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Cultural life is an important part constituting the life of a society, reflecting the level of development of a community, a nation, or a nation associated with the social-historical process of society and culture. The construction and development of cultural diversity not only meets the spiritual needs of social life but also has great significance for the cause of building an advanced culture imbued with national identity, contributing to the development of a national cultural heritage country. Ho Chi Minh City is a special urban center, economic, cultural, education - training, science-technology center, with an important political position of the whole country. The cause of cultural construction of Ho Chi Minh City has achieved many achievements, contributing to the overall development of the city, but there are still many shortcomings and limitations that need solutions to improve the quality of life high quality of cultural life in Ho Chi Minh City today.

Economic growth, improvement of living and working life are fundamental issues which are addressed in every society in the development process. The goal of economic development is to facilitate the advancement of areas of social life, especially cultural and human growth, life quality improvement of people of all classes, laborers, etc. In recent years, the achievements of economic growth have contributed to improving the quality of workers' life; however, there have been many challenges that require the Government of Vietnam to take specific and appropriate measures to ensure both promotion of economic progress and improvement of workers' life in the process of international integration in Vietnam. Article visualizations:

Drawing on neo-institutionalism in policy studies, this paper aims to demonstrate that transdisciplinarity is a new logic that could challenge the existing institutional logic of the knowledge production system in Vietnam. This institutional interplay is examined by analyzing the institutional response, interactions, and choices of stakeholders participating in an EU Erasmus+ Capacity Building Project. The analysis shows that the transdisciplinarity concept can be used as a potential framework for the develop- ment path of the dominant logic characterized by the shift from a traditional statist to a market-oriented model for knowledge production. Nevertheless, there are challenges like power relations in the interplay processes among actors who try to reproduce existing institutional logic and those who support transdisciplinary logic, as well as regarding relevant decision-makers to make institutional choices. The discussion shows that when applying transdisciplinarity, one should consider the motivation and barriers regarding state control, transdisciplinary readiness, hybrid models, funding, and experience. (ASEAS/GIGA)

Economic growth, improvement of living and working life are fundamental issues which are addressed in every society in the development process. The goal of economic development is to facilitate the advancement of areas of social life, especially cultural and human growth, life quality improvement of people of all classes, laborers, etc. In recent years, the achievements of economic growth have contributed to improving the quality of workers' life; however, there have been many challenges that require the Government of Vietnam to take specific and appropriate measures to ensure both promotion of economic progress and improvement of workers' life in the process of international integration in Vietnam.

Drawing on neo-institutionalism in policy studies, this paper aims to demonstrate that transdisciplinarity is a new logic that could challenge the existing institutional logic of the knowledge production system in Vietnam. This institutional interplay is examined by analyzing the institutional response, interactions, and choices of stakeholders participating in an EU Erasmus+ Capacity Building Project. The analysis shows that the transdisciplinarity concept can be used as a potential framework for the develop- ment path of the dominant logic characterized by the shift from a traditional statist to a market-oriented model for knowledge production. Nevertheless, there are challenges like power relations in the interplay processes among actors who try to reproduce existing institutional logic and those who support transdisciplinary logic, as well as regarding relevant decision-makers to make institutional choices. The discussion shows that when applying transdisciplinarity, one should consider the motivation and barriers regarding state control, transdisciplinary readiness, hybrid models, funding, and experience.

Thirty years after Soviet-style socialism, the post-socialist cities have witnessed a wideranging transformation in urban processes toward various forms of the trend "government to governance". This paper aims to explore the differences in Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) institutional change in Leipzig, Shanghai, and Ho Chi Minh City and eventually to describe and profile such differences. Firstly, analysing the stages of development of PPPs, and the methods of urban governance can indicate some differences in the formal and informal institutional changes of three cities. Secondly, using the integrated framework, developed by DiGaetano and Strom (2003), which emphasizes that the joining together of structural, cultural, and rational actor approaches to a cross-case studies comparison, in order to explain the differences in the path of institutional change for PPPs formed by varied forms and degrees regarding the withdrawal of state control affected by globalization, marketization, as well as culture, history, and rational actors. Lastly, this paper critically discusses the institutional challenges for PPPs of these post-socialist cities within collaborative governance and drawing up recommendations for future policy measures.

SummaryThe timing of births and marriages in Vietnam appears to have some statistically significant relationships with the signs of the Chinese and Vietnamese astrological calendars. Years considered to be good years have significantly more births and marriages than years that are not considered as desirable. Births and marriages also have some significant variations with seasons of the year. Infant deaths do not appear to have any significant relationships with the astrological signs although infant mortality has some significant relationships with seasons of the year. The findings indicate that there is some purposeful planning for marriages and births to coincide with optimal times defined in the astrological calendars.

In order to improve people's living standards (PLS), in addition to the economic growth, the regulation on distribution of economic growth results by the government plays a very important role. In recent years, the achievements of economic growth have contributed to improving the quality of people's lives; however, there have been many challenges that require the Government of Vietnam to take specific and appropriate measures to ensure both promotion of economic growth and improvement of people's living standards.