PREFACE
Welcome to The 12th International Conference on Emerging Challenges (ICECH2024). This conference is organized by International School - Vietnam National University Hanoi; Hanoi University of Science and Technology – School of Economics and Management; University of Economics and Business - Vietnam National University, Hanoi; National Economics University – Faculty of Business Management; The University of Danang – University of Economics; University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City; Foreign Trade University; University of Economics – Hue University; Viettel Academy, Viettel Group; University of Hertfordshire (UK); AVSE Global (France); PPM School of Management (Indonesia); EM Normandie Business School (France).
We are delighted with the number of papers received, in what has been a most difficult of. More than the quantity, however, we have attracted papers of a consistent high quality, which demonstrates the position of ICECH in its role as a space for advanced management research in dealing with topical and controversial issues of faced by Vietnamese enterprises.
The ICECH2024 Conference will focus on (but not limited to) Asia-Pacific nations. We welcome submissions in the following areas: Economics, Business Law, Management, Finance and Banking, Innovation and Technology, Accounting and Auditing. All the papers published in the Proceedings will make a significant contribution to emerging debates in the field of international business transformation to develop sustainable firms and economies.
We are delighted that the ICECH2024 brings together domestic, international researchers and practitioners in the field of management and economics to share their latest ideas, problems and solutions, especially in business transformation, green manufacturing and consumption to adapt new normal situation, and the like.
The 2024 Conference has supports from prestige international and domestic journals, including Journal of Risk Finance (ESCI, Scopus Q3, UK), Pacific Asia of the Association for Information System (ESCI), Global Finance Journal (SSCI, Q2, IF=2.853) - Special Issue theme: ―Digital Finance for Technological Progress‖, International Review of Economics and Finance (SSCI, Q2, IF = 3.399), Journal of Asian Business and Economic Studies (JABES-Scopus, Q1; ESCI-WoS), VNU Journal of Science: Economics and Business, Journal of Economic Studies (The University of Danang – University of Economics, Journal of Management and Business Review (JMBR), Journal of Vietnam's Socio-Economic Development, and Journal of International Economics and Management (JIEM).
The conference has received generous support and help from many people and organizations to make this event possible. Firstly, we would like to express our sincere thanks to all the authors for their excellent contributions; and, to all the paper referees for their time and expertise regarding paper review; particularly, to the invited speakers, Professor Hisham Farag, Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, UK; Professor Hussain Nazim, University of Groningen, The Netherlands, Professor Chung Piaw Teo, National University of Singapore, Singapore for delivering plenary talks at the conference. In addition, the organizers would like to thank all the program committee members for their efforts and supports to the conference. We would like to thank to the National Foundation for Science and Technology Development (NAFOSTED) for their great support. Last but not least, we would like to thank the conference secretariat staffs for their outstanding work for the conference.
We wish all of you have a productive conference.
Associate Professor Le Trung Thanh
Rector of International School VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI
