This paper investigates the effect of the human capital of directors on the financial performance of Vietnamese-listed companies. The dynamic system generalised method of moments (system GMM) estimator is used to examine a panel data-set consisting of 315 firm-year observations over a four-year...

Following the recent global financial crisis, Vietnamese banks experienced changes in the minimum capital adequacy requirement following the Basel framework. We examine the impact of the regulatory change on market discipline between 2006 and 2015. The findings show a weakening of market...

This study investigates the impact of multimarket contacts on bank profitability in the Vietnamese banking system from 2006 to 2015 using the system GMM. The findings indicate in general no evidence of the mutual forbearance hypothesis in this sector. However, we do find evidence of tacit...

This study examines the effect of relative economic distance (RED) between countries on bilateral foreign trade and foreign direct investment (FDI), using Vietnam as a case study. The difference in per-capita GDP is used as proxy for the RED between Vietnam and her partner countries. Modified...

Effective capital decisions not only increase the operational efficiency of businesses but also is strategic to bring the enterprise's competitive advantages to the market. Using an appropriate debt ratio helps businesses to strike a balance between internal and external resources to compete...

Asymmetries in the Vietnamese lending central bank's policy-related rate spread were documented. Empirical results revealed that the spread adjusts to the threshold faster when the central bank's policy-related rates decrease relative to the lending rates than when the central bank's...