Author(s)

Thu Thao Tran, Ying En Ge

College of Transport and Communications, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, China.

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.

Railway, Vietnam, Agricultural Products, Mode Choice, Environment

Tran, T. and Ge, Y. (2022) Study on Factors Impacting on Decision of Choosing Railway to Export Agricultural Products in Vietnam and the Concern about Environmental Element. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 10, 31-51. doi: 10.4236/jss.2022.104003.