The impact of health insurance on out-of-pocket payments in the Mekong river delta
By Ta Thi Hong Ngoc (VNP 22) Supervisor: Dr. Tu Van Binh Abstract The study uses the Vietnam Household Living Standard Survey in the year of 2012 and 2014 in 13 provinces in the Mekong River Delta (MRD) to evaluate the impact of health insurance on out-of-pocket payments in the MRD. Three models including Pool […]
Likely-dead trans-pacific partnership agreement and Vietnam’s apparel
By Nguyen Thi Tuong Vy (VNP 21) Supervisor: Dr. Le Thanh Loan Abstract The thesis aims to investigate the impact of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement on Vietnam’s apparel industry. The TPP is a not-yet-in-force agreement and is stiffly opposed by the new president of the United States (US), however it has still received […]
Sellers’s reactions to takeover rumours and announcements before M&A: The event study on HOSE
By Nguyen Thi Hong Ngoc (VNP 22) Supervisor: Dr. Vu Viet Quang Abstract This paper examines the trading activity of target firms in the days before acquisition announcement. Using a sample of acquisition announcements in HOSE during the period of 2012 – 2016, the results showed that significantly abnormally trading volume precedes share price movements. […]
Innovation and productivity in small and medium enterprises: A case study of Vietnam
By Pham Do Tuong Vy (VNP 21) Supervisor: Dr. Vo Hong Duc Abstract The majority of enterprises in Vietnam is categorized as small and medium sized (SMEs) firms which play an important role to the sustainable growth of the Vietnamese economy. As such, improving the productivity of the SMEs is essentially needed and this request […]
The impact of marriage on happiness in Ho Chi Minh City of Vietnam
By Tran Pham Bao Nguyen (VNP22) Supervisor: Dr. Truong Dang Thuy Abstract The main purpose of this research need to find the answer of the question if the married woman will be happier than single folks over lifetimes as well the method of measuring happiness in practice and the impact of marriage on happiness. We […]
Economic benefits of foreign aid: An analysis of China’s aid to Africa
By Nguyen Quynh Anh (VNP 22) Supervisor: Dr. Howard Nicholas / Dr.Nguyen Trong Hoai Abstract This study considered the motives of Chinese aid to Africa with an emphasis being on the economic motives of aid. The analysis undertaken concluded that Chinese aid, like OECD aid in general, serves the interests of the donor, specifically economic […]
Maginal price of urban flooding in Ho Chi Minh City
By Vo Le Minh Phuong (VNP 22) Supervisor: Dr. Pham Khanh Nam Abstract This study applies hedonic price function to estimate the effect of urban flooding of Ho Chi Minh city. Instead of using the sale price, this study alternatively uses the rental price from three commercial banks located in Ho Chi Minh City as the […]
Financial distress and bankruptcy prediction: an appropriate models for listed firms in Vietnam
By Pham Vo Ninh Binh (VNP 22) Supervisor: Dr. Vo Hong Duc Abstract This paper aims to develop a comprehensive model, which is the first of its kind in Vietnam, for the purpose of financial distress and bankruptcy prediction of the Vietnamese listed firms. The entire research period from 2003-2016 considers the financial distress likelihood […]
Systematic risk in the capital asset pricing model for Australia: A clinical death?
By Nguyen Cong Thang (VNP 22) Supervisor: Dr. Vo Hong Duc Abstract On the ground of a well-known Markowitz’s Modern Portfolio Theory, a Sharpe-Lintner Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) was derived. The CAPM confirms that only systematic risk – denoted by ß (beta), does matter and investors are only compensated for taking systematic risk. Various […]
The role of maternal education in child health: Evidence from China
By Nguyen Thi Hong Cam (VNP 22) Supervisor: Dr. Vo Tat Thang Abstract Children healthcare and gender discrimination are a real challenge to China in the process of achieving its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). In this study, we investigate the influence of mothers’ education on the health status of their children in the context of […]
Can public administration explain economic performance: The case of sixty three provinces in Vietnam
By Hoang Hong Quan (VNP 21) Supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Trong Hoai Abstract Economic growth can be explained using fundamental (De facto) cause and proximate (De jure) ones. This study attempt to explore proximate nature which is of elements of economic activities of Vietnam including institutional quality based on cross-province dataset. The methodology adopted is informal […]
Information sharing, bank penetration and tax evasion in the developing countries
By Vo Manh Tan (VNP 21) Supervisor: Dr. Vo Hong Duc Abstract Tax evasion defines illegal activities which aim to conceal taxable income from tax authorities or to include expenses which are not allowed in order to reduce tax duties. In the developing countries, tax evasion is critical problems and barriers to growth. An extensive […]
Macro economic determinants of credit risks in the Asean banking system
By Nguyen Chi Thanh (VNP 21) Supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Vu Hong Thai Abstract The impact of credit risk, which is caused by the increase in the non-performing loans (NPLs), on the performance and stability of banking system as well as economic activities have recently raised many interests from researchers and policy makers. Motivated by the […]
Determinant of non-performance loans – the case of Vietnamese banking sector
By Truong Ngoc Thanh (VNP 21) Supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Thi Thuy Linh Abstract The main purpose of this study is to examine the determinants of non-performing loans (NPLs) in the case of Vietnamese banking sector by analyzing the unbalanced panel data of 30 Vietnamese banks over the period of 2008 – 2012. Both of macroeconomic […]
Airline choice for domestic flights in Vietnam: Application of multinomial logit model
By Tran Phuoc Tho (VNP 21) Supervisor: Dr. Truong Dang Thuy Abstract In 2015, Vietnam witnessed the booming of airline industry. The participation of low cost carriers makes the airline market more and more competitive. Understanding the behavior of passengers is essential for any carriers to make their strategic policies. This study employs the multinomial […]
Effects of social capital on self-rated life-satisfaction among residents: Evidence from Vietnam
By Truong Ngoc Anh Thu (VNP 21) Supervisor: Dr. Pham Khanh Nam Abstract This dissertation provides an insight into the relationship between self-rated life-satisfaction and social capital, controlling for some demographic and individual characteristics in rural Vietnam as well as tests the theoretical predictions of the social capital investment model from the data of Vietnam […]
Parental absence and child labor in Vietnam
By Nguyen Ngoc Minh Thu (VNP 21) Supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Hoang Bao Abstract Child labor is defined as a task which had took out the childhood from children; have an ability to affect negatively on child physical and mental development. These tasks also obstruct child schooling by disposing child from the chance of learning at […]
The effects of foreign bank entry, deregulation on bank efficiency in Vietnam
By Luong Cong Hoang (VNP 21) Supervisor: Dr. Pham Dinh Long Abstract This study examines the effects of foreign banks entry to the efficiency of Vietnam‘s domestic banks following the government to initiate deregulation its financial banking. We also review the bank efficiency in term of bank size and ownership structure. There are two principled […]
The impact of audit quality on firm performance: Empirical Evidence in Vietnam
By Le Thi Anh Thu (VNP 21) Supervisor: Dr. Le Ho An Chau Abstract This study empirically examines the impact of audit quality on firm performance in Vietnam. Audit quality is considered as an external monitoring factor which objectively affects firm performance. In this thesis, audit quality is measured by three variables including audit rotation, […]
External and private return to education by using instrument variables approach: Evidence in Vietnam with a panel data
By Le Thanh Hung (VNP 21) Supervisor: Dr. Nguyen Trong Hoai Abstract The combination of Vietnam Household Living Standard Survey and Provincial Statistics Yearbook from 2010 to 2014 provide a great opportunity for estimating the up to date external and private return to education in Vietnam. In this paper, the Human Capital Earning Function (Mincer, […]
Outsourcing and total factor productivity: Evidence from Vietnamese small and medium-sized enterprises
By Pham Thi Hoa Tien (VNP 21) Supervisor: Dr. Pham Thi Bich Ngoc Abstract This study aims to examine the impacts of outsourcing activities on firms total factor productivity of 4,549 Vietnamese enterprises by using a panel dataset of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises during the period from 2005 to 2013. It is supposed to contribute […]