biostudies-literatureUnknown56Nguyen HHVietnam has been one of a few countries that successfully contained the COVID-19 pandemic. However, aggressive measurements against the pandemic were at the expense of economic activities and companies' financial performances. This cross-sectional study uses a survey of 672 companies in Vietnam and the logistic regression model to explore companies' coping strategy choices based on their degree of financial distress, companies' profiles, entrepreneurial factors, and the interactions between them. The results suggest that companies predominantly selected cost-cutting strategies to deal with the economic shutdown. However, the interactions between financial and entrepreneurial factors could significantly increase the likelihood of selecting growth-focused strategies. Besides, when facing a gResearch in international business and finance101380https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9756047biostudies-literatureFinancial performances, entrepreneurial factors and coping strategy to survive in the COVID-19 pandemic: case of Vietnam.PMC9756047Nguyen HHNgo VMTran ANTfalseFinancial performances, entrepreneurial factors and coping strategy to survive in the COVID-19 pandemic: case of Vietnam.Vietnam has been one of a few countries that successfully contained the COVID-19 pandemic. However, aggressive measurements against the pandemic were at the expense of economic activities and companies' financial performances. This cross-sectional study uses a survey of 672 companies in Vietnam and the logistic regression model to explore companies' coping strategy choices based on their degree of financial distress, companies' profiles, entrepreneurial factors, and the interactions between them. The results suggest that companies predominantly selected cost-cutting strategies to deal with the economic shutdown. However, the interactions between financial and entrepreneurial factors could significantly increase the likelihood of selecting growth-focused strategies. Besides, when facing a g2021-01-01T00:00:00Z2021 Apr2025-05-31T23:18:10.46Z2024-11-12T03:00:30.524ZS-EPMC97560473654076910.1016/j.ribaf.2021.101380