This is the first study to use the self-organisation (Kohonen) map technique, an artificial neural network based on a non-supervised learning algorithm, to categorise Vietnamese banks into super-class groups. Drawing on unbalanced yearly data from 2008 to 2017, this study identifies two...

This paper evaluates how microcredit affects rural households in the Mekong River Delta of Vietnam using the propensity score matching methods. The results show that the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP) microcredit program has a significant positive impact on household consumption but no...