Tobacco Control

• Nam Truong Nguyen, Trang Nguyen, Giap Van Vu, Charles M. Cleland, Yen Pham, Nga Truong, Reet Kapur, Gloria Guevara Alvarez, Phuong Thu Phan, Mari Armstrong-Hough, Donna Shelley. Factors associated with retention in Quitline counseling for smoking cessation among HIV-positive smokers receiving care at HIV outpatient clinics in Vietnam. PLoS One. 2024 Dec 31;19(12):e0316250. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0316250

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• Gloria Guevara Alvarez, Reet Kapur, Trang Nguyen, Nam Nguyen, Mari Armstrong-Hough, Niyati Parekh, Donna Shelley. Prevalence of Food Insecurity Among HIV-Positive Smokers in Vietnam. Tob Use Insights, 2024 Dec 6. doi: 10.1177/1179173X241297804

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• Evan L Eschliman, Dung Hoang, Nasim Khoshnam, Vivian Ye, Haruka Kokaze, Yatong Ji, Yining Zhong, Aditi Morumganti, Wenyu Xi, Sijia Huang, Karen Choe, Ohemaa B Poku, Gloria Alvarez, Trang Nguyen, Nam Truong Nguyen, Donna Shelley, Lawrence H Yang. A “What Matters Most” approach to investigating intersectional stigma toward HIV and cancer in Hanoi, Vietnam. JNCI Monographs, Volume 2024, Issue 63, June 2024, Pages 11–19. doi: 10.1093/jncimonographs/lgae002 

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• Nam Truong Nguyen, Trang Nguyen, Giap Van Vu, Nga Truong, Yen Pham, Gloria Guevara Alvarez, Mari Armstrong-Hough, Donna Shelley. Depression and associated factors among HIV-positive smokers receiving care at HIV outpatient clinics in Vietnam: a cross-sectional analysis. BMJ Open. 2024 Feb 13;14:e077015. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2023-077015. PMID: 38355191

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•  Shelley D, Alvarez GG, Nguyen T, Nguyen N, Goldsamt L, Cleland C, Tozan Y, Shuter J, Armstrong-Hough M. Adapting a tobacco cessation treatment intervention and implementation strategies to enhance implementation effectiveness and clinical outcomes in the context of HIV care in Vietnam: a case study. Implement Sci Commun. 2022 Oct 17;3(1):112. doi: 10.1186/s43058-022-00361-8. PMID: 36253834; PMCID: PMC9574833.

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• Jiang N, Nguyen N, Siman N, Cleland CM, Nguyen T, Doan HT, Abroms LC, Shelley DR. Adaptation and Assessment of a Text Messaging Smoking Cessation Intervention in Vietnam: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2021 Oct 8;9(10):e27478. doi: 10.2196/27478. PMID: 34623318; PMCID: PMC8538032.

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• Shelley D, Cleland CM, Nguyen T, VanDevanter N, Siman N, Van Minh H, Nguyen N. Effectiveness of a Multicomponent Strategy for Implementing Guidelines for Treating Tobacco Use in Vietnam Commune Health Centers. Nicotine Tob Res. 2022 Feb 1; 24(2):196-203. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntab189. PMID: 34543422; PMCID: PMC8807172.

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• Quynh Mai V, Van Minh H, Truong Nam N, Thao Anh H, Minh Van N, Thi Trang N, Shelley D. Cost Analysis of Community-Based Smoking Cessation Services in Vietnam: A Cluster-Randomized Trial. Health Serv Insights. 2021 Aug 8;14:11786329211030932. doi: 10.1177/11786329211030932. PMID: 34393491; PMCID: PMC8358574

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• VanDevanter N, Vu M, Nguyen A, Nguyen T, Van Minh H, Nguyen NT, Shelley DR. A qualitative assessment of factors influencing implementation and sustainability of evidence-based tobacco use treatment in Vietnam health centers. Implement Sci. 2020 Sep 9;15(1):73. doi: 10.1186/s13012-020-01035-6. PMID: 32907603; PMCID: PMC7488010.

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• Nguyen N, Nguyen T, Truong V, Dang K, Siman N, Shelley D. Impact of a tobacco cessation intervention on adherence to tobacco use treatment guidelines among village health workers in Vietnam. Glob Health Promot. 2020 Sep;27(3):24-33. doi: 10.1177/1757975919854032. Epub 2019 Jul 18. PMID: 31319786.

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•  Jiang N, Siman N, Cleland CM, Van Devanter N, Nguyen T, Nguyen N, Shelley D. Effectiveness of Village Health Worker-Delivered Smoking Cessation Counseling in Vietnam. Nicotine Tob Res. 2019 Oct 26;21(11):1524-1530. doi: 10.1093/ntr/nty216. PMID: 30335180; PMCID: PMC6941703.

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• Kumar, P. C., Cleland, C. M., Latkin, C., VanDevanter, N., Siman, N., Nguyen, T., Nguyen, L., Nguyen, N., & Shelley, D.  Social norms and self-efficacy to quit waterpipe use: Findings from a tobacco study among male smokers in rural Viet Nam.  Journal of Smoking Cessation; 2018; 13(3): 154-161. DOI:10.1017/jsc.2017.20

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• Nguyen N, Nguyen T, Chapman J, Nguyen L, Kumar P, VanDevanter N, Shelley D.  Tobacco cessation in Vietnam: Exploring the role of village health workers. Glob Public Health. 2017 Aug 4:1-11. doi: 10.1080/17441692.2017.1360376. [Epub ahead of print]

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• VanDevanter N, Kumar P, Nguyen N, Nguyen L, Nguyen T, Stillman F, Weiner B, Shelley D. Application of the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research to assess factors that may influence implementation of tobacco use treatment guidelines in the Viet Nam public health care delivery system. Implement Sci. 2017 Feb 28;12(1):27. doi: 10.1186/s13012-017-0558-z

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• Shelley D, Kumar P, Lee L, Nguyen L, Nguyen TT, VanDevanter N, Cleland CM, Nguyen NT. Health care providers' adherence to tobacco treatment for waterpipe, cigarette and dual users in Vietnam. Addict Behav. 2017 Jan; 64:49-53. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2016.08.010. 

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• Shelley D, VanDevanter N, Cleland CC, Nguyen L, Nguyen N. Implementing tobacco use treatment guidelines in community health centers in Vietnam. Implement Sci. 2015;10:142. doi: 10.1186/s13012-015-0328-8. PMID:26453554

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• Shelley D, Nguyen L, Pham H, VanDevanter N, Nguyen N. Barriers and facilitators to expanding the role of community health workers to include smoking cessation services in Vietnam: a qualitative analysis. BMC Health Serv Res. 2014 Nov 26;14:606. doi: 10.1186/s12913-014-0606-1. PMID: 25424494

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• Shelley Donna, Tseng Tuo-Yen, Pham  Hieu, Nguyen  Linh, Keithly  Sarah, Stillman  Frances, Nguyen Nam (2014). Factors influencing tobacco use treatment patterns among Vietnamese health care providers working in community health centers. BMC Public Health, 2014, 14:68

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• Shelley, D., Nguyen, N., Peng C.H., Chin M., Chang M., Fahs M. (2010) Increasing access to evidence-based smoking cessation treatment: effectiveness of a free nicotine patch program among Chinese immigrants. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health: 12(2):198-205.

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• Shelley D, Fahs M, Yerneni R, Das D, Nguyen N, Hung D, Burton D, Chin M,  Chang M, Cummings K M., Effectiveness of tobacco control among Chinese Americans: a comparative analysis of policy approaches versus community-based programs. Preventive Medicine. 47(5): 530-536

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• Shelley, D., Nguyen, N., Yerneni, R. & Fahs, M. (2008) Tobacco Use Behaviors and Household Smoking Bans among Chinese Americans. American Journal of Health Promotion, 22: 168-175

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Nutrition

 

• Phuong H Nguyen, Sarah C Keithly, Nam T Nguyen, Tuan T Nguyen, Lan M Tran and Nemat Hajeebhoy (2013). Prelacteal feeding practices in Vietnam: challenges and associated factor. BMC Public Health 2013, 13:932

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Sexual/ & Reproductive Health

• Ha T, Givens D, Shi H, Nguyen T, Nguyen N, Shrestha R, Frank L, Schensul SL. Assessing Barriers and Utilization of Sexual and Reproductive Health Services among Female Migrant Workers in Vietnam. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Jul 15;20(14). doi: 10.3390/ijerph20146368. PubMed PMID: 37510599; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10379987

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• Toan Ha, Hui Shi, Tom Wen-Han Su, Roman Shrestha, Sara Baumann, Trang Nguyen, Nam Nguyen, Le Minh Giang, Stephen L Schensul. The mediation effects of sexual self-efficacy in the relationship between psychosocial wellbeing and depressive symptoms among female migrant workers in Vietnam. International Journal of Social Psychology. 2023 Dec;69(8):2068-2078.doi: 10.1177/00207640231188033.

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• Ha, T., Shi, H., Givens, D. Nguyen, T., Nguyen, N. Factors impacting HIV testing among young sexually active women migrant workers in Vietnamese industrial zones. BMC Public Health 23, 1938 (2023).

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• Ha, T.; Givens, D.; Nguyen, T.; Nguyen, N. Stigmatizing Attitudes toward People Living with HIV among Young Women Migrant Workers in Vietnam. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 6366.

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• Ha Toan, Schensul Stephen L., Schensul Jean J., Nguyen Trang, Nguyen Nam. Sexual Risk Behaviors, HIV Prevalence and Access to Reproductive Health Services Among Young Women Migrant Workers in the Industrial Zones in Vietnam. Front. Reprod. Health, 03 December 2021; 3. doi: 10.3389/frph.202775375

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• Nguyen PH, Nguyen SV, Nguyen MQ, Nguyen NT, Keithly SC, Mai LT, Luong LT, Pham HQ. The association and a potential pathway between gender-based violence and induced abortion in Thai Nguyen province, Vietnam. Glob Health Action. 2012 Nov 29;5:1-11. doi: 10.3402/gha.v5i0.19006. PubMed PMID: 23195517; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3511781.

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• Nguyen NT, Keithly SC. (2012) A Qualitative Study on the Sexual Behaviour of People Living with HIV in Vietnam. AIDS Care. 2012; 24(7):921-8.

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• Nguyen, N. (2007) Doctor of Public Health Dissertation defended October 2007: ‘Impact of HIV infection on the lives of people living with HIV/AIDS in Vietnam’. Department of Sociomedical Sciences. School of Public Health. Columbia University.

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Ageing, Elderly Health & Well-Being

• Trang Thi Nguyen, Long Thanh Giang, Thu Dai Bui, Nam Truong Nguyen. Prevalence of functional disability and associated factors among older people in Vietnam: a secondary data analysis. BMJ Open 2025;15:e093566. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-093566

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• Long Thanh Giang, Thu Dai Bui, Dung Duc Le, Van Thi Truong,  Anh Lan To. The Mediating Role of Social Support on Unmet Healthcare Needs in Vietnamese Older People During the COVID-19. Inquiry. 2024 Jan-Dec:61:469580241304247. doi: 10.1177/00469580241304247.

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• Nam Truong Nguyen, Trang Nguyen, Thu Dai Bui, Long Thanh Giang. Depression and associated factors among older people in Vietnam: Findings from a National Aging Survey. 05.2024

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• Giang LT, Nguyen NT, Pham TTH and Phi PM. Factors associated with receipt of informal care among the Vietnamese older persons: Evidence from a national survey. Front. Public Health 2023, 11:106585 doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1065851

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• Giang, L.T., Nguyen, T.T. & Nguyen, N.T. Social Support and Self-Rated Health among Older Men and Women in Vietnam. Population Ageing. 2020; doi: 10.1007/s12062-020-09283-6

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• 2020 (in print), Le, D.D; R. Leon-Gonzalez & Long Thanh Giang. “Decomposing gender inequality in functional disability among older people in Vietnam”, Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Volume 87, March–April 2020.

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• 2020 (in print), Long Thanh Giang, N.T.Nguyen, T.T.Nguyen, H.Q.Le, and N.T.T, Tran. “Social support effect on health of older people in Vietnam: Evidence from a national survey on aging”, Ageing International

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• Long Thanh Giang, Nam Truong Nguyen, T.T.Nguyen, H.Q.Le, and N.T.T, Tran. Social support effect on health of older people in Vietnam: Evidence from a national survey on aging. Ageing International. 2020. doi: /10.1007/s12126-020-09370-1

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• 2020 (in print), H.T.T. Nguyen, Long Thanh Giang & T.N.Pham. “Impacts of higher tobacco tax on output and employment in Vietnam”. Journal of Economics and Development

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• 2019, Long Thanh Giang, Tham Hong Thi Pham, and Phong Manh Phi. “Productive activities of the older people in Vietnam”, Social Science & Medicine 229 (2019): 32–40.

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• 2019, Long Thanh Giang, Tam Thanh Nguyen & Ngoc Thuy Thi Tran. “Factors Associated with Depression among Older People in Vietnam”, Journal  of Population and Social Studies, Volume 27 Number 2, April 2019: 181-194.

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• 2018, Long Thanh Giang, Dat Van Duong & Yeop Jeong Kim. “Factors associated with Perceived Health Status of the Vietnamese Older People”, Journal of Population Ageing. DOI: 10.1007/s12062-018-9218-6

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• 2017, Long Thanh Giang & Dung Duc Le. “Working Beyond the Traditional Retirement Ages: How does Chronic Health Condition Influence Older Workers in Vietnam”, Ageing International, DOI 10.1007/s12126-017-9301-y

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• 2016, Le Duc Dung and Giang Thanh Long. “Gender differences in prevalence and associated factors of multi-morbidity among older persons in Vietnam”, International Journal on Ageing in Developing Countries, 1(2): 113-132.

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• 2016. Giang Thanh Long, Mai Hoang Viet, and Nguyen Thi Hong Diep. “Gender differences in financial sources and perceived financial satisfaction among older people in Vietnam”, Journal of Economics and Development, Vol.18, No.2, August 2016, pp. 36-58.

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•  2016. Giang Thanh Long and Nguyen Thi Hong Diep. “Determinants of Work Decisions among Older People in Rural Vietnam”, Journal of Population Ageing, Vol. 8, No. 4. DOI 10.1007/s12062-016-9143-5

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•  2015. Giang Thanh Long and Le Thi Ly. “Determinants of Labor Force Participation of Older People in Vietnam”, Journal of Economics and Development, Volume 17, Number 2 August 2015: 28-52 (ISSN 1859 0020)

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• 2015. B. Teerawichitchainan, W. Pothisiri, and Giang Thanh Long. “How do living arrangements and intergenerational support matter for psychological health of elderly parents? Evidence from Myanmar, Vietnam, and Thailand,” Social Science& Medicine 136-137: 106-116.

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• 2014. Ronald Lee et al., (NTA Global Network members). “Is low fertility really a problem? Population aging, dependency, and consumption”, Science 346, 229 (2014), DOI: 10.1126/science.1250542

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• 2013. Giang Thanh Long and Hoang Chinh Thon. "Cash Transfers For The Most Vulnerable and Poor Elderly People in Vietnam: An Ex-Ante Impact Evaluation", Journal of Economics and Development Vol. 15, No.3, December 2013, pp. 22 - 35.

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•  2013. Giang Thanh Long and Bui Dai Thu. "Access of Older People to Health Insurance and Healthcare Services in Vietnam: Current State and Policy Options", Asia Pacific Population Journal, Vol. 28, No. 2: 69-89

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• 2013. Giang Thanh Long. "Social Protection for Older People in Vietnam: Role, Challenges, and Reform Options". Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies, Vol. 50, No. 2, Dec.2013: 194-207.

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Social Protection

 

• 2020 (in print), C.V. Nguyen, Long Thanh Giang & H.Q.Nguyen. “The impacts of economic growth and governance on migration: Evidence from Vietnam”, European Journal of Development Research

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• 2019, Cuong Viet Nguyen, Long Thanh Giang, Anh Ngoc Tran & Huyen Thanh Do. “Do Good Governance and Public Administration Improve Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction? The Case of Vietnam”, International Public Management Journal, DOI: 10.1080/10967494.2019.1592793

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• 2017, Long Thanh Giang & Cuong Viet Nguyen. “Aging population and the sustainability of the pension scheme: Simulations of policy options for Vietnam”, Journal of Economics and Development, Vol. 19, No. 3 (December 2017): 40-51

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• 2017, Long Thanh Giang & Cuong Viet Nguyen. “How would cash transfers improve child welfare in Viet Nam?”, Children and Youth Services Review, Volume 82, November 2017, Pages 87-98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.09.003.

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• 2017, Long Giang, Cuong Nguyen, Anh Tran. “Does PAPI monitoring improve local governance? Evidence from a natural experiment in Vietnam”, International Journal of Development Issues, Vol. 16 Issue: 1, pp.85-106, doi: 10.1108/IJDI-05- 2016-0028

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• 2016. Giang Thanh Long, Nguyen Viet Cuong, and Tran Quang Tuyen. “Firm agglomeration and local poverty reduction: Evidence from an economy in transition”, Asia-Pacific Economic Literature, doi: 10.1111/apel.12131

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• 2016. Giang Thanh Long, Nguyen Viet Cuong, Tran Quang Tuyen, and Vu Thieu. “Does Firm Agglomeration Matter to Labor and Education of Local Children? Evidence in Vietnam”, Child Indicators Research, DOI 10.1007/s12187-016-9409-8

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• 2015. Long Thanh Giang, Cuong Viet Nguyen, Huong Vu Van & Thieu Vu. “Does firm privatisation benefit local households? The case of Vietnam”. Post-Communist Economies, 27:4, 547-565, DOI: 10.1080/14631377.2015.1055988

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• 2013, Nguyen Khac Minh, Giang Thanh Long and Nguyen Viet Hung, Efficiency and Super-efficiency of commercial banks in Vietnam: Performances and Determinants, Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research, Vol. 30, No. 1 (2013): 1250047-1-19.

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• 2012, Giang Thanh Long, “Delivering social protection services to the poor and vulnerable people in Vietnam: Challenges and the role of government”. ASEAN Economic Bulletin, Vol. 29, No. 3 (2012), pp. 245–58.

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• 2012. Nguyen Khac Minh and Giang Thanh Long. “A Comparative Study on the Technical Efficiency of Manufacturing Firms in Two Biggest Cities in Vietnam”, Asian-African Journal of Economics and Econometrics, Vol. 12, No. 1, June 2012: 89-103.

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• 2011, Giang Thanh Long, “Reaching a Universal Health Insurance in Viet Nam: Challenges and the Role of Government”, in June 2011 Issue, Asia-Pacific Development Journal, Vol. 18. No.1, June 2011: 47-72

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• 2011, Okita, Y., Wade D. Pfau, and T. L, Giang, “A Stochastic Forecast Model for Japan’s Population.” The Japanese Economy, Vol. 38, No.2, Summer 2011: 19-44.

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• 2011, Wade D. Pfau and T. L. Giang, "Groups Excluded from ‘Representative’ Household Surveys: An Analysis Based on Remittances Sent and Received in Vietnam” ASEAN Economic Bulletin. Vol. 28, No. 2 (April 2011): 68-73.

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• 2011, Wade D. Pfau and T. L. Giang, "Remittances, Living Arrangements, and the Welfare of the Elderly." Asian and the Pacific Migration Journal, No.19, Vol. 4: 447-472.

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