Vietnam in a Changing World

The last two decades saw Vietnam largely isolated in the world, but during this time economic reform and development slowly gathered pace. Recent events have led to Vietnams rapid re-emergence into the world and an escalation of economic changes. A unique insight into these changes.

Carolyn L. Gates is an economist at the Foundation for Indochina Studies, University of Amsterdam, but is currently based at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore. Le Cao Doan is an economist at the Institute of Economics, National Centre for Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi. Irene N0rlund is an historian working as a senior research fellow at the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, Copenhagen.

Introduction; Economic Policy Reforms: An Introductory Overview Vu Tuan Anh; State and Market in Vietnam: Some Issues for an Economy in Transition; Monetary Stabilization: The Vietnamese Experience; Development Strategy and Trade and Investment Policies for Structural Change; Agricultural Reforms in Vietnam in the 1980s; Vietnamese Industry in Transition: Changes in the Textile Sector; Vietnam's Private Economy in the Process of Renovation; The Role of the Enterprise Unions in the Shift from Central Planning to Market Orientation; Labour and Employment in Transition to a Market Economy in the 1990s; Gender Issues in Vietnam's Development; Women's Labour and Socio-Economic Status in a Market Oriented Economy; Demolishing the Ivory Tower: Science, Technology and Economic Development; Vietnam's Science and Technology Policy in the Market Economy Reforms: A Political Perspective Vu Cao Dam; From Market Reforms to Sustainable Development: he Cultural Dimension of Science and Technology Policy in Vietnam and China.