MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING
FOREIGN TRADE UNIVERSITY
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SUMMARY OF DOTORAL THESIS
A STUDY OF FACTORS AFFECTING THE COLLABORATION IN
VIETNAM EXPORTED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES SUPPLY CHAIN
Field of study: International Economic
Code: 62.31.01.06 (new code: 9310106)
NGUYEN THI YEN
The thesis is completed at: Foreign Trade University
Supervisor: Assoc. Prof., Dr. Trinh Thi Thu Huong
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The thesis shall be defended in front of the Thesis committee at
University Level at Foreign Trade University
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The thesis can be found at the National Library and
The Library of Foreign Trade University
LIST OF PUBLISHED WORKS OF THE AUTHOR
RELATING TO THE THESIS
1. Nguyen Thi Yen (2019), “Factors effecting the collaboration in Vietnam
exported fruits and vegetables supply chain” External Economics Reviews, No
120/2019.
2. Nguyen Thi Yen (2018), “Fruits’s cold supply chain: experience of Japan
and lessons for Vietnam”, External Economics Reviews, No 104/2018.
3. Nguyen Thi Yen (2018), “Some recommendations to enhance collaboration
in Vietnam’s retail supply chain”, Academic Conferrence at University Level
“Vietnam retail market: perspectives for 2020 and beyond”, Foreign Trade
University, 08/2018..
INTRODUCTION
1. Rationale of the research:
Vietnam has advantages over agriculture and fruits and vegetables, of which the
export output has been increasing constantly through the years, are among the main
export products. However, the export output, although rising, still solely accounts for the
minority of domestic production, while export turn-over makes up a meager proportion of
worldwide demand at 1,5%. Clearly, it lacks food safety exported fruits and vegetables
supply chain, not the import markets.
The theory concerning collaboration in supply chain has been studied, applied in
reality for many years. Nonetheless, for developing countries as Vietnam, it is still a
brand new thing and has just been attached special importance to recently, which results
in the fact that a lot of companies do not understand deeply the extreme magnitude of
collaboration in export fruits and vegetables supply chain. Therefore, recognizing factors
affecting collaboration in supply chain, then finding out existing difficulties to provide
appropriate solutions are utterly imperative nowadays. For that reason, the writer chooses
“A study of factors affecting the collaboration in Vietnam exported fruits and vegetables
supply chain” to be the topic of the Ph.D. thesis.
2. Overview and related issues of thesis
2.1 General findings of supply chain collaboration
The thesis has reviewed and indicated the research results of a number of foreign and
domestic studies concerning the concept, the characteristics, the role of supply chain
collaboration, the level of collaboration and determinants of the collaboration in supply
chains.
2.2 General findings of fruits and vegetables supply chain collaboration
The thesis has reviewed and indicated the research results of a number of foreign and
domestic studies concerning the collaboration in fruits and vegetables supply chain and
its determinants.
2.3 Comments on previous reports and unsolved problems
General perception
In general, there have been a lot of researches on supply chain collaboration and its
determinant, which have been published in prestigious supply chain management
journals. These studies have clarified the concept of chain collaboration, the levels of
collaboration, the characteristics and the role of collaboration in improving and
developing the supply chain. From there, we can form the theoretical basis for research
on collaboration and its determinants. The number of domestic researches on
collaboration and its determinants is very limited.
Unsolved problems
Various studies have discussed the factors that influence collaboration within the
chain, however, the amount of researches is limited when it comes to a particular field.
Furthermore, studies have not yet identified all factors affecting the collaboration in the
export vegetable and fruit supply chain, but only at reasoning and surveying the
influencing factors. Domestic research on this issue is still limited, there is currently no
research on the analysis of factors affecting the collaboration in Vietnam exported fruits
and vegetable supply chain.
3. Research objectives and tasks:
The objectives of this thesis are to recognize and analyze factors affecting the
collaboration in Vietnam exported fruits and vegetables supply chain, then to find
solutions influencing such factors in order to reinforce the collaboration in Vietnam
exported fruits and vegetables supply chain. In addition, the thesis develops a scale
system for collaboration and factors affecting the collaboration in Vietnam exported
fruits and vegetables supply chain.
To achieve the aforementioned objectives, the thesis performs the following tasks:
Firstly, clarifying the rationale of supply chain, collaboration in supply
chain, recognizing and analyzing factors affecting the collaboration in export fruits and
vegetables supply chain. Secondly, creating and developing a system of scales for factors
affecting the collaboration in Vietnam exported fruits and vegetables supply chain.
Thirdly, analyzing the real situation of Vietnam exported fruits and vegetable supply
chain and collaboration in Vietnam exported fruits and vegetable supply chain.Fourth,
determining factors and their affecting level to collaboration in Vietnam exported fruits
and vegetable supply chain. Fifth, basing on the analyses of affecting level of factors to
provide solutions influencing factors in order to reinforce the collaboration in Vietnam
exported fruits and vegetable supply chain.
4. Research subjects and scope: