Ian Jeffries

Contemporary Vietnam (eBook, PDF)

A Guide to Economic and Political Developments

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides full details of contemporary economic and political developments in Vietnam. Key topics covered include Vietnam's success, in general, in maintaining high rates of growth in the face of inflation and the global financial crisis; continuing economic reforms; foreign trade and investment; battles against corruption; population growth; the Communist Party's determined maintainance of power; and Vietnam's response to public health problems such as AIDS, SARS and bird flu.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. März 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136849022
• Artikelnr.: 38278328

Autorenporträt

Ian Jeffries is Honorary Professor in the Department of Economics at Swansea University, UK. His recent publications include two volumes covering the Economic and Political Developments in Contemporary China, alongside many books in the Routledge series, Guides to Economic and Political Developments in Asia, covering China, North Korea and Mongolia.

Inhaltsangabe

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. 2. Economic developments:
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.
The World Trade Organization (WTO). The Asian financial crisis. Foreign
debt and aid. Foreign direct investment. Outward investment by Vietnamese
firms. Agriculture. Economic performance. Postscript Bibliography Index