Research Student Competition “GREEN TORCH 2019”: practical topics for student life

Prof. Dr. Nguyen Van Kim awarded the Most Impressive Research Topic

Ms. Nguyen Thi Hong Tam (Standing Committee Member of the Youth Union of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities) said: “This year's conference has developed in both quantity and quality with more than 70 scientific research reports from 8 faculties in the school. The Organizing Committee has passed 3 qualifying rounds: Round 1 selected 50 topics, round 2 selected 20 topics and round 3 selected 9 topics to participate in today's report. The reports show the students' interest and personal perspectives on practical issues related to their lives as well as the work of the Union - Association and youth movement”.

At the conference, the 9 best research topics were presented to the council and received comments, questions and suggestions from both the council and the delegates. The jury evaluated and awarded 4 topics in 5 categories:Most impressive research topic;Best Survey;Excellent application value;Excellent solution;Excellent presentation.

Student Nguyen Thu Hao (Faculty of Sociology) with the topic "Awareness and behavior of cannabis use and factors related to cannabis use behavior of university students in Hanoi" received awards for 2 categories:Most impressive research topicand co-prizeExcellent presentation.

Cannabis is a banned substance in Vietnam but is still used by many young people, including students, but there has been no research topic in Vietnam on the current situation of young people, specifically students using cannabis. According to Hao's observations, many of these people are intellectuals, knowledgeable, knowledgeable and they believe that cannabis can be used as a support tool in the process of studying, working or entertaining. That has urged him to find an answer to this problem. It is known that to carry out this topic, Hao has implemented the Participant Observation method on a group of students who use cannabis in Hanoi to get practical results for the research.

Conquering a difficult topic, putting her heart and passion into it, with a confident presentation, the awards from 2 categories were truly worthy of what Nguyen Thu Hao showed.

Student Nguyen Thu Hao presented on the topic

To carry out the topic "Current reading culture of students", the group of students Nguyen Minh Thuong, Nguyen Thi Thanh Huyen and Vu Thi Hong Ngoc (Faculty of Sociology) used the main method of surveying by questionnaire. The group of authors presented a picture of the current state of reading culture of students in the 4.0 era with specific numbers.

Accordingly, 67.8% of students surveyed spend 1-3 hours reading books; the rate of reading books and documents through multimedia is increasing; the main types of books and documents that students read are textbooks and Vietnamese books. In particular, the study also shows a proportional relationship between cumulative grade point average (GPA) and the frequency of reading books of students. 55.6% of students with excellent GPA read books 1-3 times/week; 44.4% of students read books more than 3 times/week; no student with excellent GPA reads books less than once/week.

Student group with topic about reading culture among students

From there, the group of authors made recommendations on motivating students to read through: activities and competitions from class and school; applying technology to library book borrowing and returning activities; focusing on improving the capacity of library management staff; instructing students on how to read books correctly and effectively; changing the way books are presented to make them more attractive, with more graphics, images, and sounds...

With careful investment and dedication to research, the team won awards in 2 categories.Excellent surveyand co-prizeExcellent presentation.

Student Le Anh Minh (Faculty of Management Science) won the prizeExcellent application valuewith the topic "Identifying students' difficulties in distinguishing between the activities of the Student Union at VNU". The study shows that the majority of students cannot distinguish between activities belonging to the Student Union and activities belonging to the Youth Union, especially first-year students. From the above reality, you make recommendations on changing the way of communication, the way of approaching students, the way of organizing and evaluating the management apparatus of the Union and the Association to clearly separate the scope of activities of the two organizations, avoiding overlap. The topic has received attention from both the Jury and students participating in the conference with lively exchanges and discussions.

Student Nguyen Hai Yen

Student Nguyen Thi Hai Yen (Faculty of Anthropology) won the prizeExcellent solutionwith the topic “Decision to have an abortion: Research on the experiences of couples living together in Trieu Khuc, Hanoi”. The topic explores the reality and reasons behind the difficult decision for young people to choose to live together and uses the correct method of in-depth interviews.

During the research, you found that at least one of the couples is a student. The author pointed out two main reasons why couples choose to live together. First, living with a lover helps save money in the context of finding a suitable roommate is very difficult and sharing with a stranger has many risks. Living together is a solution chosen by you in this case. Second, living together helps both parties learn about each other. Most students agree that living together is a good idea and think that love and living together are two completely different things.

The author also pointed out two main groups of reasons that make couples decide to have an abortion: economic issues and socio-cultural factors. The decision to have an abortion is also influenced by gender stereotypes. Women are often the ones who suggest abortion first because getting pregnant and giving birth without being married will cause women to suffer greater consequences than men.

The “Green Torch” Student Research Conference aims to honor students’ scientific research works that address practical issues for students, and are applicable to the work of the Union and the school’s youth movement; at the same time, it helps to arouse and promote students’ creativity and interest in scientific research activities.