Dr. Dong Manh Cuong
Dr. Dong Manh Cuong is currently the Head of The Business School at British University Vietnam (BUV). He has many years of teaching experience at both domestic and international universities, delivering international programmes offered by institutions such as RMIT, San José State University, Troy University, St. Francis University, etc.
His research focuses on applied econometrics in the fields of finance and economics. He has authored numerous academic publications in prestigious international journals indexed in ISI/Scopus. He also serves as a peer reviewer for several leading international journals such as PLOS ONE, Financial Innovation, International Journal of Finance and Economics, The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, and Computational Economics, among others.
In addition to teaching and research, Dr. Dong Manh Cuong also serves as an academic advisor to several scientific organizations. He is currently the Chair of the Scientific and Training Council at the Centre for Socio-Economic Data and Analysis (CSEAD VNU-UEB) and the Vice President of the Vietnam Institute for Digital Economic Development (VIDE). He has led and participated in numerous national and international research projects, making significant contributions to academic advancement and policy development in the context of economic transformation and digitalization
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
- PhD in Economics (2016 – 2019)
Feng Chia University, Taiwan - BSc in Banking and Finance (2009 – 2013)
National Economics University, Vietnam
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
- British University Vietnam (BUV), Vietnam
Lecturer (2023 – Current) - Pusan National University (PNU), South Korea
Visiting Lecturer (2022) - Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU), Vietnam
Lecturer (2021 – 2023)
Teaching for the international programs offered by Troy University, USA, and University of St. Francis, USA - Feng Chia University (FCU), Taiwan
Adjunct Assistant Professor (2019 – 2020)
Teaching for the joint programs between FCU & Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), Australia, and between FCU & San José State University (SJSU), USA.
RESEARCH AREAS / FIELDS
- Applied Econometrics
- Bayesian Statistics
- Financial data analysis
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
- Dao, T.B.T., Khuc, V.Q., Dong, M.C., & Cao, T.L. (2024).
How does FDI Matter for Economic Growth? Evidence from a Comparative Study in Country Groups by Level of Development. Contemporary Economics, 18(4), 376-390. - Nguyen, V.H., Tran, D.H., & Dong, M.C. (2024).
Macro-economics and firm-specific factors impacting the non-performing loans of vietnamese commercial banks in the context of COVID-19. Multidisciplinary Science Journal, 7(3), e2025112. - Dong, M.C., Cao, T.L., Yoon, Y.J., & Lee, K. (2024).
The Diverse Impact of Economic Digitalization on Carbon Dioxide Emissions Across Countries. Seoul Journal of Economics, 37(2), 99-125. - Tran, Q.P., & Dong, M.C. (2023).
Understanding Factors of Households’ Circular Economy Adoption to Facilitate Sustainable Development in an Emerging Country. Research on World Agricultural Economy, 4(4), 79-89. - Dao, T.B.T., Khuc, V.Q., Dong, M.C., & Cao, T.L. (2023).
How Does Foreign Direct Investment Drive Employment Growth in Vietnam’s Formal Economy?. Economies, 11(11), 266. - Nguyen, A.T., Pham, T.T., Song, J., Lin, Y., Dong, M.C. (2023).
Contemporary Economic Issues in Asian Countries: Proceeding of CEIAC 2022, Volume 1. Springer Nature - Dong, M.C., Thuy, D.T.B., & Cao, T.L. (2022).
Spatial regional spillover of economic growth: Evidence from Vietnamese provinces. Southeast Asian Journal of Economics, 10(3), 199-226. - Dong, M.C. (2022).
Forecasting economic growth at provincial level in Vietnam: A systematic dynamics modeling approach. VNU Journal of Economics and Business, 5(2), 22-31. - Huong, V.V., Dao, L.V., Dong, M.C. (2022).
The Role of Digital Transformation in Enhancing the Quality of Public Governance in Vietnam. Journal of Economics and Development, 299, 93-102. - Huong, V.V., Hoi, L.Q., Dong. M.C. (2022).
The Role of Digital Government in Transparency and Corruption Control at the Provincial Level in Vietnam. Journal of Trade Science, 164, 106-164. - Dong, M.C., Chen, C.W.S., and Taniguchi, M. (2021).
Bayesian nonlinear quantile effects on modelling realized kernels. International Journal of Finance and Economics. - Chen, C.W.S., Lee, S., Dong, M.C., and Taniguchi, M. (2021).
What factors drive the satisfaction of citizens on governments’ responses to COVID-19?. International Journal of Infectious Diseases. - Dong, M.C., Tran, M.C. (2021).
The dynamic interrelation of VN-index and major world stock markets: Bayesian DCC-GARCH approach. TNU Journal of Science and Technology, 226(9), 30-37. - Chen, C.W.S., Dong, M.C., Liu, N., and Sriboonchitta, S. (2019).
Inferences of default risk and borrower characteristics on P2P lending. The North American Journal of Economics and Finance. 50, 101013. - Dong, M.C., Chen, C.W.S., Lee, S., and Sriboonchitta, S. (2019).
How strong is the relationship among gold and USD exchange rates? Analytics based on structural change models. Computational Economics, 53, 343-366. - Than-Thi, H., Dong, M.C., Chen, C.W.S. (2019)
Bayesian modelling structural changes on housing price dynamics, In Kreinovich V., Sriboonchitta S. (eds.) Structural Changes and their Econometric Modeling, Studies in Computational Intelligence, 808, 83-104. - Dong, M.C., Tian, S., and Chen, C.W.S. (2018).
Predicting failure risk using financial ratios: Quantile hazard model approach. The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, 44, 204-220
AWARDS & HONOURS
- The Vice-Chancellor’s Teaching Award (2024)
Awarded by the Vice-Chancellor of the British University Vietnam for outstanding contributions to teaching excellence, student engagement, and innovation in curriculum design across business and economics programmes. - Best Poster Presentation Award (2019)
Awarded by the Eastern Asia Chapter of the International Society for Bayesian Analysis (EAC-ISBA) in the 4th Eastern Asia Meeting on Bayesian Statistics, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan. - Outstanding Graduate Student of the Year (2019)
Awarded by Feng Chia University, Taichung, Taiwan. - Honorary Member Award (2018)
Awarded by The Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
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