Key Economic Region Research Articles

The role of economic growth in cultural development during the period of accelerated industrialization and modernization - the case of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

During the period of accelerated industrialization and modernization, with the combination of talent and relentless efforts from the Party Committee, the Government, and the people, Ho Chi Minh City has become a key economic region in the South and across the country. However, alongside the remarkable successes in economic growth, many challenges have also arisen concerning cultural, environmental, and social issues. Therefore, managing economic growth in a balanced, sustainable, and harmonious manner with cultural development has become an urgent task during the phase of intensified industrialization and modernization in Ho Chi Minh City. This article will analyze the current role of economic growth in cultural development during the period of accelerated industrialization and modernization in Ho Chi Minh City. From there, the article will propose several orientations and solutions to enhance the role of economic growth in cultural development, aiming to ensure balance and comprehensive development for Ho Chi Minh City.

Driving SME growth and learning effectiveness: The role of analyzer orientation, learning capability, and innovation

This study, drawing on the Knowledge-Based View (KBV) and Contingency Theory, explores how analyzer strategic orientation, learning capability, technical innovation, administrative innovation, and SME growth and learning effectiveness are interrelated. Analyzing cross-sectional data from 407 founders, cofounders, and managers of trade and service SMEs in Vietnam’s Southeast Key Economic Region through PLS-SEM, the research demonstrates that analyzer orientation positively impacts both technical and administrative innovation, thereby bolstering SME growth and learning effectiveness. However, learning capability does not significantly impact technical innovation or growth and learning effectiveness. Instead, learning capability negatively affects administrative innovation. Notably, technical and administrative innovations act as mediators between analyzer orientation and SME growth and learning effectiveness. The study provides practical insights tailored for SMEs navigating dynamic market environments like Vietnam, enriching theoretical understanding of SME strategic management within the trade and service sector.

Sự hài lòng của ứng viên về chất lượng dịch vụ giới thiệu việc làm tại Trung tâm Dịch vụ việc làm Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh

Ho Chi Minh City is the economic and industrialization center of the country and is located in the southern key economic region. Foreign and domestic investment account for a large proportion and create a huge demand for labor. Labor source for industrial development plays an important role in attracting investment and development. Employment service centers in localities are a bridge between the supply and demand of human resources. Research objective: Determine candidates’ satisfaction factors about the quality of job placement services at Ho Chi Minh City Employment Service Center. The research subjects are job seekers who come to do business at Ho Chi Minh City Service Center. Quantitative research method using SPSS 22.0. with multivariate regression model to find the relationship between factors and candidate satisfaction with the quality of job placement services at Ho Chi Minh City Employment Service Center. Research results have found that candidates’ satisfaction factors about the quality of job placement services at the Ho Chi Minh City Employment Service Center are reliability; service capacity and attitude; assurance; responsiveness and sympathy.

Spatial Mapping of On-road Traffic Emission for Air Quality Management: A Case of Vinh Phuc Province

Vinh Phuc province is in the northern key economic region of Vietnam. The province has been facing challenges in air quality management as the number of vehicles has rapidly increased to meet the rising demand for transportation resources. This research was aimed to conduct an emission inventory and to build a spatial emission map for traffic activities in an attempt to improve air quality management in Vinh Phuc province. The vehicles were categorized into 5 groups: motorcycles, cars, light-duty vehicles (LDVs), heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) and buses. Meanwhile, the streets were also categorized into 5 groups: highways, rural roads, urban streets, suburban streets and industrial streets. The results showed that motorcycles were the main means of transportation (93% of total vehicles) and they were also the major contributors to total emissions of NOx, CO, VOCs (volatile organic compounds), CH4, NMVOCs (non-methane volatile organic compounds) and especially in the cases of CO, CH4, VOC and NMVOC emissions which contributed more than 90% of emissions. Cars were the main source of SO2 emissions, contributing 51% of total SO2 road traffic emissions. The emissions of TSP (total suspended particulate), PM10 and PM2.5 were mostly generated from buses (about 32%), followed by motorcycles (about 18%). LDVs and HDVs contributed 18% and 15% to total particulate matter emissions, respectively. Spatial distribution analysis of CO, NOx, SO2, TSP, NMVOC and PM2.5 which involved visual identification in polluted areas, showing that high emissions were in the southeast part of the province and the most polluted areas were Vinh Yen city, followed by Binh Xuyen district and Phuc Yen city. These results provide suggestions for local governments on how to design effective air quality control strategies.

Income tax compliance behavior of businesses: The case of Vietnam

The socio-economic development of each country requires the contribution of businesses to social goals and the state budget. Improving tax compliance behavior is consistent with improving the ability of businesses to contribute to the budget. The objective of the study is to evaluate factors affecting tax compliance behavior for businesses. The study is conducted on 202 enterprises in Thai Nguyen, a locality located in the key economic region of Vietnam and with a high level of economic development. Through quantitative analysis of the research results, it found that: the system legislation and socio-economic conditions have the strongest influence on businesses' tax compliance behavior. However, the influence of business characteristics and tax authority characteristics on tax compliance behavior is lower.

Developing Green Logistics in the Economic Region Northern Focus of Vietnam

In order to minimize the negative impacts of the adverse side of the economy on the environment, green economic development is the development strategy that Vietnam is proposing and implementing in the 21st century. In particular, green logistics is the inevitable trend and an important criterion that logistics enterprises must implement together with the State to successfully complete this strategy. This article presents the current state of logistics in the Northern key economic region in Vietnam and proposes some solutions for developing green logistics, towards sustainable development here.

Environmental Quality Assessment of Bien Hoa City, Dong Nai Province by UEQ Index

Poor surface water quality, air pollution, solid waste collection, domestic water supply, and many more environmental issues are plaguing urban areas due to policies encouraging fast urbanization but failing to synchronize infrastructure. This has heightened the importance of urban environmental management. This project conducts an urban environmental quality assessment (UEQ) in Bien Hoa City, the political, economic, cultural, and social heart of Dong Nai province, and a Grade I urban region in the Southern Key Economic Region. The PRS framework serves as the basis for the process used to establish environmental indicators, with the indicator's parameters and weight being established using a Delphi process. Seven component indicators and twenty-sixth indicators were calculated as a result. With a score of 44.4 on the UEQI, Bien Hoa City is deemed to have a merely "average" urban environment. The indicators for the individual parts are middling at best. Although Bien Hoa City's urban environmental quality index is subpar, timely improvements have steadily raised it and each of its indicators and will continue to do so.

TRAINING TO ADVANCE THE QUALITY OF HUMAN RESOURCES CONTRIBUTES TO IMPROVING THE INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT IN HAI PHONG CITY

Training to advance the quality of human resources is an important and urgent issue for the whole country in general and Hai Phong in particular in the context of accelerating industrialization, modernization and integration into the international economy today. In order to promote the potential and advantages of Hai Phong, as a city directly under the Central Government, a center for economic development of seaports, a focal point for international exchange and integration, the locomotive and driving force of the key economic region in the North and the whole country. Currently, Hai Phong has been implementing many solutions to improve the investment environment. At the same time, mobilizing resources, including improving the quality of human resource training to contribute to attracting investment, promoting development and socio-economic growth... Since then, building a safe and favorable investment environment for domestic and foreign investors when coming to Hai Phong.

Air emission inventory and air quality modelling for developing countries: A case of Vinh Phuc province, Vietnam

Vinh Phuc is a province in the Northern Key Economic Region with a developed industry, a high population rate, and a relatively high traffic density. Along with economic growth, environmental protection in general, and air quality improvement in particular are two challenges that Vinh Phuc authorities must identify in the coming years. To do so, total emission load data must be acquired in order to establish a pollution distribution map for the entire Vinh Phuc province. The paper’s aim is to provide: (i) air emissions inventory, and (ii) the application of the model to build a map of pollution distribution in Vinh Phuc province. Different methods are used in this study, including (i) emission inventory utilizing both bottom-up and top-down techniques [1], (ii) air quality simulation applying the Finite Volume Model - Transport and Air Pollution Model [2] (FVM-TAPOM), and (iii) other approaches such as interview method, statistical tool, geographic information system (GIS), expert method, etc. According to research findings, motorbikes account for more than 90% of the concentration of pollutants for traffic activities. Iron and steel industries has the highest emission among 15 industries and straw burning activities account for more than 70% of total area source emissions. An emissions distribution map for traffic and industry sources was developed based on air quality simulation which showed that Vinh Yen city has the highest emissions among 09 districts and cities in Vinh Phuc province. The study also identified the causes of air pollution in Vinh Phuc province, providing remedies for the management agency to release plans and activities to minimize Vinh Phuc province emissions and ensure the local community’s air quality and health.

Benefits of Short-term Premature Mortality Reduction Attributed to PM2.5 Pollution: A Case Study in Long an Province, Vietnam.

PM2.5 pollution exposure is the leading cause of disease burden globally, especially in low- and middle-income countries, including Vietnam. Therefore, economic damage in this context must be quantified. Long An province in the Southern Key Economic (SKE) region was selected as a research area. This study aimed to evaluate PM2.5-related human health effects causing early deaths attributable to respiratory, cardiovascular, and circulatory diseases in all ages and genders. Health end-points and health impact estimation, economic loss model, groups of PM2.5 concentration data, data of exposed population, data of baseline premature mortality rate, and data of health impact functions were used. Hourly PM2.5 concentration data sets were generated specifically using the coupled Weather Research and Forecasting Model (WRF)/Community Multiscale Air Quality Modelling System (CMAQ) models. Daily PM2.5 pollution levels considered mainly in the dry season (from January to April 2018) resulted in 12.9 (95% CI -0.6; 18.7) all-cause premature deaths per 100,000 population, of which 7.8 (95% CI 1.1; 7.1), 1.5 (95% CI -0.2; 3.1), and 3.6 (95% CI -1.5; 8.5) were due to respiratory diseases (RDs; 60.54%), cardiovascular diseases (CVDs; 11.81%), and circulatory system diseases (CSDs; 27.65%) per 100,000 population, respectively. The total economic losses due to acute PM2.5 exposure-related premature mortality cases reached 62.0 (95% CI -2.7; 89.6) billion VND, equivalent to 8.3 (95% CI -0.4; 12.0) million USD. The study outcomes contributed remarkably to the generation and development of data sources for effectively managing ambient air quality in Long An.

The effect of economic structural transfer on urban development in Binh Duong province

Binh Duong, a dynamic province in the Southern Key Economic Region in Vietnam, has a fast growing economy and strong economic restructuring towards industrialization and modernization, have affected many aspects of economy, culture, society and environment. This study analyzes the influence of economic restructuring on urban development in Binh Duong province by utilizing the time series data throughout 2000-2020, combined with methods collecting and processing documents; compare, analyze, synthesize; sociological investigation. The research results show that economic restructuring contributes to promoting economic and social development in general and expanding the urban network of Binh Duong province in particular, but it has some limitations in the process of development. Therefore, Binh Duong wants to successfully integrate into the world economy and develop urban areas towards sustainability (by 2030), it must have specific, scientific and objective analysis and evaluation on the success and limitations of the economic restructuring process and its impact on the urban system in recent times. The research results also have a scientific basis for proposing appropriate and effective solutions and policies to successfully implement the goals and orientations of economic restructuring and urban development that Binh Duong has been approved.

Evaluation of the Role of Self-cleaning Capacity on Marine Environmental Carrying Capacity: A Case of Ganh Rai Bay, Vietnam.

Economic activities are constantly increasing in the southern key economic region (SKER), especially in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), which leads to the influx of large amounts of wastewater from this region into Ganh Rai Bay (GRB). The problem of assessing the marine environmental carrying capacity (MECC) of coastal areas is urgent, and the role of self-cleaning must be elucidated. Four typical pollution parameters were selected: ammonium (NH4+), biological oxygen demand (BOD), phosphate (PO43-), and coliforms. The study aims to propose a framework to assess the impact of the role of self-cleaning on MECC and to apply the proposed framework to GRB as a case study. A series of models were used to simulate hydrodynamics, and an advection-diffusion model with an ecological parameter set was used for water quality modelling. The land-ocean interactions in the coastal zone model were used to calculate the GRB and East Sea retention time. Finally, a multiple linear regression model was used to clarify the relationship between the MECC and self-cleaning factors. Calculation results show that the self-cleaning factor increased the MECCAmmonium by 60.30% in the dry season and 22.75% in the wet season; similar to MECCBOD, MECCPhosphate increased by 5.26%, 0.21% (dry season), and 11.04%, 0.72% (wet season), respectively. MECCCColiforms in the dry season increased by 14.83%; in the wet season, MECCColiforms doubled. The results provide medium-and long-term solutions to improve the water quality of the GRB, especially the selection of activities that conserve the ecological system and improve the self-cleaning capacity of the bay.

The effect of labor and capital on transportation logistics’ development: The case of Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

The objective of this study was to measure eight variables, which included total labor, female labor, trained labor, high school labor, annual capital, asset and long-term capital, state capital, and abroad capital. A second objective was to assess which variables impact labor productivities, capital productivities, and gross domestic product (GDP) growth in four provinces in the southern key economic region in Vietnam. It also assessed how the GDP growth of transportation logistics in Ho Chi Minh (HCM), the GDP growth of HCM, and the GDP growth of Vietnam are impacted by the above eight variables and how they affect each other. The methodology used included the Cobb-Douglas formulation employed in a structural equation modeling (SEM) analysis and five steps of SEM’s goodness of fit testing. The software used is Stata 17.0. Some remarkable findings are: Firstly, trained labor had a total and direct positive impact on both goods labor productivity and passenger labor productivity. Secondly, state capital had no effect on goods labor productivity, passenger labor productivity, goods capital productivity, and passenger capital productivity. Thirdly, while trained labor positively affected the growth of Tay Ninh Province, state capital negatively affected the GDP growth of Tien Giang Province. Fourthly, trained labor indirectly negatively affected the GDP growth of transportation logistics in HCM. The implications are that, based on the magnitude of the coefficients, the direction of the effects, the number of variables that affect and are affected, and the magnitude of the effects, we believe that trained labor should be decreased while the GDP growth of transportation logistics should be increased in HCM. State capital had a direct and negative impact on GDP growth in Tien Giang Province; our recommendation is that state capital should be reduced in order to increase GDP growth in Tien Giang Province.

Assessment of Dau Tieng reservoir water quality using standard criteria combined with remotely sensed images

Water quality (WQ) pollution is a matter of concern to everyone, and it is necessary to take remedial measures to protect human life. This paper presents the assessment of surface WQ through the Water Quality Index (WQI) followed by the Vietnam Standard QCVN 08-MT:2015/BTNMT combined with satellite data for the Dau Tieng reservoir. The implementation method is based on the correlation of each WQ indicator with the spectral features of satellite images to build a regression function, simulating the spatial distribution of the entire reservoir. The Sentinel-2A satellite images were used with reflective bands in the visible and near-infrared (NIR) spectrum region. The regression functions showed that the correlation of the WQ indicators was related to single bands, and the band ratios include blue and NIR, red/blue, green/blue, and NIR/blue bands. Simulation results of the WQI spatial distribution expressed that the WQ of the Dau Tieng reservoir was in a polluted state at the level of WQI fluctuation in the range of 0–50 for the most part. Dau Tieng irrigation system plays a vital role in the water distribution system for Tay Ninh province and the southern key economic region. Therefore, appropriate treatment measures should be taken if it needs to be used for domestic water supply purposes.

Factors Affecting Members’ Satisfaction With High-Tech Agriculture Cooperatives in Vietnam’s Northern Key Economic Region

Purpose: This study aims to determine the factors affecting cooperates’ satisfaction when joining high-tech agricultural cooperatives in Vietnam’s Northern Key Economic Region. Theoretical framework: The study absorbed previous studies and expert opinions to determine the member' satisfaction coming to high-tech agricultural cooperatives. Design/methodology/approach: Primary data was collected through a direct survey of 395 members participating in high-tech agricultural cooperatives. Then, the study uses the method of partial least squares structural equation modeling to test the hypothesis and assess the satisfaction level of the members. Finding: The research results show that the factors affecting the satisfaction of cooperative members include 7 factors: working environment, trust, managers, level of participation, perceived benefits, support policies, and service capacity. Research, Practical & Social Implication: Based on the results of this study, several solutions to improve the current association activities with the role of the cooperative model as the core are proposed. People are encouraged to participate more in the association by improving the management skills of cooperatives, strengthening support activities, creating jobs, and raising incomes for people. Originality/value: Members' satisfaction will promote the activities of linking production and consumption with the main role of the cooperative, not just stopping at the immediate propaganda activities. Since then, these activities also improve people's confidence when participating in the association. Specifically, collective economic development must come from the needs of the people and participating organizations.

Corporate Social Responsibility and Farmer Participation: A Case Study in High-tech Agricultural Cooperatives in Vietnam's Northern Key Economic Region

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) plays an increasingly important role for businesses and receives the attention of many people. The main aim of this study is to explore the components of corporate social responsibility and the part of satisfaction and trust in the relationship between corporate social responsibility and farmer cohesion. Based on applying the partial least squares (PLS-SEM) estimation model to test the hypothesis through data collected from the questionnaire survey in the Northern critical economic region, the research results obtained 395 valid questionnaires, which were used to test the ideas. Research shows that corporate social responsibility consists of three main components: commitment, customers, and the environment from a farmers' perspective. Besides, satisfaction and trust are intermediaries between social responsibility and farmers' cohesion in high-tech agricultural cooperatives.

Linkages and development of local industrial space: Research in the key economic region of Southern Vietnam

The aim of this study is not only to define the industrial development space of the region in Vietnam, but also to assess the linkage in local industrial development. Research space in the Southern Key Economic Region—Vietnam’s most vibrant industrial production region—is based on the approach in both aspects: output value and agglomeration of production enterprises through the number of businesses. By taking a diversified approach from defining the growth linkage indicator to simulating the industrial structure pattern by the network, and using the regression model with the industrial production enterprise data of the Region in the period 2011 − 2019. The research result shows that there has been a significant increase in the linkage to the development of industrial space in the Region. Besides, the pattern of industrial development space of the Region has both increased the production value in the central areas and spread the industrial bases established in other localities in the Region. From scientific findings, this paper gives policy implications as well as contributes to some improvements in assessing, analyzing and verifying industrial development space in the locality, especially for developing economies like Vietnam.

The Role of Higher Education in the Promotion of Human Resources in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Today

Higher education plays a great role in promoting intellectual resources for the cause of industrialization and national development in the context of international integration. Accordingly, the research, identification, evaluation and practical solutions for higher education to better perform the role and task of promoting intellectual resources have scientific and practical significance. The article "The role of higher education in the promotion of human resources in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam today" studies the role of Ho Chi Minh City in the development of higher education in order to improve the quality of human resources in the Southern key economic region nowadays.

Financial development and business growth: A case of the Southern Key Economic Region

Financial development and business growth: A case of the Southern Key Economic Region

Sustainable development of marine economy in Da Nang city - from perception to reality

Da Nang is a city located in the central key economic region of Vietnam, which has an important geo-political-economic position. In addition, this area is also the center of road, rail, sea, and air traffic in Vietnam. With a favorable geographical position and natural conditions, Da Nang has many potentials and advantages for sustainable development of the marine economy in association with the protection of sovereignty and national interests at sea. Using analytical, synthesis, and logical methods, the article clarifies the potential and advantages of Da Nang city in marine economic development, thereby assessing the status of marine economic development and raising a number of issues posed by the sustainable development of the marine economy in Da Nang.