CALL FOR PAPERS
NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
VIETNAM’S ECONOMY IN 2017 AND PROSPECT IN 2018
Removing barriers to the development of Vietnamese private enterprises
Release of the Annual Vietnamese Economic Report 2017
OVERVIEW
Annually, the National Economics University organizes the National Conference to evaluate Vietnam economy in 2017 and its prospect in 2018, and publish NEU’s Annual Vietnamese Economic Report. This year’s conference topic is “Vietnam’s Economy in 2017 and Prospect in 2018: Removing Barriers to the Development of Vietnamese Private Enterprises“.
CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES
The conference aims to summarize Vietnam Economy in 2017 including achievements, remaining drawbacks, causative evaluation, opportunity and challenge analysis to encourage regulatory economic policies in 2018. The conference also evaluates major barriers which are currently viewed as to hinder the development of private businesses so that resolutions and policies are drawn to remove the barriers to foster the development of enterprises. Apart from that, a publication NEU’s “Annual Vietnamese Economic Report 2017” is also concerning the above-mentioned topic.
The specific objectives of the conference are as follows:
• To clarify the international context and Vietnam economic development in 2018, analyze opportunities and challenges in 2018 and the years to come; and Vietnam’s economic prospects in 2018, recommend policy suggestions;
• To analyze the factual situations of private enterprises, compare them with those of SOEs and FDI, make judgments on the role of private enterprises in the whole economy, recommend general solutions to promote the development of the private business sector.
• To recognize and evaluate barriers which private enterprises may encounter on entering the markets of factors of production including capital, labor, land, technology, infrastructure and logistics, etc; clarify subjective and objective reasons, then suggest solutions and policies to overcome barriers related to institutions and government management in this market.
• To recognize and clarify barriers may be faced with such as business registration, the fulfillment of taxation and custom responsibility, and business activities, etc; clarify subjective and objective causes, then recommend several solutions to break down the barriers, especially the institutions and government management.
IMPORTANT DATES AND PARTICIPATION
• Tentative time: 15th March 2018
• Venue: Conference Hall, A1 Building, National Economics University.
• Participants:
Approximately 500 scholars and scientists from international organizations, state departments, universities, domestic and oversea research departments such as Central Economic Commission, The Economic Committee of the National Assembly, Government Office, National Financial Supervisory Commission, The State Bank of Vietnam, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Planning and Investment, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Ministry of Construction, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism; Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, local Institutes for Socio-Economic Developement, Institutes, Academies, Universities in Economics and Business Administration, as well as the participation of other economists, the representative of enterpreneurs, and jouralists,etc.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Authors are sincerely invited to submit their papers in English or Vietnamese as per the following guidelines:
• Full Paper submission: before 1st March 2018
• All submissions are to be made electronically via email to yenkhneu@gmail.com for review;
• Papers should follow the prescribed format:
Language : English or Vietnamese
Limit : 3000 - 6000 words (10 - 20 pages) excluding abstract, references, and appendix
Font : Times New Roman
Font size : 13pt
Size : A4
Code : Unicode
Line Spce : 1.3
Margin Settings : left 3.0 cm; right: 2.0 cm, top: 2.0 cm; bottom 2.0 cm
• Structure: Article Title, Name of Author(s), Academic Title, Diploma, Organization, Abstract (no more than 250 words), Keywords (3-5 words), Content (including Introduction and Conclusion), Reference, Appendix. Author’s email address and phone number should be included on the final page for contact.
• Debate: All submitted papers are sent for debates and revision. Accepted papers will be included in the Conference Proceeding with an ISBN number. Selected best papers may be published in Journal of Economics and Development, NEU. Notification of revision and acceptance is due by 9h March 2018.
CONTACT DETAIL
Assoc. Prof. Dr. To Trung Thanh
Head, Department of Scientific Management
National Economics University, Hanoi, Vietnam
Email: thanhtt@neu.edu.vn
Dr. Ho Hai Yen
Department of Scientific Management National Economics University, Hanoi, Vietnam
Email: yenkhneu@gmail.com