{"product_id":"vietnam-9780674291348","title":"Vietnam","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the late 1980s, most of the world still associated \u003cem\u003eVietnam\u003c\/em\u003e with resistance and war, hardship, refugees, and a mismanaged planned economy. During the 1990s, by contrast, major countries began to see \u003cem\u003eVietnam\u003c\/em\u003e as both a potential partner and a strategically significant actor—particularly in the competition between the United States and an emerging China—and international investors began to see \u003cem\u003eVietnam\u003c\/em\u003e as a land of opportunity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVietnam\u003c\/em\u003e remains a Leninist party-state ruled by the Communist Party of Vietnam that has reconciled the supposedly irreconcilable: a one-party system and a market-based economy linked to global value chains. For the Party, stability is crucial, and recently, increasing economic openness has been combined with growing political control and repression.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book, undertaken by scholars from Vietnam, North America, and Europe, focuses on how the country's governance shapes its politics, economy, social development, and relations with the outside world, as well as on the reforms required if \u003cem\u003eVietnam\u003c\/em\u003e is to become a sustainable and modern high-income nation in the coming decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDespite the challenges, including systemic ones, the authors remain optimistic about \u003cem\u003eVietnam\u003c\/em\u003e's future, noting the evident vitality of a determined society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47384197791980,"sku":"9780674291348","price":90.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/1415363482428.jpg?v=1773402373","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/vietnam-9780674291348","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}