Journal Pre-proof Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on perceptions and behaviors of university students in Vietnam

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Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on perceptions and behaviors of
university students in Vietnam
Duy Van Nguyen ,Giang Hoang Pham ,Dat Ngoc Nguyen
PII: S2352-3409(20)30774-5
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2020.105880
Reference: DIB 105880
To appear in: Data in Brief
Received date: 27 May 2020
Revised date: 8 June 2020
Accepted date: 15 June 2020
Please cite this article as: Duy Van Nguyen ,Giang Hoang Pham ,Dat Ngoc Nguyen , Impact of the
Covid-19 pandemic on perceptions and behaviors of university students in Vietnam,Data in Brief
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Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on perceptions and behaviors of university students in
Vietnam
Duy Van-Nguyen1, Giang Hoang- Pham2, Dat Ngoc-Nguyen3
1 Quantitative Analysis Center, 9/82 Chua Lang st, Dong Da dist, Hanoi, Vietnam
2 Quantitative Analysis Center, 9/82 Chua Lang st, Dong Da dist, Hanoi, Vietnam
3 Foreign Trade University, 91 Chua Lang st, Dong Da dist, Hanoi, Vietnam
Corresponding author(s): Giang Hoang-Pham; [e-mail]
Abstract
This article presents a novel data set on perceptions and behaviors of university students collected after
the beginning of the Covid-19 outbreak in Vietnam. Our questionnaire design is based on employing
both qualitative interview with students and survey of SARS literature, probing into the sensitivity of
students toward the crisis in making crucial decisions of daily routines, as well as future travel plans in
presence of a grave health concern. The data set consists of 440 valid responses from Vietnamese
university students through Internet platforms (Facebook, Google Form). Besides descriptive statistics,
this article also includes the results of explanatory factor analysis, which may serve as a good
reference for future studies.
Keywords: Covid-19, coronavirus, epidemic, students, perceptions and behaviors, work and study,
travel and tourism, decisions, decisions
Specifications Table
Subject Social Sciences (General)
Specific subject area Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Student behaviours and perceptions,
Econometric analysis
Type of data Table
How data were acquired Survey Questionnaire (included in Supplementary Materials)
Data format Raw, analysed
Parameters for data
collection
Respondents are randomly chosen for survey, but exclusively university
students, including all in areas affected and not affected by the pandemic.
Description of data
collection
The surveys were administered to university students between March 16
and March 22, with the support of Internet platforms (Facebook, Google
Form), and resulted in valid 440 responses.

Data source location Region: Asia
Country: Vietnam
Data accessibility Mendeley depository
Direct URL: https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/c7s3pc6jy9/1
Value of the data
1. The data can be used to uncover the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on perceptions and
behaviors (work/study, move and travel) of Vietnamese university students in presence of public
health crisis.
2. The data is useful in providing further insights into the sensitivity of student consumers toward
crisis in making their daily decisions and plans.
3. The data serve well the purpose of providing guidance for tourism industry in formulation of
recovery strategy in the post-crisis.
4. The data is timely and valid with support of mixed methodology, and thus suitable to be used in
across countries or dynamic analysis.
1. Data Description
Since first emerging in Wuhan, China in December 2019, the disease caused by novel
coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has taken on pandemic proportions and severely affected the global public
health and economy as well (WHO, 2020). As a country in close proximity to the initial epicenter of
the outbreak, Vietnam faces a high risk of infection, and to combat the spread of virus all of the non-
heath related activities were put on the brakes. Despite the validity of such responses in practice, they
have widely influenced our way of living, but the degree of impact is not yet definite. With a focus on
students as subject of investigation, this data set is aimed to enhance our knowledge repertoire
regarding various aspects of the Covid-19 pandemic, in particular how student’s behavior and
perceptions may change due to the public health crisis. Our survey probes into the sensitivity of
students toward crisis in making crucial decisions of daily routines, as well as future travel plans in
presence of a grave health concern. In this sense, the data serve well the purpose of providing guidance
for tourism industry in formulation of recovery strategy in the post-crisis.
The data collection was conducted between March 16 and March 22 after the beginning of the
Covid-19 outbreak in Vietnam. Most infections in this period were imported cases when Vietnamese
return home from other countries, such as Malaysia, Britain, and France. At the end of the period,
there were a total of 113 cases tested positive, of which just a handful were infected cases among
community with untraceable source. Since 23 January when the first two cases were reported,
Vietnam’s government has taken proactive measures to prevent and contain the spread of the virus,
from warnings against social gatherings and outdoor activities to strict quarantine for at-risk clusters.