CALL FOR PAPER

Dear colleagues and friends,

You are cordially invited to submit your research papers (English only and in PDF files) to the Vietnam Symposium in Banking and Finance 2025 (VSBF-2025), which will take place between 23 and 25 October 2025 in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam. We will organize the conference in an IN-PERSON that allows a richer, more dynamic experience with opportunities for greater engagement and networking in the conference. 

This Symposium, jointly organized by the AVSE Global, Banking Academy of Vietnam (Hanoi), and the International Society for the Advancement of Financial Economics (ISAFE) in partnership with the EMLV Business School and Massey University, aims to bring together academics, practitioners, and policymakers to share their research findings and discuss current and challenging issues in banking and finance. The Symposium is also an ideal occasion for Vietnamese scholars to exchange research experiences and develop research projects with their international colleagues.

In this edition, alongside academic research papers, we extend our warm welcome to submissions from practitioners, including policy discussions and/or professional reports that address current issues in the banking and financial system. 

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

• Professor João A.C. Santos, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Co-Editor of Journal of Financial Intermediation. 
• Professor Sudipto Dasgupta, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Business School & Associate Editor of Review of Corporate Finance Studies and Journal of Empirical Finance

ADVISORS

• Huu Toan Bui, Chairman, Board of Trustee, Banking Academy of Vietnam, Vietnam
• Thi Hoang Anh Pham, Acting President, Banking Academy of Vietnam, Vietnam
• Duc Khuong Nguyen, Dean and Managing Director, EMLV Business School, France & President, AVSE Global
• Hung Do, Massey University, New Zealand & Director of Finance and Banking Network (FBNet), AVSE Global

CO-CHAIRS

• Sabri Boubaker, EM Normandie Business School, France 
• Harvey Nguyen, Massey University, New Zealand & Finance and Banking Network, AVSE Global 
• Viet Dung Tran, Banking Academy of Vietnam, Vietnam 

TOPICS

The scientific and organizing committee welcome submissions in all areas of banking and finance presentation at the conference no later than August 22, 2025. Early submission is highly encouraged, and decision is made as soon as the review is completed. The main topics of the conference include, but not limited to:

• Asset pricing and allocation
• Banking regulation and financial services
• Behavioral finance
• Capital market integration
• Corporate finance, IPOs, SEOs, M&A
• Corporate governance
• Digital finance
• Dynamics of international capital markets
• Emerging markets finance
• Entrepreneurial finance
• Finance and sustainability
• Financial crises and contagion
• Financial econometrics
• Financial engineering and derivatives
• Financial markets, institutions, and money
• Financial modeling
• Financial policy and regulation
• Investment funds
• Macro-financial linkages
• Market behavior and efficiency
• Market linkages, financial crises, and contagion
• Market microstructure
• Monetary and financial macroeconomics
• Portfolio management and optimization
• Risk management
• AI in banking and finance
• Special sessions: Professional Report

Practitioners should choose the “Special sessions: Professional Report” track in the Topic field during the submission stage.

PAPER AWARD

Three best paper awards will be announced during the Gala Dinner (EUR500 each) in three general categories:

• One Best Paper Award in Finance
• One Best Paper Award in Banking
• One Best PhD student’s Paper Award

PAPER SUBMISSION

Interested authors can submit their research papers (in PDF files) no later than August 22, 2025 via the Symposium website: https://vsbf2025.sciencesconf.org/submission/submit . 

IMPORTANT DATES

• August 22, 2025: Submission deadline (full papers, PDF files) 
• September 08, 2025: Notification of acceptance/rejection 
• September 19, 2025: Registration deadline  
• October 23-25, 2025: Symposium event 

PUBLICATION OPPORTUNITIES

In consultation with the Editors-in-Chief of Annals of Operations Research, Journal of Forecasting, Journal of International Financial Management & Accounting, and Review of Corporate Finance, authors of best conference papers will be invited to submit their papers to a regular issue of the Journals.

CONTACT

For queries, please send an email to vsbf2025@sciencesconf.org