improvement of the experimental group and (2) positive students’ beliefs and attitudes towards the application of shadowing in interpreting classes and its impacts on interpreting fluency. Based on these findings, a series of recommendations on the pedagogical procedure for applying shadowing to enhance English major students’ interpreting performances and further research on the application were offered. The paper, hopefully, provides useful information for teachers and researchers in the domain of interpretation, in general, and interpreting teaching activities at tertiary education, in particular.

Giáo dục STEM là một mô hình học tập đang được khuyến khích trong chương trình giáo dục phổ thông hiện nay. Một chủ đề STEM có tác động đối với học sinh chỉ khi chủ đề được gắn liền với thực tiễn địa phương và thể hiện ý nghĩa tác động đến đời sống con người. Một trong số các lĩnh vực thực tiễn có thể đề cập và cũng thu hút được nhiều sự quan tâm hiện nay chính là khoa học robot (Robotics). Bài viết này trình bày một chủ đề STEM trong lĩnh vực các mô hình thông minh, đó là chủ đề hệ thống cung cấp nước tự động đơn giản. Chủ đề được thiết kế theo quy trình dạy học 6E, là một quy trình nhấn mạnh yếu tố thiết kế kĩ thuật trong dạy học theo định hướng STEM.

The study was conducted to investigate the frequency of using metacognitive reading strategies (MRS) by the third-year English-majored students at the Faculty of Foreign Languages (FFL), Hanoi University of Industry (HaUI). To meet the research objectives, an online survey questionnaire was administered to 80 HaUI third-year English-majored students. Besides, two interviews with ten third-year English-majored students and three instructors in the Reading 5 course were also carried out. The findings showed that the students used the MRS with a medium frequency and employed the pragmatic reading strategies (PRS) more often than analytic reading strategies (ARS). This paper is hoped to provide a valuable reference for instructors and students to have deeper understanding about reading strategies, particularly MRS, thereby improving students’ reading skills.

Purpose: The article aims to determine factors affecting employees' work motivation and loyalty in enterprises in Dong Nai province.   Theoretical framework: Research theory on work motivation and employee loyalty. Work motivation is the motivation of people to work enthusiastically, helping them promote their inner potential and overcome challenges and difficulties to complete the work in the best way.   Design/Methodology/Approach:  The research method of this study is a combination of qualitative research methods and quantitative research methods. Qualitative research: group discussions were conducted with 30 business experts with extensive experience in human resource management and longtime business directors in Dong Nai. Quantitative analysis was carried out with an expected sample size of 1000 enterprises in enterprises, selected by convenient sampling method.   Findings: The study contributes to a new survey of the factors affecting the work motivation and loyalty of employees in enterprises in Dong Nai province as a reference for academic studies and other in the field of human resource management.   Research, practical & social implications: The research results of the research paper serve as a scientific basis for business leaders in Dong Nai province to propose reasonable policies to improve employees' work motivation and loyalty at enterprises in Dong Nai province.   Originality/Value:  The paper's originality and value help managers contribute to the study to add a suitable work motivation and loyalty model for today's Vietnamese business leaders.