Modern rice varieties are considered the best solution to manage the dilemma of increasingly scarce resources and rising food demands in the developing world. Although rice is widely cultivated in Vietnam, little is known about the factors affecting the farm households’ decision to adopt modern rice varieties and its economic effects across land-size groups. Using the propensity score matching combined with the difference-in-difference (PSM–DID) method, this study examines the effects of the adoption of modern rice varieties in Vietnam.

The net stable funding ratio (NSFR) was introduced under the Basel III accord to promote financial stability. Under this new international regulation, individual financial institutions are required to maintain a sustainable funding structure. Hence this new universal requirement is expected to materially affect bank operations.

Corporate governance has been marked as an important component of the fast-growing pace of the Vietnam economy recently. Aligning with the concern that gender plays a critical role in corporate management, this study aims to reveal the entire benefits of the appearance of women on board to reduce downside risk in the frontier countries. By using a unique dataset from Vietnamese listed firms and appropriate econometric methods, we present tight results that the presentation of women at firm management level is more likely to lessen the downside risk.