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The Mekong Delta of Vietnam stands to be most in danger in the time of accelerating and intersecting impacts from...
Vietnam’s escalating environmental challenges, particularly climate change, have spurred the nation’s youth to actively seek solutions to environmental injustice and...
With its potential to foster Chinese-backed economic enclaves and military installations, the canal poses a foreseeable challenge to Vietnam’s national...
Nguyen Minh Quang*, Nozomi Kawarazuka, Thien Ngoc Nguyen Pham**, Thu Hoai Nguyen**, Hieu Minh Le**, Tho Thi Minh Tran**, Thoa Thi Ngoc Huynh**
International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, (2024): 16(1)
DOI: 10.1108/IJCCSM-05-2023-0063
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** MEF Research Assistant
Recognition that not every climate adaptation policy is a good one has shifted attention to new tools and methods to measure the adequacy and effectiveness of adaptation policies. This study aims to propose and apply and applies an innovative adaptation policy assessment framework to identify the extent to which climate adaptation policies in Vietnam exhibit conditions that are likely to ensure a sufficient, credible and effective adaptation...
Nguyen Minh Quang*, Nguyen Pham Ngoc Thien**, Nguyen Hoai Thu**, Huynh Thi Ngoc Thoa**, Tran Thi Minh Tho**, Le Minh Hieu**, Dang Quang Thinh
Cogent Social Sciences (2023): 9(2)
DOI: 10.1080/23311886.2023.2262769
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** MEF Research Assistant
This paper seeks to address this gap by scrutinizing critical determinants of farmers’ adaptation action in agriculturally rich An Giang province, where climate change impacts are generally less evident. Intense crop cultivation in the province involves the liberal use of fertilizers, crop-residue burning, frequent tilling, and other harmful farming practices that release carbon...
Nguyen Minh Quang*, Tran Thi Minh Tho**
Vietnam Science and Technology, 6 September 2024
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** MEF Research Assistant
Đảm bảo bình đẳng giới không chỉ giúp phụ nữ thể hiện quyền cơ bản của con người mà còn là điều kiện để thúc đẩy phát triển xã hội và tăng trưởng kinh tế trước những thách thức của biến đổi khí hậu (BĐKH). Tuy nhiên, ở Việt Nam, phụ nữ thường được coi là “phái yếu” và ít được coi là “đối tượng chủ động” trong quá trình đổi mới công nghệ và thích ứng với BĐKH. Do đó, việc lồng ghép chính sách bình đẳng giới và đổi mới công nghệ sẽ là nền tảng quan trọng để khẳng định vai trò của bình đẳng giới trong ứng phó với BĐKH và đổi mới công nghệ ở khu vực nông thôn Việt Nam...
Nguyen Minh Quang*, Quach Thi Lan Phuong, Le Minh Hieu**, Nguyen Pham Ngoc Thien**
Vietnam Journal of Educational Sciences, 15 November 2023
DOI: 10.15625/2615-8957/12311112
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** MEF Research Assistant
Fieldwork, a critical part of curricula, matters for enhancing professional skills and global competency that UNESCO defines for 21stcentury citizens. However, participation and performance in field studies are believed to be different and disproportionate among students. Using surveys of 204 undergraduate students specializing in different disciplines at Can Tho University, this paper seeks to understand this problem by exploring the determinants influencing students’ fieldwork activities...
