摘要：In an effort of the Vietnamese government to improve the country's innovativeness, the Ministry of Science and
Technology (MOST) carried out a research to investigate Vietnamese companies' current state of innovation. Data of
510 manufacturers used in this paper was extracted from the survey campaign by the MOST. Via statistical analysis,
findings indicated that only a humble share of Vietnamese companies is currently performing innovative activities.
These firms invest the most on new technology. When it comes to the relationship between innovative performance
and firm performance, significant regressive relationships have been found yet, the results are dissimilar across
industries. Besides, innovative performance displayed mixed effects on performance, which seems to confirm previous
literatures' diverse receptions about this topic.
