Harvard University Asia Center (Harvard East Asian Monographs Series)
Vol. 462
Date of Publication:
January 2023
Vietnam today is seen by many as another Asian economic tiger that is moving rapidly from a poor rural society to a modern middle-income country with an economy dominated by manufacturing and urban services. The focus of the first part of this chapter is to explain briefly how this relatively rapid transformation was achieved and to explore some of the influences and policies that have held the economy back from realizing its full potential. The second and final part of the chapter will attempt to explain whether Vietnam will be able to sustain that relatively high economic growth rate for...
Citations
Anh, Vu Thanh Tu and Dwight H. Perkins. 2023. "Explaining Vietnam’s Economic Growth Experience" in Vietnam: Navigating a Rapidly Changing Economy, Society, and Political Order, edited by Karl Börje Ljunggren and Dwight H. Perkins. Harvard East Asian Monographs Series vol. 462, pp. 133–57. Cambridge (Massachusetts): Harvard University Asia Center.