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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825171403321

Autore

Jeffries Ian.

Titolo

Contemporary Vietnam : a guide to economic and political developments / / Ian Jeffries

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-84901-7

1-283-10492-X

9786613104922

1-136-84902-5

0-203-83437-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Collana

Guides to economic and political developments in Asia ; ; 10

Disciplina

959.704/4

Soggetti

Vietnam Politics and government

Vietnam Economic conditions

Vietnam Foreign economic relations

Vietnam Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contemporary Vietnam A guide to economic and political developments; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction and summary; 1 Political developments; Political background; A chronology of political developments since the Tenth Congress of the Communist Party held 18-25 April 2006; The Vietnam War: the human toll; Communist Party membership; The boat people; Religion; The internet; Demography; AIDS; SARS; Bird flu; Swine flu: influenza A(H1N1 or 2009 H1N1); 2 The economy; Economic background; The economic system

Financial and exchange rate policy: developments since October 2006 (including the global financial crisis)The state sector; Privatization and stock markets; Foreign trade; Foreign debt and aid; Foreign direct investment; Agriculture; Economic performance; Postscript; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides full details of contemporary economic and political developments in Vietnam.  It continues the overview of developments



up to late 2005 which were covered in the author's Vietnam: A Guide to Economic and Political Developments (also published by Routledge, 2006).  Key topics covered include Vietnam's success, in general, in maintaining high rates of growth in the face of problems such as inflation and the global financial crisis; continuing economic reforms; foreign trade and investment; battles against corruption; population growth; the determination of the Comm