The symposium received over 150 research papers of which 72 was carefully selected for inclusion in the program. The papers focus on the following key issues: Asset pricing and allocation, Banking regulation and financial services, Behavioral Finance, Capital market integration, Corporate Finance, IPOs, SEOs, M&A, Emerging markets finance, etc. Two outstanding guest keynote speakers were Prof. Douglas Cumming from Florida Atlantic University (USA) and Prof. Xavier Freixas from Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Spain) - two of the world's leading finance experts.

In the opening remarks of the two symposium co-chairs, Prof.Sabri Boubaker, South Champagne Business School (France) and Prof.Duc Khuong Nguyen, IPAG Business School (France) stated that the symposium would be a forum for researchers to present their research findings and discuss current and challenging issues in finance and banking. The symposium would also be a bridge for exchanging research experiences and developing research projects with their international colleagues.

Rector Tran Van Hoa of the University of Economics, Hue University said: The Vietnam Symposium in Finance and Banking 2018 (VSBF 2018) is jointly organized by the University of Economics of Hue University, the Association of Vietnamese Scientists and Experts (AVSE Global) and the International Society for the Advancement of Financial Economics (ISAFE) in partnership with the IPAG Business School (France) and the South Champagne Business School (France).

Following are photographs taken at the openning ceremony of the symposium:

Rector Tran Van Hoa of the University of Economics, Hue University

Prof.Sabri Boubaker, South Champagne Business School (France), one of the two symposium co-chairs.

Prof.Duc Khuong Nguyen, IPAG Business School (France), one of the two symposium co-chairs.