MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING STATE BANK OF VIETNAM HO CHI MINH UNIVERSITY OF BANKING NGUYEN THI VAN ANH APPLYING BAYESIAN ANALYSIS METHOD TO EVALUATE ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND GOVERNANCE TO FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN THE ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT COUNTRIES: THE ENHANCING ROLE OF TRADE OPENNESS MASTER THESIS Major: Banking and Finance Major Code: 8 34 02 01 Ho Chi Minh City - 2025 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING STATE BANK OF VIETNAM HO CHI MINH UNIVERSITY OF BANKING NGUYEN THI VAN ANH APPLYING BAYESIAN ANALYSIS METHOD TO EVALUATE ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND GOVERNANCE TO FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN THE ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT COUNTRIES: THE ENHANCING ROLE OF TRADE OPENNESS MASTER THESIS Major: Banking and Finance Major Code: 8 34 02 01 LECTURER: 1: Dr. NGUYEN DUY LINH Ho Chi Minh City - 2025 NGUYEN THI VAN ANH MASTER THESIS 2025 i DECLARATION OF AUTHORSHIP I hereby declare that this thesis is the result of my independent research conducted under the guidance of my lecturer, Dr. Nguyen Duy Linh. I affirm that the content of this thesis is entirely original and does not include any material plagiarized or copied from the work of other authors without proper acknowledgment. All external sources of data, information, and scholarly opinions have been appropriately cited and referenced in accordance with academic integrity standards. I take full responsibility for the originality and ethical conduct of this research, and I acknowledge that Ho Chi Minh University of Banking bears no responsibility for any potential copyright issues arising from this work. Ho Chi Minh City, Date: Author Nguyen Thi Van Anh ii ACKNOWLEDGMENT Throughout the past six months of conducting this thesis, I have received valuable support and encouragement that I would like to sincerely acknowledge. I am truly thankful to all lecturers at Ho Chi Minh University of Banking, whose dedication to teaching and stude