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ABSTRACT:

Because of the effect of the world economy and national economy, construction firms Listed in the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) are forced to improve firm performance to develop. This paper presents the firm performance of construction firms Listed in the HNX to adopt the evaluation and the measurement three (03) basic financial ratios, including: (i) Fixed asset turnover ratio (FAT), (ii) Total Asset Turnover Ratio (AT) and (iii) Equity turnover (ET). The authors collected secondary data from previous studies, construction firms Listed in the HNX for the period of 2015-2019. The results of the research show that the firm performance of construction firms has many limitations. This study will benefit the construction firms Listed in HNX in the improvement of their performance.

KEYWORDS:

Fixed asset turnover ratio (FAT), (ii) Total Asset Turnover Ratio (AT) and (iii) Equity turnoverratio (ET), construction firms, Finance.

JEL CLASIFICATION:

M40, F65, G30

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