Download or read book Vietnamese Economic Reform How Important to US Vietnam Trade Relations written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States and Vietnam have moved closer economically since diplomatic relations were reestablished in 1994. That year, the US trade embargo was lifted as the Vietnamese government promised greater cooperation in resolving issues surrounding US personnel still listed as missing in action from the Vietnam War. In the last seven years, normalization has brought many positive results. The US and Vietnamese governments have strengthened cooperation on the fullest possible accounting for MIAs; there has been a successful resettlement of tens of thousands of refugees through the Orderly Departure Program and related programs; enhanced cooperation in combating narcotics trafficking continues to show promise; promoting human rights and religious freedoms, always an important ingredient to any US economic initiative, is working; and, expanding economic linkages through economic reforms have become a central theme as Vietnam transitions from a total command economy to a state supervised market economy. Economic linkage, more specifically economic reform, is the focus of this paper. The following pages will briefly highlight US policy toward Vietnam, ongoing initiatives, the importance of those initiatives, how we have arrived at where we are today with our relationship and where we expect to go in to the future.
Download or read book Development in Vietnam written by Vu Tuan Anh and published by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. This book was released on 1994 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vietnam's economy has been fundamentally changed by the policy reforms implemented in the 1980s to provide an environment that is more conducive for economic growth and social stabilization. The policy reforms have had a tremendous impact on economic activities and on all aspects of social life. The economy is presently moving from a centrally planned system largely based on public ownership to a market-oriented and mixed economy. Social structures and values have changed, and legal, institutional, and administrative systems are gradually changing as well. The reform process gives rise to exciting challenges and opportunities for development. Based largely on Vietnamese sources of data and information, this book presents an analysis of the main features of economic policy reforms in Vietnam, their socioeconomic impact, and several major theoretical and practical problems Vietnam faces on its path to development.
Download or read book U S Vietnam Trade Relations written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Trade and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Vietnam s Reforms and Economic Growth written by C. Harvie and published by Springer. This book was released on 1997-09-30 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vietnam's bold economic reforms initiated under the title of Doi Moi in 1986 have produced spectacular economic outcomes which have fascinated economists, business people, commerce students, political scientists and government advisors alike worldwide. This book surveys important aspects of these developments, analyses the main contributing factors, provides useful references on developing and transitional economies, and details soundly researched prospects in trade, investment and business in this new rapidly developing market economy in East Asia.
Download or read book The Vietnamese Economy and Its Transformation to an Open Market System written by William T. Alpert and published by M.E. Sharpe. This book was released on 2005 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These previously unpublished papers by leading American and Vietnamese economists analyze the dramatic transformation of Vietnam's economy during the 1990s and its prospects for the future. The three main sections of the book discuss Vietnam's turbulent history, recent economic reforms, and the country's emerging role in the world economy and geopolitics. The contributors examine a myriad of issues, including specific reforms in agriculture, banking, and tax policy, as well as the attempts to create a business-oriented legal infrastructure, the development of foreign trade and a viable balance of payments, and U.S. policy reactions to Vietnam's rapid development in the last decade.
Download or read book United States Vietnam Trade Relations written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Trade and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book United States Vietnam Trade Relations written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Trade and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Economic Reform and Employment Relations in Vietnam written by Ngan Thuy Collins and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-09-10 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The transformation of the Vietnamese economy from socialist planning to a market economy has led to Vietnam having one of the fastest economic growth rates in the world; and to also to Vietnam engaging much more with the international economy, joining the World Trade Organisation in 2006. This book fills a significant gap by surveying the economic reforms in Vietnam, where most studies have concentrated on other ‘young tiger’ economies. In particular it discusses the transformation of employment relations which have been a key part of the reforms and a necessary pre-condition to WTO membership. It examines the nature of employment reforms, analyses the motivation behind new policy initiatives and examines the detail of reforms in a range of business enterprises, reporting on extensive original research. Throughout it shows how several key forces have interacted – globalisation, government political interests, national cultural norms, market, managerial ideology and the special characteristics of particular firms – to produce a particular Vietnamese brand of post-communist market economy. Overall, this book illuminates the how employment relation practices are formed in transitional economies, and more broadly the economic and political transformation of socialist economies in the context of the global market.
Download or read book Economic Reform in Vietnam written by Keith Griffin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-20 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vietnam, along with China, stands out as a rare success story among transition economics. This authoritative study of the reform process since 1989 pays particular attention to the way the macroeconomics framework can contribute to an environment that encourages human development and helps to reduce poverty. Thus there are chapters on macroeconomics reforms, international trade policies, the role of the state, rural development, education and health, environmental issues and poverty and gender inequality. Although areas of weakness are indicated, emphasis is placed on the success Vietnam has experienced compared to other transition economies. The lessons of both the successes and failures of the reform process for policymakers elsewhere are outlined.
Download or read book Prelude to New Directions in United States Vietnam Relations written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Authority Relations and Economic Decision making in Vietnam written by Phong Đặng and published by Nordic Institute of Asian Studies. This book was released on 1998 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines the evolution of state institutions since 1945 in Vietnam in order to understand the continuities since the commencement of market-oriented economic reforms as well as the extent to which rapid social change has altered authority relations and decision-making processes. It looks particularly at relations between the Communist Party, government and legislature and at those between central and local authorities. What emerges is a more democratic or pluralist system than is portrayed in the 'totalitarian' and 'bureaucratic authoritarian' models. This helps to explain the apparent flexibility of the Vietnamese political system in the face of rapid economic transition, as well as strengths and weaknesses in the democratization process.
Download or read book United States Vietnam Trade Relations written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Trade and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Witnesses: Y Hin Nie, Montagnard Advocacy; Barry L. Clark, Pacific Ventures, Inc.; Douglas "Pete" Peterson, U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam; Dana Rohrabacher, Rep. in Congress from the State of California; Jules Carlson, U.S.-ASEAN Business Council, and Cargill, Inc.; Virginia B. Foote, U.S.-Vietnam Trade Council; and Dan Duy-Tu Hoang, Vietnamese-American Public Affairs Committee, Falls Church, VA.
Download or read book From Plan To Market written by Adam Fforde and published by Westview Press. This book was released on 1996-02-22 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This clear and accessible text explores Vietnam's successful transition from neo-Stalinist central planning to a market economy—“Vietnamese style.” After describing the north Vietnamese system prior to 1975 and its colonial and pre-colonial antecedents, the authors uncover the mechanisms of that changeover. They contend that the Vietnamese transition was largely bottom-up in character and that it evolved over a long enough period for the country's political economy to adjust. This explains in part the rapid shift to a high-growth, externally oriented development path in the early 1990s, despite the loss of Soviet aid and the lack of significant Western substitutes until 1992–1993. Based upon extensive in-country experience, a wealth of primary materials, and wide comparative knowledge of development issues, the book challenges many preconceived notions, both about Vietnam and about the general nature of transition processes.
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 Vietnam U S Normalization Process written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: U.S.-Vietnam diplomatic and economic relations remained essentially frozen for more than a decade after the 1975 communist victory in South Vietnam. Relations took major steps forward in the mid-1990s, particularly in 1995, when the two sides opened embassies in each other's capitals. Since then, the normalization process has accelerated and bilateral ties have expanded. Congress has played a significant role in the normalization process. The most important step toward normalization since 1995 was the signing of a sweeping bilateral trade agreement (BTA), which was approved by Congress and signed by President Bush in 2001. Under the BTA, the U.S. extended conditional normal trade relations (NTR) to Vietnam. In return, Hanoi agreed to a range of trade liberalization measures and market-oriented reforms. Trade -- primarily imports from Vietnam -- has surged since the BTA was signed. The United States is now Vietnam's largest trading partner. Until recently, each step in improving bilateral ties has brought controversy, albeit at diminishing levels. U.S. opponents in Congress and elsewhere have argued that Vietnam maintains a poor record on human, religious, and labor rights. Opposition has also come from groups arguing that Vietnam has not done enough to account for U.S. Prisoners of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIAs) from the Vietnam War, though this argument has diminished markedly in recent years. Forces favoring normalization have included those in Congress and elsewhere reflecting a strong U.S. business interest in Vietnam's reforming economy and American strategic interests in working with U.S. friends and allies to promote stability and development by integrating Vietnam more fully into the existing East Asian order. The next, and final, step toward full normalization would be granting permanent normal trade relations status to Vietnam. This step, which would require congressional approval, almost certainly will be considered in the context of negotiating Vietnam's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). Vietnam hopes to join the WTO in 2005, though some analysts believe this is an overly optimistic time frame. Recently, clashes over Vietnam's human rights record and trade friction over shrimp, catfish, and textiles have soured relations somewhat since the heady days after the BTA was signed. At the same time, some U.S. analysts have suggested that the Bush Administration seek to expand the as yet embryonic security relations between Hanoi and Washington, arguing that Vietnam and the United States share suspicions of China's expanding influence in Southeast Asia. Other observers, however, have argued there is little evidence that Hanoi seeks to balance Beijing's rising power. Regardless of motivation, since 2003 the two sides slowly have expanded militaryto-military ties, albeit primarily in symbolic rather than substantive ways. Vietnam and the United States gradually have been expanding their political and security ties, symbolized by the Vietnamese Prime Minister's visit to the United States in June 2005, the first such trip by a Vietnamese head of state. President Bush spoke of his desire to move bilateral relations to "a higher plane," backed Vietnam's bid to enter the WTO, and the two countries signed an international military education training (IMET) agreement. The two countries have a strategic interest in offsetting China's increased economic, political, and cultural influence in Southeast Asia.
Download or read book Vietnam s Reforms and Economic Growth written by Charles Harvie and published by MacMillan. This book was released on 1997 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vietnam's bold economic reforms initiated under the title of Doi Moi in 1986 have produced spectacular economic outcomes. The authors survey these developments, analysing the main factors and providing useful references on transitional economies
Download or read book United States Vietnam Trade Relations written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Trade and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: