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Transport infrastructure plays an important role in promoting the socio-economic development in most countries. In particular, the development of road infrastructure is the basis for promoting enterprises development through expanding market access, lowering logistics cost and inputs cost, etc. The focal point of this paper is to estimate the impact of road infrastructure on firm performance through an empirical research in Cuu Long delta area, Vietnam. By applying the econometric models, the results from this study show that the positive relationship between road infrastructure and firm performance in Cuu Long delta area, and that the level of impact is different across business sectors.

He Van Dong,1,* Van Dinh Tran,1,* Dinh-Hoa Nguyen,2– 4,* Hoe Van Vu,5 Tuan Anh Nguyen,6 Ha Ngoc Thi Doan,7 Hoang-Long Vo7,8 1Department of Neurosurgery I, Viet Duc University Hospital, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam; 2Institute of Orthopedic Trauma, Viet Duc University Hospital, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam; 3Social Affair Department, Viet Duc University Hospital, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam; 4Department of Surgery, Hai Duong Medical Technical University, Hai Duong 170000, Vietnam; 5Department of Neurosurgery, 103 Military Hospital, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam; 6Department of Neurology, Viet Duc University Hospital, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam; 7Institute for Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam; 8Institute of Health Economics and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Hoang-Long VoInstitute for Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Hanoi Medical University, No. 01 Ton That Tung Street, Dong Da, Hanoi 100000, VietnamTel +84-985406430Fax +84-4 38525115Email vohoanglonghmu@gmail.comHa Ngoc Thi Doan Email doanthingocha.hmu@gmail.comAbstract: Although the endoscopic disconnection surgery for the hamartomas was previously shown as a safe and effective treatment strategy in eliminating gelastic epilepsy, to date, there was no convincing evidence with this procedure in the resource-scare settings. We discuss an unusual case of a 7-year-old child who suffered from pharmacoresistant gelastic seizures was surgically treated with the endoscopic disconnection of the hypothalamic hamartomas. The patient underwent endoscopic surgery through the left ventricle approach to disconnect the lesion of the hypothalamus. Immediately after surgery, the patient's clinical laughter was eliminated with no complications. From the initial experience at our center, successful outcome of this case contributes to supporting the solid evidence in choosing the right treatment approach for the hypothalamus in subsequent cases, towards not only Vietnam but also the countries having similar resource-scare conditions.Keywords: hypothalamic hamartomas, gelastic seizure, drug-resistant epilepsy, endoscopic surgical disconnection