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Received: 2025-05-15  |  Accepted: 2025-07-15  |  Published: 2025-09-30

Title

Sustainable entrepreneurship intentions: a case study of youth in Vietnam


Abstract

The study’s objective is to investigate the sustainable entrepreneurship intentions of the youth in Vietnam. An anonymous questionnaire survey was administered to collect data from 1,289 youths of Generation Z in Vietnam. The gathered data underwent a hierarchical regression analysis to examine the moderating role of entrepreneurship support organizations. The findings indicate that attitude toward sustainability entrepreneurship, perceived feasibility, entrepreneurship desirability, and sustainability orientation significantly impact the sustainable entrepreneurship intentions of Vietnamese youth. Furthermore, the research results substantiate that the entrepreneurship support organization positively moderates the relationship between determinants of sustainable entrepreneurship intention and directly influences it. Drawing upon the research findings, several implications are proposed to assist governments, entrepreneurship support organizations, policymakers, and investors in acquiring a more profound understanding necessary for designing effective and suitable support programs. As a result, contribute to advancing a sustainable entrepreneurship ecosystem in the future.


Keywords

intentions, sustainable entrepreneurship, youth, moderate role, Vietnam


JEL classifications

L26 , Q56 , M13 , I25


URI

http://jssidoi.org/jesi/article/1341


DOI


Pages

245-258


Funding


This is an open access issue and all published articles are licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Authors

Nguyen, Nam Danh
Thanh Dong University, Hai Phong, Vietnam https://thanhdong.edu.vn
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Uong, Lan Ngoc Thi
Thanh Dong University, Hai Phong, Vietnam https://thanhdong.edu.vn
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Journal title

Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues

Volume

13


Number

1


Issue date

September 2025


Issue DOI


ISSN

ISSN 2345-0282 (online)


Publisher

VšĮ Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Center, Vilnius, Lithuania

Cited

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