This study examines the influence of entrepreneurial role models on an individual's decision to become self-employed and how age moderates this relationship. We use a dataset of 8000 individuals from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM 2013-2017) and apply logit regressions to assess this...

November data point to a strong but increasingly unbalanced growth. Industrial production remained robust, supported by solid export growth, while domestic demand was softer, with retail sales slowing. Inflation edged up, driven by food prices as storms and floods disrupted supply chains. Core...

Viet Nam’s health system faces persistent overcrowding in its hospitals, despite decades of reform and substantial investments. This paper examines the drivers and consequences of Viet Nam's hospital-centric health system and proposes evidence-based strategies for reform. Drawing on national...

This research aimed to identify existence of a New Keynesian Phillips Curve in Vietnam. The examined period was 2012Q2 - 2025Q2, using secondary macroeconomics data and the Generalised Moments Method at 95% level of confidence. The dependent variables were price inflation and wage inflation,...

This study examines how geographic distance to Vietnam's centralized securities regulator-the State Securities Commission (SSC)-influences firm-level stock price crash risk. In emerging markets characterized by weak governance, corruption, and political connections, distance can erode monitoring...

This study investigates the impacts of geopolitical risks on corporate leverage decisions of Vietnamese listed firms from 2017 to 2024. The research findings reveal a negative impact of geopolitical risks on both corporate leverage and short-term leverage. That is, Vietnamese listed firms...

Real GDP growth accelerated to 8 percent in 2025, supported by strong exports and higher public investment. Exports reached record levels, led by high-tech and electronics shipments to the US. However, with booming intermediate trade lifting overall imports to record highs, net exports have...

Viet Nam’s investment in its youngest generation is fundamentally an investment in the country’s future human capital. Today, over 10 million Vietnamese children under age 6 (with another one million expected in the next five years) will reach working age by 2040. This cohort is projected to...

This article examines labour market transitions towards green employment in Viet Nam and their relationship to social protection. Using a task-based approach and longitudinal labour force survey data, we find that green jobs remain limited, accounting for only 15 per cent of total employment....

This article examines the impact of ownership concentration on bank profitability, with the sample of 28 Vietnamese commercial banks in the period 2009-2022. Bank profitability is assessed using both return on assets (ROA) and return on equity (ROE). The main regression methods include the least...

In an imperfect capital market, firms face financial constraints due to information asymmetry. These constraints have a significant impact on the effectiveness of investment decisions. When either an underinvestment or overinvestment process occurs, it directly affects the firm's value. This...

This study research develops and tests a theoretical extension of the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) that explains behavioral intention to use ICTs for knowledge sharing. In addition, there are different impacts on knowledge donating and knowledge collecting under the influences of...

2026 opened with the successful conclusion of Viet Nam’s 14th Party Congress, which reaffirmed ambitions to become a high-income country by 2045 and set an ambitious 2026-2030 reform agenda centered on supporting higher growth while safeguarding macro stability. Early-year activity was strong,...

This study applies a multiple threshold nonlinear autoregressive distributed lag (MTNARDL) model to examine the asymmetric impact of real exchange rate volatility on Vietnam's exports and imports with its three leading trading partners: China, the United States, and South Korea. By allowing...

Vietnam's wooden forest products industry is an important export sector, contributing to industrial growth and employment. However, it is facing increasing pressures related to challenges such as forest and export sustainability. Despite its potential, Vietnam's export performance remains uneven...

This study investigates the antecedents of nascent entrepreneurial behaviors in Vietnam, an emerging economy where entrepreneurship is a crucial growth engine. Grounded in social cognitive career theory and identity theory, we examine the relationships between entrepreneurial self-efficacy,...

This study investigates the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and bank stability in Vietnam from 2016 to 2022 using the method of moments quantile regression (MMQR). The results show a U-shaped relationship between CSR and bank stability at location-based and across...

A business not only seeks opportunities and profits but also must help ensure a reasonable life for its employees. Only then can we develop sustainably, and applying corporate social responsibility will help businesses do better and provide and prove to customers and society that companies are...

Can legal reforms shift social norms around intimate partner violence (IPV)? We examine Vietnam's 2007 Law on Domestic Violence Prevention and Control using a difference-in-differences strategy that leverages the greater relevance of legal protections for married and cohabiting women relative to...

The outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic has caused some disruption to the real estate market in Vietnam. To survive the Covid-19 pandemic, real estate businesses have rushed to find alternative solutions, proactively approach support packages, and change business strategies. Moreover, the real...

In this study, we examine whether a nudging intervention increases eyeglass use among primary and lower-secondary students in Vietnam through a randomized controlled trial. Students with refractive errors in 34 schools in one province were provided with free eyeglasses. Half of the schools were...

Objective of this research is to find out the relationship between customers' perceptions of an organization's privacy information practices and their information-sharing intention in the context of omnichannel retailing. The study aimed to address the gap in research regarding privacy concerns...

Southeast Asia has long been a foreign policy priority for Japan, but Tokyo has intensified its engagement - both with the ASEAN Community as a whole and with individual member states - since 2012. Japan views China's growing influence in Southeast Asia as a major foreign policy challenge and is...

Gender inequality remains a critical challenge in Vietnamese higher education, particularly regarding how academic roles and advancement opportunities are distributed. Despite existing policies promoting gender equality, gaps persist in leadership and career development, potentially limiting...

This study develops a framework to analyze the determinants influencing consumer buying intention in livestreaming commerce by being a pioneer that integrates socio-technical system theory with the uses and gratifications theory. This study contributes literature on understanding consumer...

The European Union has implemented various trade policies in the textile and clothing sector, a major global employment generator, over the past three decades. This paper investigates how these evolving policies have impacted the four largest exporters of textiles and clothing to the EU. A...

The logistics industry become one of the most rapidly growing sectors, primarily attributed to Vietnam's economic development. Most domestic transportation relies on road mode instead of inland waterways transport (IWT). With a long coast and large river country, Vietnam's transportation should...

Utilising matched employer-employee data from Vietnamese small and medium enterprises (SMEs) surveys spanning the time frame of 2007-2015, we investigate the extent to which firms share economic rents with their employees through wage adjustments. Our analysis reveals rent-sharing elasticity of...

This study investigates the challenges impeding the development of an effective green bond market in Vietnam and evaluates its potential to support the country's transition from carbon-intensive industries to a greener economy, in line with its climate commitments.This study uses a qualitative...

Purpose - This paper examines why farmers self-select out of formal credit markets even though they need external funds. Design/methodology/approach - We use probit and Bayesian probit estimators to detect the determinants of self-selection behavior based on a primary dataset of 2,212 rice...

This study is based on the four perspectives (customer, financial, internal process and learning and growth) of the balanced scorecard (BSC) and the Delphi technique to examine the impacts of fintech company growth on bank performance in the digital age. It aims to provide a comprehensive...

Economic activity remains strong, supported by well-anchored inflation, steady interest rates, and a broadly stable macroeconomic environment. Industrial production rose by 8.5 percent y/y and the manufacturing PMI in July 2025 returned to expansionary territory, after four consecutive months of...