Assessing Interest and Educational Gaps in AI and Robotics Applications for Elderly Care Among Healthcare Students


Examining the Nursing Workforce Shortage in Vietnam: Implications for Nursing Education

The IAFOR International Conference on Education in Hawaii (IICE2024)


Attitudes of Vietnamese Undergraduates towards Study and Work Abroad

Veliko Tarnovo University - Faculty of Education 10th International Scientific Conference "Pedagogical Education Tradition and Modernity"


Attitudes and Preferences of Nursing Undergraduates Towards Working Abroad: A Cross-Sectional Study in Vietnam

This cross-sectional study investigates the attitudes of undergraduate nursing students in Vietnam towards international study and work opportunities, as well as the factors influencing their preferences. Data was collected through a web-survey questionnaire in 2023, targeting students from a university in Vietnam, including participants in the Japanese language special program and regular program. The study findings emphasize the significance of international experiences, particularly in enhancing communication and cross-cultural skills, fostering personal development, and improving career prospects for nursing undergraduates. Moreover, students in the special program revealed distinct preferences when considering their ideal destinations for studying or working abroad. They placed a greater emphasis on factors like a clean and beautiful living environment, long-term job prospects, and festivities. Additionally, for those interested in pursuing postgraduate study abroad, the students favored universities that offered job hunting support, tuition exemption, and modern infrastructure. This study sheds light on the attitudes and preferences of Vietnamese undergraduate nursing students towards international study and work opportunities, highlighting the importance of such experiences for personal growth and career advancement in the nursing profession. The findings carry practical implications for educational institutions and policymakers, emphasizing the need to design programs that cater to the unique needs and preferences of nursing students seeking international opportunities.


Bridging Cultures: The Phenomenon of 'Betonamujinron' in Japan

多様性の増加と相互文化理解:日本におけるベトナム人論

International Symposium "Japanese language education and Japanese studies - Global trends and Vietnam's practices"

2023年度国際シンポジウム『日本語教育と日本研究∼世界の潮流とベトナムの実践』


Exploring Menstrual Symptom Changes in Freshwomen Students: A Prospective Cohort Study

International Conference for Public Health, Environment, and Education for Sustainable Development Goals and Lifelong Learning

Mahidol University, Faculty of Public Health


Assessing Interest and Educational Gaps in AI and Robotics Applications in Healthcare: A Study of Undergraduate Healthcare Students in Vietnam

Background: The increasing global adoption of AI and robotics (AI/R) in healthcare presentspromising advancements; however, a substantial gap in learning opportunities exists,particularly in developing nations. Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the interests of undergraduate healthcare students in Vietnam regarding AI/R applications in healthcare and identify gaps in their education programs that fail to address these topics adequately. Method: In June 2023, a rapid cross-sectional survey was conducted using a Likert-style questionnaire, targeting 188 undergraduate healthcare students in Vietnam. Results: The results revealed a majority of respondents expressed keen interest in integrating AI/R into healthcare practice. However, a concerning 94.1% of participants had never received formal instruction or training on these subjects. The respondents demonstrated a high level of awareness regarding the benefits of AI/R implementation in healthcare, encompassing data synchronization assistance (M=3.93, SD=0.93), reduced medical staff workload (M=3.86,SD=0.90), and minimized patient waiting times (M=3.80, SD=0.86). Yet, they also expressed concerns about privacy (M=3.47, SD=0.88), technology-dependency (M=3.47, SD=0.86), and maintaining humanistic patient communication (M=3.41, SD=0.95). Analysis revealed that the overall awareness of AI/R benefits (M=3.7, SD=0.76) significantly outweighed concerns (M=3.4,SD=0.72) (t(df)=5.942(187), p<0.001). Additionally, Spearman's correlation identified associations between the perceived need for AI/R training and factors such as familiarity with AI/R, awareness of benefits, level of interest, male gender, and absence of study abroad plans (p<0.05). Conclusion: These findings underscore the urgency of addressing the educational gaps in AI/R knowledge among healthcare students. The study provides insights for educational institutions in developing countries, facilitating the preparation of a competent workforce capable of harnessing the potential of AI and robotics in healthcare.


Students Attitudes Towards Education in Biology-Related Disciplines and the Need for Internationalization: A Survey at a Vietnamese University

The Barcelona Conference on Education (BCE2023)


Exploring Student Interest in Global Health as a Component of Medical English Education

The European Conference on Education (ECE2023)


The Trend of Betonamujinron Research in Japan: Implications for Mutual Cultural Understanding and Policy

Asian Political and International Studies Association Annual Congress (APISA2023)


Explaining Motivations Behind Learning Japanese Through Motivational Theories

International Conference "Language, Culture and Communication"

Veliko Tarnovo University, Faculty of Modern Languages


Students Views of Art Education as Their Future Career

The 14th Asian Conference on Arts & Humanities (ACAH2023)


Using Pre-Test for Assessing Familiarity with Japanese Culture of Foreign Students during Japanese Communication Class

The IAFOR International Conference on Education in Hawaii (IICE2023)


The Vision and Preference of International Students Enrolled in a Japanese Language School Post-pandemic

The Asian Conference on Education (ACE2022)


Verifying Knowledge about Japanese Culture of Foreign Students in class: A Case Study

International Conference Cultures and Religions in the Balkans, the Mediterranean and the East


Challenges in Attracting International Students to Japan

13th International Conference on Education, Research and Development


Students Experience Two Years Into the Pandemic at a Bulgarian University

The Paris Conference on Education (PCE2022)

After the pandemic began in March 2020, universities in Bulgaria suspended in-person learning. In the current 2021-22 academic year, schools shut down again in areas of Bulgaria where COVID-19 infection rates spiked, returning students to online learning. This study investigates the experiences of undergraduate students at a Bulgarian university about the impacts of the pandemic on the classes, the satisfaction level with online learning, as well as their perceived impacts on daily life, economic situation, health condition, stress, and life planning. A questionnaire containing both Likert-style and open-ended questions was sent to a group of students at a university in Bulgaria. Data were analyzed both quantitatively and qualitatively. Half of the respondents reported that their taking class was impacted, while almost a fourth of them reported complete dissatisfaction with online classes, complaining about low efficiency, tediousness, and decreased motivation. In addition to physical and mental health impacts, more than half of the respondents reported worrying about the future. Some respondents couldn't compensate for the lost income and had to return to their hometowns. These findings imply the need to provide support to students not only to improve the academic quality of classes but also in the economical and mental health aspects.


Modern Anecdotes: A Potential Tool for Teaching Cross-Cultural issues

International Conference Languages, Cultures, Communication

St Cyril and St Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo

This presentation shows the results and challenges of using modern anecdotes in the language lessons for class warming up and teaching cross-culturalism. In 2020, we conducted a Vietnamese language and culture course targeting university students and adult learners at Tokushima University in Japan. The course was conducted online using a variety of teaching methods, among which, using modern anecdotes was perceived by the learners as one of the most effective ways to convey cross-cultural understanding and enhance curiosity and motivation for studying the language. These results imply that effective use of jokes may contribute to better language learning.


Health Impact Perceived by University Students at Three Sites in Asia: Two Years into the Pandemic

The Asian Conference on Asian Studies (ACAS2022)

Two years since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, education in universities is still being disrupted. Prolonged exposure to the pandemic situation may result in health-related problems for university students. In January 2022, we conducted an online survey in three universities in Bangladesh, Thailand, and Vietnam for a rapid assessment of students' perceived impacts on their health conditions. In total, 159 students from the three sites responded. Data were analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. A third of the respondents reported that their health condition was impacted, while female students perceived more impact on health than males (p<0.001). Over half of the respondents reported experiencing some stress, while students living in the dormitory had a higher tendency to perceive stress (p<0.05). Moreover, students in higher grades tended to have higher perceived stress (p<0.01) and higher perceived worry (p<0.001). There were also significant differences in the level of perceived health impact, stress, and worry for the future among the students from the three sites, probably due to the characteristics of respondents in each site. These findings imply the need to address not only the quality of education but also to improve health support services for students on the campus.


On Campus Support and Satisfaction of International Students: A Review of Japanese Literature

The IAFOR Conference on Educational Research & Innovation (ERI2022)


Lessons Learned From Teaching Japanese for Medical Purposes to International Students

The Asian Conference on Language (ACL2022)

This work shows the lessons learned from the online course on Basic Medical Japanese for international students conducted between May and July 2020 at Tokushima University. The participants were five graduate students from China, Bangladesh, Thailand, including one male and four females. This course was designed for the learners to master basic medical terms and phrases in Japanese, as well as to be able to make basic conversation in health care context. The course materials were prepared bilingually, consisted of 13 lessons covering practical topics such as ``parts of human body'', ``basic symptoms'', ``medicines and drug store'', ``respiratory system''. For each lesson, the learners were introduced to new vocabulary and basic expressions by doing role play, translating sentences, solving quiz, and watching clips. The results of class assessments and end-course assessment had shown improvements of vocabulary capacity and context-based conversation skills for most of the topics. However, the learners showed difficulties in learning topics with more complicated terminology such as ``psychiatry''. The learners reported that besides improving their medical Japanese language skills, they had gained more confidence in using Japanese for medical purposes, as well gained motivation for mastering medical Japanese. They found visual aids and English instruction were helpful to absorb the content. These results imply that teaching Japanese for medical purpose may contribute to improving practical Japanese skill and confidence in daily life for international students in Japan.


Online Seminar: A Potential Mental Health Support Tool for International Students

4th International Conference on New Approaches in Education

Since 2020, university students in Japan are exposed to the impacts of Covid-19 pandemic. Data from a survey had shown that over 50% of international students had been experiencing some kind of stress (Tran, unpublished). For supporting international students in the prolonged pandemic period, we conducted a series of Stress Prevention Seminars during 2021. These seminars were designed for students to learn simple skills that could help them to cope with various stresses. Records of the seminars, including students' interactions, Q&A, feedback, emotion score (Ogawa, 2000) and final evaluation were analyzed. This presentation is aiming to show: (1) preliminary results of the seminars conducted; and (2) potential of these events for strengthening mental health status of international students during pandemic. The results showed high understanding level and satisfaction rate, as well as inreased positive emotion score. The results suggested that providing these stress prevention seminars to international students is potentially to be an effective strategy, in addition to providing individual counseling and other activities, to improving stress resilience of international students for long term.


International Students Acceptance of Online Learning During Pandemic: Some Exploratory Findings

The IAFOR International Conference on Education in Hawaii (IICE2022)

The COVID-19 outbreak in 2020 has impacted campus life in many ways, including shifting to online mode of teaching and learning, restricting face-to-face communication and activities, and forming of new norms of education. This paper investigates impacts of the pandemic to the way international students taking class and doing research, the satisfaction level, and obstacles of international students in Japan to online learning, as well as the factors which may influence the students' acceptance of online learning, A questionnaire containing both Likert-style and open-ended questions were sent to all international students at a university in Japan. Almost half of the non-research international students reported that their taking class was impacted, while almost 30% of graduate international students reported that their doing research was impacted during the pandemic. Japanese proficiency, years of enrollment and family status are found to be associated with impact on taking class. Access to supportive information from university is found associated with satisfaction level of online learning. These findings imply further investigation may need to be conducted for more evidence on whether that acceptance of online learning could be associated with certain factors, and if online learning could be a new norm of education.


Factors Pulling International Students to Japan: A Situation Analysis

The 13th Asian Conference on Education (ACE2021)

Japan has 312,214 international students in May 2019, successfully achieving the 300,000 international students target. This study investigates the factors pulling international students into Japan for higher education. Data for literature review was collected from mainly Japanese sources including research reports, review papers, statistics, and online materials, which addressing the issues of international students' mobility into Japan from 2008 until present. Data was reviewed qualitatively by comparative analysis, comparing the literature with the elements of 300,000 international students plan and the pull factors from the push-pull model. The results showed specific measures in strengthening campus internationalization, expanding international cooperation and alumni network, improving supporting services, diversifying scholarship schemes, job hunting support etc. could be considered as effective pulling factors. Moreover, while these factors could be applied effectively by some universities, it is hard for other universities to follow the same approach. The results imply obstacles to the mid-ranking public universities to attract more international students and the need to improve this situation.


Photography: A Potential Tool for Self-actualization of International Students During Pandemic

The Kyoto Conference on Arts, Media & Culture (KAMC2021)

The outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic since 2020 has resulted in drastic changes on the campus life and limiting social activities. At Tokushima University, most of the regular exchange activities for international students have been abolished for the time being. As an alternative, a photography contest had been conducted during December 2020. This contest was open to all international students at Tokushima University as an opportunity to show moments of their life during the pandemic. An analysis was conducted on the photos, descriptive texts, and feedback forms after the contest. The photographic works were analyzed by photo element analysis. The description text was analyzed by a sentiment analysis tool. The photos, considered as artworks, conveyed motives and feelings reflecting internal selves which had been further clarified by descriptive text containing more informative details. Restrictions in work, travel, socializing caused some changes, but the negative impacts are going to be neutralized by internal self-adaptation. The results have shown that photography could be a potential tool for self-actualization of international students, and photo contest could be used as an effective approach to involve international students during the pandemic.


Macro Factors Determining Transition of Vietnamese International Students Mobility

The IAFOR European Conference on Education (ECE2021)


Designing Online Language Courses: Lessons Learned From Teaching Vietnamese Language and Culture for Japanese Learners

The Asian Conference on Language (ACL2021)

This paper shows the lessons learned after several courses on ``Basic Vietnamese language and culture'' targeting Japanese university students and adult learners, which have been conducted in 2020. Influenced by the Covid-19 pandemic, the materials and methods prepared for conventional classroom have been adapted and modified to suit the online platform. Although intended for beginners, these courses have applied and integrated approach for teaching a language and its corresponding culture in line with principles of adult learning, active learning, and problem-based learning. The lessons were designed using a wide range of techniques such as videos, pictures, anecdotes, crosswords, open-ended question, quizzes using multiple choice answers followed by analysis of each choice, online test. For each lesson, the learners were introduced to new vocabulary and basic expressions related to a socio-cultural theme such as history, national character, medical system, sightseeing, business etc. Looking from the perspective of both learners and teachers by evaluations and reflections, these courses have shown some positive experiences and suggested points for improvement of online language classroom in the future.


The popularity of Awa Odori Festival in Japan and beyond

International Conference on Cultures and Religions in the Balkans, the Mediterranean and the East

St Cyril and St Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo


Adolescent Health in Vietnam: Challenges and Interventions

UNICEF Multi-sectoral Consultation on Addressing Adolescent Pregnancies in East Asia and Pacific Region


Fertility decline in Vietnam and its implications for policy

The 3rd National Reproductive Health Conference: Rights and Access to Reproductive Health - Thailand to ASEAN Community


Situation of Health and Nutrition of Vietnam's children: challenges and solutions

Symposium of South East Asian Nutrition Surveys


Nucling a novel apoptosis-associating protein, regulates NF-B pathway

the 12th IUBMB Conference, the 21st FAOBMB Conference and the ComBio2010 meeting


Physiological Function of a Novel NF-B-Regulating Molecule, Nucling, in Immune System


Nucling, a novel stress-sensitive protein, regulates NF-kappa B activation

The 4th International Congress on Stress Responses in Biology and Medicine, The 4th Annual Meeting of the Biomedical Society for Stress Response

Stress Responses in Biological and Medicine, The Biomedical Society for Stress Response


Inflammatory disease and cancer with a decrease in Kupffer cell numbers in Nucling-konckout mouse

Federation of Asian and Oceanian Biochemists and Molecular Biologists


Fostering Global Health Literacy: Infusing Vitality into Medical English Education

第19回大学教育カンファレンスin徳島

第19回大学教育カンファレンスin徳島

第19回大学教育カンファレンスin徳島

第19回大学教育カンファレンスin徳島


Attitudes of Undergraduates in Vietnam towards Study and Work Abroad

SIETAR Japan 38th Annual Conference (2023)


Exploring Study Abroad Attitudes of Students Majoring in Japanese Studies: Will They Go to Japan?

75th Annual Meeting, The Japan Society of Educational Sociology, Abstracts of the Presentations


A Step towards Assessing Japanese Culture Proficiency of International Students in-class

第18回大学教育カンファレンスin徳島

第18回大学教育カンファレンスin徳島


Students Interest to the Concept of Global Health as a Part of the Medical English Education


Using Jokes for Illustrating Intercultural Differences in a Language Class: A Case Report

SIETAR Japan 37th Annual Conference 2022

There is an increasing need for learning ethnic languages for cultural exchange purposes in Japan. This presentation shows the results and lessons learned from using jokes in class for energizing and explaining intercultural differences. In the period 2019-2020, we conducted several courses on Vietnamese Language and Culture targeting adult learners in Japan including university students. The courses were conducted face-to-face for the class before COVID-19 and then became online afterward. In these classes, we used various teaching methods, among which, the use of jokes was perceived as one of the most interesting experiences to the learners and an effective way to convey intercultural understanding and enhance curiosity and motivation for language studying to the instructors. Modern jokes tended to be well perceived as humor than traditional jokes. The age and background of a learner seemed to affect his level of accepting a joke. Jokes that compare different nationalities seemed to be effective for explaining intercultural characteristics. Notably, using jokes was found effective for warming up and for changing the mood when learners seem bored with pronunciation practice or grammar explanations. These results may imply that moderate use of jokes may contribute positively to language teaching and learning and may facilitate understanding of diversity, and multiculturalism.


Building Resilience for International Students: Results of Stress Prevention Senimars

第17回大学教育カンファレンスin徳島 発表抄録集

第17回大学教育カンファレンスin徳島 発表抄録集


Culture-oriented language teaching: A new experience with online classroom

The 16th Whole University FD Promotion Program - University Education Conference in Tokushima


Towards understanding about Japanese culture of international students: impact and needs from a study tour

留学生の日本文化理解への効果とニーズ∼日本文化スタディツアーより

Whole University FD Promotion Program 2019 - University Education Conference in Tokushima

令和元年度全学FD推進プログラム・大学教育カンファレンスin徳島

四国地区大学教職員能力開発ネットワーク

四国地区大学教職員能力開発ネットワーク


Nucling, a novel protein associated with NF-kappaB, Regulates endotoxin-induced apoptosis in vivo

新規NF-κB制御分子ヌクリングはLPS刺激により誘導される細胞死を制御している

The 85th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Biochemical Society

第85回日本生化学会大会


新規アポトーシス/NF-κB制御分子ヌクリングの機能解析

新規アポトーシス/NF-κB制御分子ヌクリングの機能解析

The 84th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Biochemical Society

第84回日本生化学会大会


Intracellular metabolism of Nucling, a novel apoptosis regulator

第33回日本分子生物学会年会・第83回日本生化学会大会 合同大会

第33回日本分子生物学会年会・第83回日本生化学会大会 合同大会


Physiological Function of a novel NF-B-regulating molecule, NUCLING, in Immune system

第33回日本分子生物学会年会・第83回日本生化学会大会 合同大会

第33回日本分子生物学会年会・第83回日本生化学会大会 合同大会


The novel apoptosis regulator, Nucling, is regulated by NF-B, proteasome and caspase

新規アポトーシス制御分子 Nucling は NF-κB，プロテアソーム及びカスパーゼに制御される

第51回日本生化学会中国四国支部例会

第51回日本生化学会中国四国支部例会


Nucling, a novel apoptosis-regulatory molecule, regulates NF-kappa B signal

新規アポトーシス制御分子ヌクリングはNF-κBシグナルを制御している

The 82nd annual meeting of the Japanese Biochemical Society

第82回日本生化学会大会


Nucling expression is regulated by NF-kappa B signaling

新規アポトーシス制御分子ヌクリングはNF-κB に制御される

第82回日本生化学会大会


Nucling is essential for the maintenance of Kupffer cells related to tumorgenesis in liver

ヌクリング欠損は肝クッパー細胞枯渇をもたらし，その結果として肝炎・肝癌発症率を上昇させる

The 30th Annual Meetings of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan/The 80th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Biochemical Society

第30回日本分子生物学会年会・第80回日本生化学会大会 合同大会