Download or read book Korea s Development Cooperation for Transport in Vietnam written by Youngin Kwon and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: English Abstract: The purpose of this study is to establish a development cooperation plan that meets the development needs of Vietnam's transportation infrastructure. The current status and demands of development in Vietnam's transportation infrastructure were analyzed in consideration of development cooperation trends between Korea and Vietnam, and the direction of cooperation in transportation sector development are proposed as well. Our proposals are based on an analysis of assistance from international organizations and major donor countries. To this end, local data on policies and future plans related to the transportation sector were collected from visiting various related agencies located in Vietnam, such as the Ministry of Transport in Vietnam, Department of Transport in Hanoi, and Hanoi office of KOICA located in Vietnam. Also, field research was performed by holding workshops and invitational workshops to identify the needs of Vietnam government in terms of developing the transportation sector, and to collect the latest data in Vietnam. During our field research, interviews were conducted with government officials at the Ministry of Transport. In the first Chapter, the purpose of this study, its background, review of pre-research and research method are presented. Chapter 2 identifies the development status and development demand of transportation infrastructure in Vietnam based on an analysis of the overall national development strategy in Vietnam, economic trends and prospects, sustainable development goals of UN, and the status of the promotion system by transportation sector, and also focuses on presenting implications for development cooperation between Korea and Vietnam. In order to develop the plan, it is necessary to identify various transportation infrastructure development goals such as socio-economic development goals based on the national development strategy of Vietnam, factors favorable and unfavorable to Korea according to economic trends, and the sustainable development goals of the UN. Following this, the status of development and related policies by transportation sector such as roads, railways, airports, ports, urban transport and logistics were reviewed and analyzed based on various statistical data collected by Korean and Vietnamese experts. As a result, the following three implications were identified: an absolute shortage in transportation infrastructure corresponding to economic growth, insufficiency of mid- and short-term plans and delayed implementation of transportation infrastructure projects, and the lack of related laws and planning capacity to establish efficient transportation systems. The third Chapter surveyed the current status of cooperation in transportation development as they relate to the international community in Vietnam, and reviewed the case of development cooperation projects conducted at six banks, which serve as the major donors in Vietnam, and the ODA system of Vietnam. Our analysis showed that currently the Vietnamese government is promoting development cooperation in the transportation sector with the introduction of preferential loans and the establishment of ODA-related laws such as PPP projects. In addition, the status of support by major international organizations and donor countries(World Bank, ADB, Korea, Japan, France, and Germany), currently supporting about 95%(12.89 billion US dollars) of the total ODA in Vietnam's transportation sector, were analyzed. Furthermore, the case of China's Belt and Road Initiative, which is not included in major donor countries but closely linked to Vietnam's Two Corridors and One Economic Circle, was investigated. By comparing and analyzing the data of international cooperation, it became clear that not only the demand in Vietnam but also the assistance plans of developing cooperation partners should be carefully considered when promoting international cooperation for transportation development in Vietnam. Chapter 4 analyzed the implementation of the Korea-Vietnam Financial Cooperation Agreement (2014) and the Development Experience Exchange Partnership Program (DEEP) projects in the transportation sector, also identifying the status of support for transport projects and cooperation in the sector. In particular, we follow the progress of transport logistics infrastructure projects in Vietnam coordinated through the cooperation center jointly operated by the Korea Transport Institute after the 2018 Hanoi summit in Vietnam. Based on the results of our analysis of the country partnership strategy for Vietnam, annual implementation plans, and cooperation status and strategies by institutions, we propose a strategy to support an Intelligent Traffic System(ITS) and road transport system using Korea's advanced IT technology. Our analysis of the status of cooperation by institutions showed that links to follow-up projects are needed to effectively support regional development by cooperating in the transportation sector. These results, therefore, suggest the need to share experiences and knowledge in the Korean land and transport sector and to pursue government programs and promotion plans based on solid field research. Finally, based on the findings of the preceding chapters, Chapter 5 presents the strategies and directions for development cooperation in Vietnam's transportation sector and cooperation plans by sector. The strategies were proposed in response to the Korean government's country partnership strategy for Vietnam, Vietnam's current direction in international cooperation and investment policy, differentiation of international cooperation strategies for Vietnam, and the demands of Vietnam's transport infrastructure development policy. The mid-to long-term strategies for international cooperation between Korea and Vietnam proposed in this study by the area of cooperation are as follows: first, in terms of establishing an effective system, strengthening the cooperation system and establishing a framework for cooperation should be considered a critical principle; second, the types of cooperation should be diversified, converged, integrated, and specialized; third, cooperative methods should be diversified, through collaboration by agencies; fourth, the contents of cooperation should be diversified, internalized, and modularized; and fifth, the agents of cooperation should pursue strengthening the sustainability of the cooperative system.

Download or read book Vietnam Korea Economic Cooperation written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Papers presented at two bilateral conferences between Vietnam and Korea: December 4-10, 1989, Hanoi and Ho Chi Min City, Vietnam, and September 23-29, 1990, Seoul, Korea.

Download or read book Further development of Korea Vietnam cooperation and exchange in economic tourism and education written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Mekong Delta System written by Fabrice G. Renaud and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book about the Mekong Delta presents a unique collection of state-of-the-art contributions by international experts from different scientific disciplines about the characteristics and pressing water-related challenges of the Mekong Delta in Vietnam. The Mekong Delta belongs to one of the areas, which are to expect the largest challenges concerning environmental change and climate change induced sea level rise . The Delta acts as the “rice bowl” of Southeast Asia and is home to over 17 Million people, who need to cope with ecologic as well as socio-economic changes linked to the rapid economic development of the country. Annual floods, severe droughts, salt water intrusion, degrading water quality, tropical cyclones, hydrologic changes due to hydropower projects in the upstream of the Mekong, coastal erosion, and the loss of biodiversity are some of the problems in the region. Heterogeneous resource management responsibilities, and the fact that the Mekong – and thus also the Delta – is influenced by six countries aggravate the situation. Integrated water resources management and fostered cooperation and information exchange are pressing needs for the sustainable development of the Delta.

Download or read book Further development of Korea Vietnam cooperation and exchange in culture and education written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book India South Korea and the ASEAN written by Harsh V Pant and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-09-23 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the US-China geostrategic competition heating up, it is an opportune time for South Korea, ASEAN and India to draw on their middle power status to bolster regional security and economic cooperation to protect their interests from any potential superpower fallout. This book investigates the diverse possibilities for collaboration within the India-ASEAN-ROK trilateral framework. It explores the various avenues of cooperation that this new trilateral initiative can benefit from, ranging from security, economic, institutional platforms and technology to sustainable development and climate change. The book provides regional perspectives on India, ASEAN and ROK to show the growing appetite in these countries for such trilateral initiatives and to forecast the challenges that may arise. Lucid and topical, this book will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of political science, international relations, diplomacy and strategic studies, as well as Southeast Asian, East Asian and South Asian studies. It will also be of use to thinktanks and policymakers interested in Indo-Pacific, India-ASEAN and India-ROK issues.

Download or read book Vietnam 2035 written by World Bank Group;Ministry of Planning and Investment of Vietnam and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2016-11-07 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirty years of Ä?ổi Má»›i (economic renovation) reforms have catapulted Vietnam from the ranks of the world’s poorest countries to one of its great development success stories. Critical ingredients have been visionary leaders, a sense of shared societal purpose, and a focus on the future. Starting in the late 1980s, these elements were successfully fused with the embrace of markets and the global economy. Economic growth since then has been rapid, stable, and inclusive, translating into strong welfare gains for the vast majority of the population. But three decades of success from reforms raises expectations for the future, as aptly captured in the Vietnamese constitution, which sets the goal of “a prosperous people and a strong, democratic, equitable, and civilized country.†? There is a firm aspiration that by 2035, Vietnam will be a modern and industrialized nation moving toward becoming a prosperous, creative, equitable, and democratic society. The Vietnam 2035 report, a joint undertaking of the Government of Vietnam and the World Bank Group, seeks to better comprehend the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. It shows that the country’s aspirations and the supporting policy and institutional agenda stand on three pillars: balancing economic prosperity with environmental sustainability; promoting equity and social inclusion to develop a harmonious middle- class society; and enhancing the capacity and accountability of the state to establish a rule of law state and a democratic society. Vietnam 2035 further argues that the rapid growth needed to achieve the bold aspirations will be sustained only if it stands on faster productivity growth and reflects the costs of environmental degradation. Productivity growth, in turn, will benefit from measures to enhance the competitiveness of domestic enterprises, scale up the benefits of urban agglomeration, and build national technological and innovative capacity. Maintaining the record on equity and social inclusion will require lifting marginalized groups and delivering services to an aging and urbanizing middle-class society. And to fulfill the country’s aspirations, the institutions of governance will need to become modern, transparent, and fully rooted in the rule of law.

Download or read book The Palgrave Handbook of Development Cooperation for Achieving the 2030 Agenda written by Sachin Chaturvedi and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021 with total page 733 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access handbook analyses the role of development cooperation in achieving the 2030 Agenda in a global context of 'contested cooperation'. Development actors, including governments providing aid or South-South Cooperation, developing countries, and non-governmental actors (civil society, philanthropy, and businesses) constantly challenge underlying narratives and norms of development. The book explores how reconciling these differences fosters achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. Sachin Chaturvedi is Director General at the Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), a New Delhi, India-based think tank. Heiner Janus is a researcher in the Inter- and Transnational Cooperation programme at the German Development Institute. Stephan Klingebiel is Chair of the Inter- and Transnational Cooperation programme at the German Development Institute and Senior Lecturer at the University of Marburg, Germany. Xiaoyun Li is Chair Professor at China Agricultural University and Honorary Dean of the China Institute for South-South Cooperation in Agriculture. Prof. Li is the Chair of the Network of Southern Think Tanks and Chair of the China International Development Research Network. André de Mello e Souza is a researcher at the Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA), a Brazilian governmental think tank. Elizabeth Sidiropoulos is Chief Executive of the South African Institute of International Affairs. She has co-edited Development Cooperation and Emerging Powers: New Partners or Old Patterns (2012) and Institutional Architecture and Development: Responses from Emerging Powers (2015). Dorothea Wehrmann is a researcher in the Inter- and Transnational Cooperation programme at the German Development Institute.

Download or read book South Korea s New Southern Policy written by Lam Peng Er and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-04-17 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the first regional strategy of South Korea toward Southeast Asia and India. At issue is how a middle power (a G20 country with the tenth largest economy in the world) seeks to play a larger and more comprehensive role in regions beyond the Korean peninsula. Hitherto, South Korean foreign policy has focused on nuclearizing North Korea, alliance maintenance with the United States, tricky relations with its most important economic partner China, and difficult ties with Japan marred by historical and territorial disputes. The Moon Administration has sought to diversify South Korean foreign policy by elevating ASEAN and India to the same strategic level as the United States, China, Russia, and Japan. To be sure, the latter countries continue to be most significant to the Korean peninsula. However, this book offers different country and regional perspectives on Seoul’s first regional grand strategy to play a role commensurate with its status as a middle power.

Download or read book The Article II Mandate written by Matthew P. Goodman and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-01-04 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To explore opportunities for greater economic cooperation between the United States and Japan in third countries, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington and the Asia Pacific Initiative (API) in Tokyo embarked on a joint research project using a case-study approach to examine four countries (Myanmar, Vietnam, India, and South Korea) and two institutional arrangements (regional trade architecture and the G7) where the United States and Japan have aligned interests. We found that shared interests and goals of the United States and Japan transcend today’s bilateral trade tensions, and despite China’s growing influence and assertive behavior there nevertheless remains a strong demand in the region for U.S. and Japanese leadership. Washington and Tokyo should therefore work to better coordinate their economic engagement in the region.

Download or read book Proposed Mutual Defense and Assistance Program Economic Agency for International Development written by United States. Agency for International Development and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Development in Asia written by Sara Hsu and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-05-30 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the present global context, some countries still face many challenges to bringing about inclusive, efficient, and environmentally sustainable development. Simultaneously, the stakes of survival are rising, as climate change exacerbates both environmental and social ills. Asia as a region is particularly vulnerable, as it is densely populated and includes both developed and developing countries. The Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Development in Asia seeks to examine these issues in depth. Presenting a comprehensive literature review, as well as numerous case studies, this book examines sustainable development from economic and social perspectives, as well as from an environmental viewpoint. Divided into seven parts, the topics addressed include: Environmental challenges Energy dependence and transition Economic justice Social welfare Sustainable governance Providing comprehensive coverage of a wide variety of countries in the region, this handbook will be useful for students and scholars of sustainable development, environment and society, and Asian Studies in general.

Download or read book Services Liberalization in ASEAN written by Tham Siew Yean and published by Flipside Digital Content Company Inc.. This book was released on 2018-05-24 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The services sector plays an important role in ASEAN economies as it accounts for about half of the region's GDP and more than 45 per cent of its total employment. ASEAN aspires to deepen integration in the services sector in order to enhance the sector's contribution to economic development and growth in each country. Despite this, services liberalization has progressed slowly compared to goods liberalization both at the multilateral and the regional levels. Different regulatory mechanisms across countries have contributed to the slow pace of liberalization. Logistics is an important industry in the services sector. The integration of logistics is important for deepening economic integration in ASEAN as it facilitates the movement of goods, services and people within and across countries, among producers and from producers to consumers. In view of its importance, ASEAN has identified logistics as one of its priority integration sectors. It has also developed a Connectivity Master Plan and a Strategic Transport Plan, where logistics plays an important role. This book examines the current state of services liberalization in the ten ASEAN economies. It also assesses the FDI enabling environment and the extent of FDI liberalization in the logistics sector as well as the liberalization challenges encountered in each of the ASEAN economies. The book, thus, provides a comparative picture of services liberalization as well as the state of logistics liberalization and development in each of the ten ASEAN member countries. All these have important bearings on deepening ASEAN economic integration for 2025 and beyond.

Download or read book Promoting Development written by Barbara Stallings and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-06-23 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a new approach to studying foreign aid in the 21st century. While most analysts focus on the differences between traditional and emerging donors, Stallings and Kim here argue that a more important distinction is between East Asian donors and their western counterparts. Asian donors – Japan, South Korea, and China – cross the traditional and emerging divide and demonstrate a particular approach to development that draws on their own dramatic success. As East Asia continues its upward trajectory of economic development, the politics of aid can reveal surprising truths about the objectives and mechanisms of soft power and diplomacy in creating new networks in the region. This book will be of interest to NGO workers, scholars, and students of international relations, a critical part of research into Asia's rise and the emerging spheres of influence.

Download or read book Rivers of Iron written by David M. Lampton and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2020-10-13 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What China’s infamous railway initiative can teach us about global dominance. In 2013, Chinese President Xi Jinping unveiled what would come to be known as the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)—a global development strategy involving infrastructure projects and associated financing throughout the world, including Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas. While the Chinese government has framed the plan as one promoting transnational connectivity, critics and security experts see it as part of a larger strategy to achieve global dominance. Rivers of Iron examines one aspect of President Xi Jinping’s “New Era”: China’s effort to create an intercountry railway system connecting China and its seven Southeast Asian neighbors (Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam). This book illuminates the political strengths and weaknesses of the plan, as well as the capacity of the impacted countries to resist, shape, and even take advantage of China’s wide-reaching actions. Using frameworks from the fields of international relations and comparative politics, the authors of Rivers of Iron seek to explain how domestic politics in these eight Asian nations shaped their varying external responses and behaviors. How does China wield power using infrastructure? Do smaller states have agency? How should we understand the role of infrastructure in broader development? Does industrial policy work? And crucially, how should competing global powers respond?

Download or read book From Mekong Commons to Mekong Community written by Seiichi Igarashi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-29 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considering the Mekong region as an aggregation of various commons, the contributors to this volume investigate the various commons across the boundaries of the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. The book incorporates the specialized fields of political science, area studies, public policy, international relations, international development, geography, economics, business administration, public health, engineering, agricultural economics, tropical agriculture, and biotechnology. The contributions to the book cover various issues including innovation and technology, transport and logistics, public health and literacy, traditional medicine, infectious diseases, advanced agricultural technologies, irrigation, water resources, labor migration, human trafficking, and counterfeiting. They examine various commons and goods related to these issues, and discuss practices, policies, decision-making processes and governance strategies for imagining a future Mekong Community that will avoid the tragedy, and explore the comedy of the commons/anti-commons. A valuable resource for scholars of the Mekong region, and more broadly for academics working on the interdisciplinary study of transboundary governance issues.

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