Call for Papers

We cordially invite you to submit your research papers for presentation at the 8^th annual Vietnam International Conference in Finance (VICIF-2024), which will take place on the 1^st and 2^nd of July 2024 in Ho Chi Minh City, formerly known as Saigon.

The VICIF-2024 conference is jointly organized by the Vietnam Finance Association International (VFAI), Foreign Trade University, University of Economics – the University of Danang, University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, International University – Vietnam National University HCMC, and College of Business & Management - VinUniversity, and sponsored by the Deposit Insurance of Vietnam (DIV), Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV), and Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank) - Hung Vuong Branch.

We are excited to announce that the conference will be held in a face-to-face mode, providing a much-needed opportunity for academics, doctoral students, and practitioners to share their latest research findings, discuss current issues, and explore new directions in finance and related topics. The conference will offer an open and intimate environment for networking, collaboration, and exchange of ideas. We welcome submissions from scholars worldwide in all areas of finance, including but not limited to:

• Corporate finance and governance
• Asset pricing, investment, and portfolio management
• Finance and sustainability
• Financial markets and institutions
• Financial technology
• Banking and financial regulations
• Behavioral finance
• Risk management and quantitative finance
• Household finance and financial consumer protection

Paper submission: Please submit your full papers (in English) by no later than March 31, 2024, via the conference website (http://vicif2024.sciencesconf.org). Submitted manuscripts will be peer-reviewed.

Important dates:

Conference venue: Sheraton Saigon Hotel & Towers,Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Conference program co-chairs

Hieu Van Phan, University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA

Vinh Xuan Vo, University of Economics-Ho Chi Minh City

Organizing committee members:

Kien Dinh Cao, Foreign Trade University, Vietnam

Viet Nga Cao, Monash University, Australia

Lam Tung Dang, University of Economics – the University of Danang, Vietnam

Man Huu Dang, University of Economics – the University of Danang, Vietnam

Viet Anh Dang, University of Manchester, UK

Huu Nhan Duong, Monash University, Australia

Hai Hong Ho, VinUniversity, Vietnam

Alex Lan Nguyen, VinUniversity, Vietnam

My Nguyen, RMIT University, Australia

Nick Nhut Nguyen, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand

Oanh Thi Ngoc Nguyen, VinUniversity, Vietnam

Peter Kien Pham, University of Sydney, Australia

Thuy Simpson, Grand Valley State University, USA

Anh Luong Tran, City University London, UK

Anh Tran, University of Connecticut, USA

Dat Quoc Trinh, International University – Vietnam National University HCMC, Vietnam

Hong Vo, International University  – Vietnam National University HCMC, Vietnam

Nam Hoang Vu, Foreign Trade University, Vietnam

Best paper awards: Presented papers will be considered for the following awards:

• Best Paper Award in Corporate Finance, Financial Intermediation and Sustainable Finance
• Best Paper Award in Asset Pricing, Investment, and Financial Technology
• Best PhD Paper Award

Keynote speaker: Professor Kai Li, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (Class of 2022), holds the Canada Research Chair in Corporate Governance and W. Maurice Young Endowed Chair in Finance at the UBC Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia. She was also Senior Associate Dean, Equity and Diversity between 2015-2021.

Professor Li’s research focuses on the economic consequences of corporate governance mechanisms. Her current research projects explore: (1) gender, competition, and performance, (2) machine learning in finance, and (3) gender and finance. Her research has appeared in Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Management Science, Journal of International Business Studies, and many other leading journals in Finance and Economics. She is the recipient of the UBC Killam Research Award, the Sauder School of Business Research Excellence Award (both junior and senior categories), and the Barclays Global Investors Canada Research Award, a Senior Fellow of the Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research, a Research Member of the European Corporate Governance Institute, and a Research Fellow of the FinTech at Cornell Initiative. She is a Managing Editor of Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, and is on the Editorial Board of Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Financial Intermediation, Journal of Financial Stability, and Pacific-Basin Finance Journal. She has also served on the Editorial Board of Review of Financial Studies, Review of Finance, Management Science, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of Banking and Finance, and Financial Management. Her research has been featured in Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, Financial Times, The Time Magazine, Reuters, CNBC, Bloomberg, Dow Jones Newswire, New Yorker, BBC, BNN, CBC National, CTV National News, National Post, Globe and Mail, U.S. News & World Report, Harvard Business Review, and Yahoo! Finance.

Contacts for queries: Hieu Phan (hieu_phan@uml.edu) and Kien Dinh Cao (caokien@ftu.edu.vn)