Sector In Vietnam Research Articles

An Integration of Environmental Innovation and Digitalization in Promoting TFP of the Agriculture Sector in Vietnam

An Integration of Environmental Innovation and Digitalization in Promoting TFP of the Agriculture Sector in Vietnam

Current legal framework of economic concentration control in the retail sector in Vietnam

In the context of Vietnam’s extensive international integration, economic concentration emerges as a pivotal strategy employed by businesses across various sectors, notably the retail industry, to foster expansion and bolster competitiveness within the market. As this trend evolves, it necessitates the formulation by the Vietnamese Government of a comprehensive and stringent legal framework tailored to regulate economic concentration among enterprises. Such measures are imperative to preclude the curtailment of market competition, which could potentially undermine the equity and vitality of the business environment in Vietnam. This paper meticulously examines and elucidates theoretical nuances surrounding economic concentration in the retail sector. Additionally, it scrutinizes the current landscape, assessing the impact of extant legislation governing economic concentration and the efficacy of enforcement activities in this realm within the Vietnamese retail sector. Consequently, the paper proffers judicious recommendations to enhance the efficacy of legal mechanisms governing economic concentration to foster competition and fortify Vietnam’s overall economic prowess, particularly within the retail sector.

Do employee responses to CSR enhance career adaptability? A study on the service sector in Vietnam

Do employee responses to CSR enhance career adaptability? A study on the service sector in Vietnam

Macro-economics and firm-specific factors impacting the non-performing loans of vietnamese commercial banks in the context of COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has created unprecedented economic disruptions worldwide, with the banking sector being one of the most affected industries. This paper aims to explore the impact of various factors on the nonperforming loans (NPLs) of Vietnamese commercial banks during the COVID-19 pandemic by employing a Bayesian hierarchical regression approach. The analysis highlights that the pandemic has led to a significant and positive increase in the NPLs ratio of Vietnamese banks, indicating that the financial health of these institutions has been adversely affected by the crisis. Moreover, the study uncovers that the impact of COVID-19 on NPLs is not uniform across all banks. Specifically, state-owned banks have experienced a more pronounced increase in NPLs compared to their private counterparts. This disparity suggests that state-owned banks may be more vulnerable to economic shocks due to their broader exposure to sectors and enterprises heavily impacted by the pandemic. The findings of this research offer critical insights into the dynamics of the banking sector in Vietnam during a global health crisis and emphasize the need for targeted policy interventions. The results also underscore the importance of understanding the differential impacts of such crises on various types of financial institutions. By identifying the factors that contribute to the increase in NPLs, this study provides valuable information that can inform future strategies aimed at enhancing the resilience of the banking sector against similar economic disruptions. Furthermore, the findings highlight the effectiveness of the policies implemented during the pandemic to support the banking sector, suggesting areas for improvement and further research.

Applying vroom expectancy theory to analyse employee motivation: A study of commercial banks in Vietnam

In researching motivation, the process approach is better and has more potential than the content approach. This research aims to apply Vroom expectancy theory, a process-based approach to motivation to gain a greater understanding of employee motivation within the commercial banking sector in Vietnam. Additionally, this study seeks to validate the applicability of the expectancy theory by surveying 901 employees from 16 commercial banks with different total assets and numbers of employees. The data analysis involved the utilization of Cronbach's alpha, Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structural equation model (SEM). This study reveals that there is a positive relationship between expectancy (E), intrinsic instrument (I-IN), intrinsic valence (I-V) and employee motivation (EM). Employee motivation has an impact on job performance. Nevertheless, it has been observed that the presence of extrinsic valence (E-V) and extrinsic instruments (E-IN) do not significantly impact employee motivation despite the high employees’ level of need for extrinsic valence. This finding deviates considerably from previous studies that applied Vroom's theory. These findings further emphasize the notion that motivation is a dynamic process. Using a process approach in investigating motivation has significant efficacy and employee motivation has a substantial impact on employee performance especially in the context of commercial banks in Vietnam.

Solutions to improve quality, create breakthrough in training, fostering, attracting and employing talents in Vietnam

In order to create the possibility of economic breakthrough development, remove economic institutional bottlenecks, release resources, and develop the economy quickly and sustainably in Vietnam in the coming time, it is impossible not to mention solutions to improve the quality, create breakthroughs in training and fostering talents. This is one of the important solutions in the context that the Party and State require the application and development of science and technology more and more extensively in all fields and all sectors in Vietnam. The article focuses on researching the the political basis, legal basis, and practical basis for training, fostering, attracting and employing talents in Vietnam. Meanwhile, statistics on undergraduate and postgraduate training in the period of 2016–2022, the training level of the workforce and the Global Talent Competitiveness Index show that Vietnam has not achieved many positive changes in training, fostering, attracting and employing talents as expected. The article is approached from many different aspects, including the perspective of leaders and managers at the head of state agencies, the perspective of businesses and the perspective of the university teaching staff and scientific research workers themselves. On that basis, the article points out the key contents that need addressing so as to build solutions to improve quality, create breakthroughs in training, fostering, attracting and employing talents in Vietnam in the context of international integration and science and technology development. The main contributions of the article focus on the identification of the concept of “talent”, the criteria for determining “talent” and the renewal of awareness of policies and laws on training, fostering, attracting, employing, introducing and recommending talents.

Applied Random Forest Algorithm for News and Article Features on The Stock Price Movement: An Empirical Study of The Banking Sector in Vietnam

Applied Random Forest Algorithm for News and Article Features on The Stock Price Movement: An Empirical Study of The Banking Sector in Vietnam

Relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Financial Performance in the Healthcare Industry in Vietnam

This study aims to understand the relationship between corporate social responsibility and the financial performance of companies in the healthcare sector in Vietnam. The sample size of the study is 242, including data collected from 22 listed companies in the healthcare industry in Vietnam, during the period from 2012 to 2022. By using Stata software research methods and tests, research results show that corporate governance, human rights, and community have a significant impact on the financial performance of healthcare businesses in Vietnam, while employee relations and environment have no impact on financial performance. From there, this study makes several recommendations that healthcare companies should have reasonable regulations to adjust the gender balance on the board of directors and develop a code of ethics on human rights associated with CSR activities, thereby implementing training programs to improve the quality of human resources, and needing to allocate investment costs in production technologies appropriately to optimize operating performance and profits of the business.

A Study of the Development Strategy of the Wind Power Sector in Vietnam

A Study of the Development Strategy of the Wind Power Sector in Vietnam

Assessment on the awareness and attitude about waste recycling in three Vietnamese universities in the framework of GREENUS project

Abstract GREEN waste management new edUcation System for recycling and environmental protection in Asia (GREENUS) is a project funded by the European Union to develop the technical capabilities of the younger generations in the waste management sector in Vietnam, enhancing the fundamental role of universities. As a part of the GREENUS project, this study aims to investigate the level of awareness and attitude of the Vietnamese universities about waste recycling and the impact of the project activities. Data were gathered from a questionnaire, which was distributed to three universities in Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Can Tho University, and Hanoi University of Science and Technology) for three months in 2023. Descriptive statistics and Analysis of variance (ANOVA) analysis were used to analyze the data. The results show that Professors/lecturers as well as older people have higher level of awareness and appear more inclined to engage in waste separation. In addition, females express more willingness to participate in the separate collection of waste for recycling than males. Regarding small electronic devices, the majority replace their mobile phones within three to five years due to damage, while laptops tend to have a longer lifespan, often exceeding five years. Furthermore, the majority of respondents (over 70%) find the GREENUS initiative effective in enhancing their awareness of the importance of proper waste management. They believe that the initiative is valuable since it simply explains why appropriate waste management is everyone responsibility, provides new knowledge on waste management techniques and inspires/motivates people to handle waste correctly. The study can represent a good source of references for suggesting practical policies that spread a new recycling culture, promoting the use of innovative waste collection and recycling systems in the Universities.

Study of factors influencing the organizational commitment of Generation Z working in the IT sector of Vietnam

This study aims to advance understanding of the factors affecting Generation Z employee commitment in the workplace of the information and technology (IT) companies in Vietnam. A survey of 450 Generation Z employees in IT companies shows that company remuneration, reward and welfare, work environment, colleagues, direct manager, promotion, job characteristics, green initiatives are positively related to Generation Z organizational commitment. More specifically, work environment and direct manager have the highest effect on Generation Z employee commitment to organization while promotion and colleagues have the lowest effect on Generation Z employee commitment to organization. Research results also revealed that green initiatives of the organization have significant effect on Generation Z employee commitment in companies. This finding suggests that including green initiatives in corporate strategy is a valuable approach for improving Generation Z employee commitment to organization. We discuss the implications for theory, practice, limitations, and directions for future research.

Closing nature connectedness to foster environmental culture: investigating urban residents’ utilization and contribution to parks in Vietnam

This study aims to investigate the potential for enhancing financial contributions to nature conservation and/or environment protection contributed by citizens and/or the private sector in Vietnam. Specifically, the study empirically examines the antecedents of the utilization patterns and financial contribution of city dwellers to public and national parks. We introduce and use a novel CBMM analytic method (Bayesian mindsponge mindspongeconomics combined with Culture Tower) to analyze the dataset of 535 Vietnamese urban residents surveyed in late 2020. Empirical results demonstrate that the more frequently individuals visit parks, the more likely they are to contribute financially to projects in parks as a whole. In addition, having trees in the house positively correlates with donations to national park conservation projects, while the intention to visit a national park in the next 12 months encourages urban residents to contribute to planting projects in public parks. These results suggest that improved environmental literacy and nature connectedness can help encourage citizens to act collectively to help alleviate the financial burden in dealing with environmental issues. We also found that the increased frequency of bushmeat consumption impedes people’s intention to support conservation projects, implying that the consumer culture of nature might be a hindrance in the efforts to engage the public. Based on the findings, this study offers not only the key solution to alleviate financial burdens for nature conservation but also paves the way to nurture and foster environmental culture associated with closer nature connectedness and improved consumption culture for a sustainable future in years to come.

Tác động của biến động tỷ giá hối đoái đến xuất khẩu nông nghiệp của Việt Nam và vai trò của tự do hóa tài chính tại nước đối tác

This study assesses the impact of real exchange rate volatility on Vietnam’s agricultural exports, considering the role financial liberalization in its trading partners. The author employs Poisson pseudomaximum likelihood estimators to estimate a gravity model covering bilateral agricultural exports from Vietnam to 187 its trading partners during 1996-2021. The empirical results of this study indicate that exchange rate volatility hampers agricultural exports of Vietnam and financial liberalization in its trading partners is crucial for alleviating this adverse nexus. Therefore, maintaining stable exchange rate is necessary to boost agricultural exports of Vietnam. In addition, under great turmoil in global economy with strong fluctuations in exchange rates, Vietnam still has a chance to increase its agricultural exports to countries that have high levels of financial liberalization. This finding has an important implication for selecting trading partners to improve export performance of agricultural sector in Vietnam.

Factors influencing competence development of lecturers in library and information science in Vietnam

PurposeThis article aims to identify and analyze the factors influencing lecturers’ need to develop their competencies in the field of Library and Information Science (LIS), with a specific focus on the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh City (USSH, VNU-HCM).Design/methodology/approachThe study employs an interview method to collect data from lecturers on LIS at USSH, VNU-HCM. Interviews were transcribed verbatim and analyzed according to the qualitative methodology of content analysis.FindingsThe results indicate that individual, organizational, disciplinary and professional factors significantly impact the competence development of LIS lecturers. Detailed information about the components of each factor, particularly the roles of professional awareness, career goals, motivation and time management skills is also provided.Research limitations/implicationsThis article is limited by a restricted interview participant pool and a sole focus on one university. The study recommends expanding the inclusion of participants to ensure a more diverse perspective and enhance the applicability of the findings.Practical implicationsThe research findings offer valuable insights for designing policies, training programs and work environments for lecturers within educational and training institutions in the LIS field.Originality/valueThis study provides a fresh perspective on the challenges and opportunities for developing human resources in the LIS sector in Vietnam.

The relationship between conscientiousness, openness to experience, knowledge-hiding behavior and job performance of employees

Purpose Knowledge-hiding behavior can lead to adverse consequences for individuals and organizations. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between personality traits, knowledge-hiding behavior and job performance in the banking sector in Vietnam. Design/methodology/approach This study used a quantitative approach to test the proposed research model using a linear structural modeling method. Data were collected from 291 employees working in commercial banks in Vietnam using a direct survey instrument. Findings The conscientiousness personality trait exhibits a negative relationship with explicit knowledge-hiding behavior but demonstrates a positive association with tacit knowledge-hiding behavior. Openness to experience is negatively correlated with both explicit and tacit knowledge-hiding behaviors. Explicit knowledge-hiding behavior is negatively related to job performance, whereas tacit knowledge-hiding behavior has a positive relationship with job performance. Knowledge-hiding behavior played an intermediary role in the relationship between conscientiousness and job performance. Originality/value The extent to which employees engage in knowledge hiding depends on whether the knowledge is explicit or tacit. The impact of knowledge hiding on job performance is contingent upon the nature of hidden knowledge, whether explicit or tacit, and can either diminish or enhance job performance.

The Impact of Wellness Tourism Experiences on the Quality of Life of Tourists in Vietnam

The research clearly defines the concept of "wellness tourism" and introduces the concepts of "service experience," "perceived value," "experiential satisfaction," and "quality of life" of tourists to illustrate the current situation of tourism in Vietnam and establish a foundation for the development of wellness tourism. Through a survey of 503 domestic and international tourists, the authors demonstrate the positive impact of factors such as "personal experience" and "value motivation" on "customer satisfaction" and "improvement in quality of life" among participants in wellness tourism experiences. Furthermore, the study reveals that the majority of Vietnamese people are highly interested in and desire to improve both their physical and mental health, as domestic tourists tend to spend more and dedicate more time to wellness tourism compared to international tourists. Based on the research findings, the authors provide specific recommendations and solutions for tour operators offering wellness tourism services in Vietnam, as well as for the government in general, aiming to enhance the tourist experience and further develop this promising tourism sector in Vietnam in the future.

Exploring the factors influencing brand loyalty for the online food ordering sector in Vietnam

This study aims to assess the impact of social media advertising and e-brand experiences. Specifically, it examines how e-brand satisfaction and trust, acting as mediator variables, influence e-brand loyalty among online food customers in Vietnam. The research uses a quantitative method, collecting data from 469 valid responses via a survey questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed using statistical tools such as Cronbach's alpha, Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA), Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) through SPSS and AMOS software. The results show that e-brand experience, satisfaction, and trust are essential for developing and sustaining long-term relationships. Consequently, managers should focus on integrated activities to enhance consumer experience and satisfaction.

Copyright Protection of Digital Content in Vietnam’s Internet Age

The digital content sector in Vietnam is viewed as a "new gold mine”, with a multi-billion-dollar industry. We look at Vietnam's legislative framework for copyright protection, which includes both Intellectual Property, and Cybersecurity Laws. The paper contends that while technology can help address some of the issues of preserving digital content, it is not a cure-all and must be used together with legal and educational measures. The significance of international cooperation in preserving digital content is highlighted. Finally, this research presents a complete analysis of Vietnam's current legal framework for copyright protection of digital information, as well as an assessment of the obstacles and limitations in enforcing these laws. It further highlights the importance of international collaboration in digital content protection and asks for increased efforts to deepen cooperation in this area, and is aimed at policymakers, legal professionals, and scholars interested in copyright protection and digital material in Vietnam.

Revenue Models of Academic Enterprises – An Empirical Study in Vietnam

Academic publishing is the publishing field associated with scientific works, scientific articles, or scientific documents. Under the impact of the Internet, digital transformation, and open access, academic publishing is also affected. Academic publishers around the world have changed their revenue models to grow but this creates controversial views. In Vietnam, academic publishing is developing in response to internal needs and international integration. Academic publishers and scientific journals in Vietnam are also influenced by digital transformation and open access. Besides the opportunities, the challenges facing the academic publishing sector in Vietnam are research quality and revenue model. Based on the content research method, this writing presented some basic theories about academic publishing, academic publishing revenue models, and some discussions about academic publishing in Vietnam.

Exploratory Study on Factors Influencing Digital Transformation in Higher Education in Vietnam

Digitization, digitalization, and digital transformation are the levels and stages of digital technology application development. Digital transformation involves using digital data and technology to fundamentally and comprehensively change all aspects of socio-economic life, reshaping the way work is done and relationships are formed in society. Digital transformation in Vietnam is taking place in many fields such as commerce, tourism, business, finance, and education. Vietnam's Ministry of Education and Training has policies, regulations, and programs to promote digital transformation in the industry, from nurse-school education, primary education, secondary education, high school education, vocational education, and higher education. This paper employs quantitative research methods to construct a model investigating the factors influencing digital transformation in the education sector in Vietnam through surveys of educational managers, lecturers, and learners. From data collected with 193 valid responses, using SPSS.22 to process data analyze data, and formulate regression equations the study identified five factors influencing digital transformation in the higher education sector in Vietnam, including Infrastructure resources, Information technology, and the Internet, Government policies, Human Resources, and Readiness for Digital Transformation. The study proposes a few recommendations to relevant parties such as the government, universities, and learners in building and operating digital transformation in teaching and learning at universities.