About 300 experts and scientists attended The 31st Asian Finance Association Annual Meeting in UEH

About 300 experts and scientists (250 foreign delegates) got together in Hochiminh City Economy University for The 31st Asian Finance Association Annual Meeting from Jul 07^th to 09^th, 2019. This is the very first time a significant international conference of Asian Finance Association (AsianFA) was taken place in Vietnam, thus contributing to lift our country up on the international recognization.

Attending the meeting, on the side of Asian Finance Association, there were Prof. Robin K.Chou - President, Prof. Kelvin Tan - Vice President, Prof. Bohui Zhang - Vice President, Prof. Karen Benson – Former President and other members. Keynote speakers include: Prof. David M Reeb - National University Singapore (NUS), Prof. Michelle Lowry - Lebow School of Business, Drexel University (United States). Especially, UEH warmly welcomed Editors of three prestigious journals including Professor Robert Faff of Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, Professor Kwangwoo Park of Asia-Pacific Journal of Financial Studies and Professor Allaudeen Hammed of International Review of Finance. On the UEH’s side, there was Prof. Nguyen Dong Phong - President; Prof. Nguyen Trong Hoai - Vice President, Assoc. Prof. Vo Xuan Vinh - Dean of Institute ofBusiness Research along with dean and vice dean from other departments, faculties, institutes of University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City.

In opening words delivery, Prof. Dr. Nguyen Dong Phong - President of UEH shared his proudness for the host role of UEH in taking place the 31st Asian Finance Association Annual Meeting . In a deeper honour, we are very proud to welcome more than 530 submissions and 180 papers were selected. There are 48 parallel sessions over the two-day conference. There are 48 parallel sessions over the two-day conference Also, UEH proudly welcomed 2 keynote speakers and 3 Chief Editors of world-leading jounals to engage in this conference.

During 8^th and 9^th, July 2019, there was 48 workshops happenings in parallel on major subjects of business finance, finance investment and management, business management, and state management policy for business, international finance, and finance markets etc.

In the evening of 9^th July, 2019, at Conference Room of Thong Nhat Palace, the organization board set a friendly meeting for the delegates to facilitate communication, exchange, and share on research and partnership opportunities between them for the future. In this Gala Dinner, 8 awards of best papers was granted to the best articles of the conference.

The conference presented a significant meaning. On academy, this was a chance to share ideas and researches among the leading group of international scholars on new trends of finance research. This was also an opportunity for emerging scholars, lecturers, and students to obtain shares of new researches, exchange ideas and information on new development in finance research.

The conference contributed to linking forces of UEH with international ones, enhance research potential of UEH’s group of lecturers in particular, and Vietnam scientists in general. Thus, UEH can grow quantity and improve quality of international publications under categories of ISI, Scopus, ABDC; create condition to grow as a QS-Asia classified university in the future. At the same time, the conference also lifted the school up on the field of research, in the region as well as over the world.

Some photos of the conference:

The whole view of the annual meeting

Prof. Dr. Nguyen Dong Phong - President of UEH making an opening remark

Prof. Robin K.Chou - President of Asian Finance Association giving a message at the Conference

Researchers presenting their papers in parallel sessions

All participants taking group photo

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(*) Hiệp hội Tài chính Châu Á (AsianFA) được thành lập năm 1993 với sự hợp nhất của Hiệp hội tài chính Châu Á - Thái Bình Dương (Asia Pacific Finance Association) và Hiệp hội quản lý tài chính lưu vực Thái Bình Dương (Pacific-Basin Financial Management Society). Hội nghị thường niên AsianFA thường được tổ chức vào thời điểm tháng 6 hoặc tháng 7 và được đăng cai tổ chức bởi một trường đại học trong khu vực châu Á - Thái Bình Dương hằng năm. Đây là lần đầu tiên một hội thảo quốc tế có uy tín của Hiệp hội tài chính quốc tế được tổ chức tại Việt Nam.

Source: Department of Communications and Public Relations, Institute ofBusiness Research