eng Science and Education Publishing Journal of Finance and Economics 2328-7276 2018-06-23 6 3 87 95 10.12691/jfe-6-3-2 JFE2018632 article Nguyen Thi Loan nguyenthiloankt2@hdu.edu.vn 1 Faculty of Economic and Business Administration, Hong Duc University, Vietnam The purposes of the research are to determine the main factors affecting the business success of agri-based exporting firms in Thanh Hoa Province. To achieve these research objectives, quantitative and qualitative method were used concurrently. 275 questionnaire survey was sent out, but only 180 respondents replied suitably for the quantitative analysis through SPSS 20.0 software. Cronbach's Alpha, EFA, and regression are taken to confirm the research result further. The research finding shows that external factors have much more affecting than others internal one on the business success of exporting SMEs, in which external factors have much effect on the Business Success of Agri-based Exporting Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Thanh Hoa Province than internal factors. http://pubs.sciepub.com/jfe/6/3/2/jfe-6-3-2.pdf factor affecting business success agri-based exporting SMEs