Recent global turnoils has been significantly affected the Vietnamese stock markets due to itslack of efficiency, which can potentially lead to increasing stock price crash risks. This study examinesthe impacts of earning management on stock price crash risk for 202 listed companies on the VietnamesStock Market from 2013 to 2022. Our empirical analysis reveals a positive association between earningsmanagement and the subsequent year’s stock price crash risk. Further analysis suggests this effect isstatistically significant only for upward earnings management, leading to reported earnings exceeding actualprofitability. These findings highlight the low efficiency of the Vietnamese stock market, characterized bylimited information transparency and a high proportion of individual investors, who tend to overreact toearnings information. Based on these results, the study offers policy recommendations for the Vietnamesestock market.