TITLE:
Study on Factors Impacting on Decision of Choosing Railway to Export Agricultural Products in Vietnam and the Concern about Environmental Element
AUTHORS:
Thu Thao Tran, Ying En Ge
KEYWORDS:
Railway, Vietnam, Agricultural Products, Mode Choice, Environment
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.10 No.4,
April
8,
2022
ABSTRACT: Agricultural products are one of the main export
commodities of Vietnam. With the gradually increasing competition of this
commodity in the world market, agricultural product manufacturers still depend
a lot on the road transport method in transporting this type of goods while the
railway has been ignored for too long. This research tried to investigate the
factors and their extent that affect exporters’ decision to choose a rail
transport mode. Additionally, environmental issues are being seriously
considered in Vietnam. Environmental factors will also be included to
understand its importance in the decision of exporters. The quantitative method
is applied in the research and relevant literature reviews are taken as
references to conduct the survey sent out to agricultural exporters in Vietnam
for data analysis. The binary logistic regression model was applied to the
study of 138 samples in Vietnam and the investigation as well as outcomes of
the research would generate a practical model to predict the behaviors of
agricultural exporters in making decision of using railway in Vietnam.