This study investigates factors affecting consumers’ behavioral intention of using digital wallets in Vietnam. The research model consists of 5 independent variables, namely performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, facilitating conditions, and perceived risks. The sample size of this study is 280. This study confirms that performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, and facilitating conditions positively influence the behavioral intention of using digital wallets. Importantly, performance expectancy and effort expectancy are the most significant determinants of behavioral intention. Perceived risks are found to negatively affect the behavioral intention of using digital wallets. These findings indicate that service providers ought to focus on enhancing digital wallets’ user-friendliness, features, and functions to improve financial transactions via digital wallets. The security system of digital wallets also needs improving to reduce risks, thereby encouraging Vietnamese consumers to utilize the service.

Background In view of the current swine fever outbreak and the government aspiration to increase the goat population, a need arises to control and prevent industry decimating outbreaks goat pox. Despite North Vietnam facing sporadic cases of goat pox, this most recent outbreak had the highest recorded morbidity, mortality and case fatality rate. Thus, owing to the fear that such outbreak may recur and become widespread, an analysis of that outbreak was done based on selected signalment, management and disease pattern (signs and pathology) parameters.Results It was found that the susceptible age group were between 3-6 months old kids while higher infection rate occurred in those under the free-range rearing system. The clinical signs and lesions were not restricted to the skin but have extended into the lung and intestine. The pathogen had been confirmed in positive cases via PCR as goat pox with prevalence of almost 80%.Conclusions The current outbreak of goat pox in North Vietnam denotes its significance to the industry and signals the importance of a prompt identification which will lead to an effective control of the disease.

Background: In view of the current swine fever outbreak and the government aspiration to increase the goat population, a need arises to control and prevent outbreaks of goat pox. Despite North Vietnam facing sporadic cases of goat pox, this most recent outbreak had the highest recorded morbidity, mortality and case fatality rate. Thus, owing to the likelihood of a widespread recurrence of goat pox infection, an analysis of that outbreak was done based on selected signalment, management and disease pattern (signs and pathology) parameters. This includes examination of animals, inspection of facilities, tissue sampling and analysis for confirmation of goatpox along with questionaires. Results: It was found that the susceptible age group were between 3-6 months old kids while higher infection rate occurred in those under the free-range rearing system. The clinical signs of pyrexia, anorexia, nasal discharge and lesions of pocks were not restricted to the skin but have extended into the lung and intestine. The pathogen had been confirmed in positive cases via PCR as goat pox with prevalence of 79.69%. Conclusions: The epidemiology of the current goat pox outbreak in North Vietnam denotes a significant prevalence which may affect the industry. This signals the importance of identifying the salient clinical signs and post mortem lesions of goat pox at the field level in order to achieve an effective control of the disease.

Ma túy và nghiện ma túy đang là một vấn nạn gây ra nhiều hệ lụy nghiêm trọng về kinh tế, xã hội mà bất cứ quốc gia nào cũng phải đối phó, trong đó có Việt Nam. Bài viết này khảo sát thực trạng các dịch vụ công tác xã hội trợ giúp người nghiện ma túy gồm: Tư vấn, chăm sóc sức khỏe, hỗ trợ pháp lý, việc làm, chuyển gửi… Kết quả nghiên cứu cho thấy các dịch vụ này còn hạn chế về độ bao phủ và chất lượng dịch vụ, mức độ hài lòng của người nghiện đối với dịch vụ chưa cao. Nguyên nhân được xác định gồm: Thủ tục hành chính phức tạp, chất lượng dịch vụ, chất lượng nhân viên công tác xã hội chưa tốt, chi phí dịch vụ cao, cơ sở vật chất của cơ sở cung cấp dịch vụ chưa hiện đại… Từ những bất cập trên, tác giả đề xuất một số giải pháp đối với Nhà nước, ngành lao động - thương binh và xã hội, chính quyền địa phương và cộng đồng nhằm nâng cao số lượng và chất lượng các dịch vụ công tác xã hội trợ giúp người nghiện ma túy ở Việt Nam hiện nay.

Background: In view of the current swine fever outbreak and the government aspiration to increase the goat population, a need arises to control and prevent outbreaks of goat pox. Despite North Vietnam facing sporadic cases of goat pox, this most recent outbreak had the highest recorded morbidity, mortality and case fatality rate. Thus, owing to the likelihood of a widespread recurrence of goat pox infection, an analysis of that outbreak was done based on selected signalment, management and disease pattern (signs and pathology) parameters. This includes examination of animals, inspection of facilities, tissue sampling and analysis for confirmation of goatpox along with questionaires. Results: It was found that the susceptible age group were between 3-6 months old kids while higher infection rate occurred in those under the free-range rearing system. The clinical signs of pyrexia, anorexia, nasal discharges and lesions of pocks were not restricted to the skin but have extended into the lung and intestine. The pathogen had been confirmed in positive cases via PCR as goat pox with prevalence of 79.69%. Conclusions: The epidemiology of the current goat pox outbreak in North Vietnam denotes a significant prevalence which may affect the industry. This signals the importance of identifying the salient clinical signs and post mortem lesions of goat pox at the field level in order to achieve an effective control of the disease.