The study aims to investigate the impact level of earnings quality on firm value. The study has used data with 3,910 observations at listed firms on Vietnam Stock Exchange for the period from 2010 to 2018, and GLS regression analysis is employed in this research. Earnings quality is measured in the aspects of earnings management, earnings persistence, and timeliness of profitability. This study also considers a number of controlled variables that positively influence the firm's value such as firm size, fixed asset investment rate and dividend payout ratio. The results show that earnings quality is positively associated with firm value with having statistical significance. In contrast, some determinants negatively influence firm value such as financial leverage, ratio of market value to book value, and revenue growth. Determinants of firm size, the rate of investment in fixed assets, the rate of dividend payment positively affect the firm value. In contrast, determinants of financial leverage, revenue growth rate and market value to book value ratio are inversely related to firm value according to economic value, Tobin"s Q or Price. Based on the findings, some recommendations are proposed for investors, management and policy makers as well in the context of emerging countries including Vietnam.

This research is conducted to examine the process from the intention to purchase life insurance among people in two major cities of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, based on the theoretical framework of theory of planned behavior. The study is conducted in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam through an online questionnaire of 358 people. Based on the data collected, the study used Cronbach's alpha, exploratory factor analysis, KMO and Bartlett's test and regression analysis by using SPSS software. The results show that life insurance buying behavior was influenced by purchase intention, attitudes, financial insight and product accessibility. Moreover, it was recognized higher weight of financial literacy and product accessibility in life insurance buying behavior. The research determined that financial knowledge could promote buying intention to actual purchase behavior in the life insurance area.

The study examines the impact of official development assistance (ODA) in constructing road transport infrastructure on Vietnam’s economic growth. The authors select gross domestic product (GDP) to represent economic growth and test the influence of ODA in constructing road traffic infrastructure on Vietnam's GDP. Based on the references and analysis of previous studies, the authors propose an impact assessment model of ODA in constructing road transport infrastructure, Foreign direct investment (FDI), Domestic Investment (VDT) and Labor Force (Labor) to economic growth through GDP as a dependent variable. The regression results show that the ODA had a positive impact on GDP. Moreover, ODA plays an important role in constructing road transport infrastructure on Vietnam’s economic growth.

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