Vietnam

Magazine articles on politics and society in Vietnam.

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TIME Asia September 24, 2008 Martha Ann Overland	Emerging From the Shadows A brave, gay Vietnamese outs himself.
Finance & Development September 2008 Ravallion & van de Walle	Land and Poverty in Reforming East Asia Lessons from Vietnam's agrarian reforms
Finance & Development September 2008	Country Focus Greater integration with the global economy enabled Vietnam to grow rapidly, but also brought massive capital inflows.
TIME Europe March 13, 2008 Kay Johnson	Indochic If the government and big-name developers have their way, Vietnam may soon become a place for travelers seeking not only new experiences but opulence, too.
TIME Asia December 19, 2007 Kay Johnson	Casualties of War The story of how a woman became Vietnam's best-selling author 35 years after her death is almost as compelling as what Dr. Dang Thuy Tram wrote.
TIME Asia October 11, 2007 Kay Johnson	Vietnam's Coal-Fueled Boom Throughout Vietnam - and in most of the developing world - demand for cheap electricity is quickly rising. But as countries turn to abundant coal as the energy source of choice, many worry an environmental catastrophe is in the making.
TIME Asia August 30, 2007 Hannah Beech	Charting the Mekong's Changes For so long, the Mekong Delta, despite its riverine abundance, has been scarred by a grueling cycle of war and poverty. Today, the area is welcoming Chinese investors, who have flocked to newly constructed industrial zones where Vietnamese workers churn out motorcycles, shoes and televisions.
TIME Asia July 19, 2007 Kay Johnson	Vietnam: School's Out Vietnam's higher-education system hasn't expanded fast enough to meet the demand from students eager to get ahead in Asia's second fastest-growing economy.
TIME Asia June 7, 2007 Kay Johnson	Hanoi Gets Back to Basics Hanoi is waging a P.R. campaign. The message: dissidents are criminals bent on undermining Vietnam's political system -- a system that is portrayed as increasingly open and responsive to the public.
TIME Asia February 22, 2007 Kay Johnson	Vietnam's Stock-Market Madness Aching to get rich quick, Vietnamese are bypassing bourses and trading stocks in tea shops and chat rooms.
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