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These are some interesting Vietnam-related
articles I have recently come across on the Web and in print. If
you have any other suggestions, please
let me know
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Information
about Vietnam from the World Bank
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Country
Study for Japan's Official Development Assistance to the Socialist Republic
of Vietnam
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Vietnam's
Economy 1995-1996 from Vietnam Economic Review
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Data from Vietnam Economic
Times (August 1998): General indicators,
economic
indicators, demographics,
foreign
investment by country, foreign investment by
sector
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Two articles (in PDF) by David
Dollar and Jennie Litvack: Vietnam's
Renovation-A Unique Growth Path and Vietnam: Economic Rethinking
Amid Slowdown in Transition (May-June 1998) published by
the World Bank
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Corruption
in Vietnam (FEER. PDF File)
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U.N.
Says Vietnam Wasted Up to $680,000 in Foreign Aid (WSJ, 6/14/99)
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Dong
devalued by 7% (Vietnam Economic Times, 9/1998)
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Land
reform landmarks (Vietnam Economic Times, 10/1998)
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Vietnam
Keeps Reforms at Bay, Choosing Spending Over Layoffs (WSJ,10/29/98)
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Unemployment
is up, investment is down and the labour force is growing by 1.1m
people every year. Vietnam's workers should get ready to travel (VET,
11/98)
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Trade
With China Pays Off for Vietnam (LAT, 12/12/98)
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National
Assembly Sets Key Targets for 1999 (Nhan Dan, 12/13/98)
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Nation
flexes its muscles (a surprisingly candid article in VET, 12/1998)
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1998:
The Landmark Events (VET 12/1998)
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Riding the
storm (by Le Dang Doanh, VET 12/1998)
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The
Imposition of Value-Added Tax (VAT) in Vietnam (VET, 2/99)
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Hanoi
wants more state control in wake of Asia's financial crisis (WSJ,
2/2/99)
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Three
articles on Vietnam in Far Eastern Economic Review (2/11/99)
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Vietnam's
Sharp Drop in Exports Hints at Trouble for the Future (WSJ,
3/24/99)
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Rice
exports leave Vietnam's farmers knee-deep in profits (LAT, 3/26/99)
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Vietnam Government
Tentatively Opens Rice-Exporting Trade to Private Firms (WSJ, 4/16/99)
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Vietnam
Will Complete Bank Reform Within Next Two Years (WSJ, April 20, 1999)
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Big
Tobacco Rides East (Mother Jones Jan/Feb 99)--As American cigarette
manufacturers make headway in Vietnam, cancer rates rise, and the government's
regulatory measures go up in smoke.
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Vietnam's
Youngest Export: Adoption, On and Off the Books (WSJ, 5/21/99)
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Globalization,
Employment and Equity: The Vietnam Experience (ILO working paper)
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A
Gentle Japan Can Maintain Asia's Lead by Tran Van Tho (Japan Times)
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A Complex
Pragmatist, Hun Sen Remains Enigma With Elusive Beliefs (WSJ, 6/9/99)--A
rare biography of Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, with interesting tidbits.)
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Landmark
Trade Pact at Hand for U.S. and Vietnam (LAT, July 21&24, 1999)
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Vietnam-U.S.
Trade Accord Faces Delays From Hard-Liners at Home (WSJ, October 7,
1999)
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U.S.
Vietnam Policy Guided by Strategy, Not Economics (Global Intelligence
Update, Nov 3, 1999)--There are several other interesting articles
on Vietnam at this site
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Viet
Nam Moves to Reform State-Owned Enterprises (Asian Development
Bank December 21, 1999)
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A
survey on Vietnam in The Economist (a portion of a long
survey on Southeast Asia (The Economist, Feb 14-20, 2000)
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Koreans,
Vietnamese Learn to Get Along With Culturally Sensitive Assembly Line
(WSJ, February 25, 2000)
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In
the Paddies of Vietnam, Americans Land in Quagmire (WSJ, April 21,
2000)
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Last
hurrah for Vietnam's old red guard (On Nguyen Xuan Oanh) (Times
of London April 23, 2000)
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A
Suspicious Vietnam Think Twice About Reforms (Washington Post 4/29/2000)
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Obituary
on Premier Pham van Dong (New York Times, May 2, 2000)
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Coffeehouse
Capitalists Gather At Vietnam's Indexx House Cafe (Wall Street Journal
May 3, 2000)
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Vietnam
and U.S. Sign Pact Aimed at Promoting Trade (NYT, July 14, 2000)
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25
Years Later, Vietnamese Still Flock to the U.S. (NYT, November
7, 2000)
CULTURE
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A Review of
Recent Books on Vietnam (Chronicle of Higher Education, 2/12/99)
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Good
to the Last Dropping, Caphe Cut Chon is a Rare Find (WSJ, 3/17/99)
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The Idea
of a Twin Restaurant Is So Good It's Been Done Twice in Ho Chi Minh City
(WSJ,
6/18/99)
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In Vietnam,
Pho Isn't Just a Broth And Noodles; It's Passion in a Bowl (WSJ, 6/18/99)
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Imagining
Vietnam (excerpts of Robert Templer's Shadows and Wind)
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Review
of the film "Three Seasons" (NYT, 4/30/99)
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Emigre
Freshens Taste of Vietnam To Create Hot Restaurant in U.S (WSJ,
5/21/99)
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Orpheus
Chamber Orchestra: Musically, the Twain Meet, in Vietnam (NYT,
12/6/98)
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Vietnam's
Doctor of Dance (WSJ, 12/11/98)
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Asian Children
Finally Get Part of $550-Million Estate (LAT, May 20, 1999)
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Vietnamese
Women Are Kidnapped And Later Sold in China as Brides (WSJ, August
3, 1999)
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Internet
Cafes Flourish in Vietnam, Presenting a Puzzle About Policy (WSJ, 01/18/00)
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A review
of Duong Thu Huong's Memories of a Pure Spring (WP, Jan 21,
2000)
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A former
Vietnamese foe, outspoken on love, war (on poet Nguyen Duy) (Boston
Globe April 23, 2000)
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Vietnam
Immigrants Swell Catholic Clergy (NYT, April 24, 2000)
ARTICLES
IN VIETNAMESE
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