The objective of this paper is to highlight the impact of ownership discrepancy and type (managers, chairman, state, foreign) on executive compensation (salary, bonus) in Vietnamese Listed Firms for period 2010 -2016. Based on a sample of Vietnamese listed firms and using panel data regressions, the results show that CEO ownership and Government ownership have significant positive impact on the level of total Executive cash compensation. | The impact of ownership structure on executive compensation: Evidence from Viet Nam