Using data from the 2014 Vietnam Household Living Standard Survey, this study employs cluster analysis techniques to provide the first classification of five livelihood strategies pursued by rural households. The methodology also included a comparison between the per capita household income across livelihood strategies using the Bonferroni pairwise tests. The authors found that households with non-farming or wage-earning livelihoods achieved the highest income levels, while those depending on farm-related incomes or a mix of wage-earning and farm-related incomes had the lowest income levels. Furthermore, factors associated with the choice of livelihoods were investigated using a multinomial logit model. The findings reveal that farmland is negatively associated with the choice of high return livelihood strategies. This suggests that access to farmland is not a potential barrier to the pursuit of lucrative strategies. In addition, the education level of household heads proved to have a positive effect on the pursuit of remunerative strategies. The authors also found that households living in communes with minimal infrastructure and non-farming job opportunities have a more significant chance to adopt high-return livelihoods.
Foreign direct investment plays an important role in the economic development of developing countries. One of the factors that investors consider when deciding to invest in a country is the institutional factor. Therefore, this study is conducted to determine the relationship between institutions and foreign direct investment in Vietnam. Research data is panel data from 63 provinces/cities of Vietnam for 2012-2015 used to test the hypothesis. The fixed impact assessment model (F.E.M.) and IV-GMM allowed the exact causal relationship of these factors to be determined. The results show a positive impact from institutional factors on FDI attraction in Vietnam. Research results also show that R&D research also helps increase FDI attraction into Vietnam significantly, and the accountability factor is the most important factor for investment decisions of FDI owners. In addition, the study also examines in detail the institutional distribution indicators that affect FDI. The study shows a significant relationship between institutions and FDI attraction to Vietnam. From this result, some policy implications are also given to improve the ability to attract FDI based on institutional policy.
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