The Vietnamese City In Transition

Author : Patrick Gubry,Frank Castiglioni,Jean-Michel Cusset,Nguyen Thi Thieng,Pham Thuy Huong
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789812308252

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The Vietnamese City in Transition by Patrick Gubry,Frank Castiglioni,Jean-Michel Cusset,Nguyen Thi Thieng,Pham Thuy Huong Pdf

Since the Doi Moi policy of economic renovation was introduced in 1986, Vietnam has undergone deep transformations as a result of the transition to a socialist-oriented market economy. Social and urban transition has taken place in parallel, as urban dynamics were spurred on by Vietnamese public and private stakeholders, and by external agents such as international organizations and international solidarity organizations, experts, consultants and bilateral aid organizations.Here are the results of research carried out by French, Canadian and Vietnamese teams from the north and south of the country on the overarching theme of Vietnamese cities in transition. Some of this research deals with urban dynamics, some with the issues at stake within such dynamics, or with the strategies of the most significant stakeholders in urban transition: civil society, donors within the framework of official aid for development, consultants and international consultancy firms. These projects were carried out between 2001 and 2004 as part of the Urban Research Programme for Development (PRUD), and mainly focus on Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, or both in the case of comparative studies.Is there such a thing as a Vietnamese model of an Asian city? It seems that urban transition in Vietnam is not taking place in as radical and abrupt a manner as in China. The country's capacity for absorbing external models, the quest for a third way between state intervention and economic liberalism, and the fact that the country's architectural heritage is taken into account in urban planning, are just some of the reasons for its particularity. The issues addressed in each chapter, as well as the proposals for further research suggested by the contributors, should act as a catalyst for urban research in Vietnam.

Author : Danielle Labbé
Publisher : ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789814951364

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Urban Transition in Hanoi by Danielle Labbé Pdf

Vietnam is in the midst of one of the world’s most rapid and intensive rural-to-urban transitions. In Hanoi, heritage preservation has gained significant policy attention over the last decades, but efforts continue to focus on the Old Quarter and Colonial City to the exclusion of collective socialist housing complexes and former village areas, and natural features such as canals and urban lakes. Parks and public spaces are urgently needed to offset the high residential densities and to improve the quality of life of residents. Motor vehicles continue to fuel the growth in transportation. Significant efforts were recently made to establish a mass transit system, but progress there is slow. More attention should be paid to improving the existing transportation system and to reduce dependence on fossil fuels. Investments in new housing estates have fuelled a speculative real estate market but failed to address adequately the needs of the vulnerable segments of the population. Regional integration is a challenge as the city expands and swallows the peri-urban areas around the city.

Author : John Kleinen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Vietnam
ISBN : UCSD:31822031233323

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Vietnamese Society in Transition by John Kleinen Pdf

In this bilingual publication, (English and French), academics from various disciplines and countries -- including Vietnam -- have been brought together to discuss agricultural engineering, economic development, religion, education, and gender in colonial and post-colonial Vietnam. Most of them are taking an insiders' position. The emphasis of the book lies on the postwar societal and cultural transformations in the country. A better understanding of new social and cultural ways in contemporary Vietnam entails excursions into the past and sound comparison. For the first time in the history of Vietnamese studies chapters are devoted to the position of women in colonial and post-colonial settings and on the legitimacy of state intervention in women's bodies under different regimes on the one hand and on religion and religious revival on the other. What makes this book special is the way the authors, stemming from such heterogene domains, provide an in-depth analysis of the development of this modern socialist state. Their approach and analysis of Vietnamese society can only be called unparalleled.

Author : Kathleen Barry
Publisher : Springer
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349246113

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Vietnam’s Women in Transition by Kathleen Barry Pdf

Women experiencing the dynamic changes of rapid industrialization in the Vietnam of today - in the family, the factory, the farm and the state - from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City - are the focus of this book. Here, the latest Vietnamese research and policy on women and the family are in dialogue with US feminist theory, research and analysis, providing a multi-disciplinary approach to women's labour, health and fertility, rural development, violence against women, and women's historical and political status at a critical moment of economic and social change.

Author : Kathleen Barry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Femmes - Viêt-nam - Conditions sociales
ISBN : 0333646681

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Vietnam's Women in Transition by Kathleen Barry Pdf

Women experiencing the dynamic changes of rapid industrialization in the Vietnam of today - in the family, the factory, the farm and the state - from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City - are the focus of this book. Here, the latest Vietnamese research and policy on women and the family are in dialogue with US feminist theory, research and analysis, providing a multi-disciplinary approach to women's labour, health and fertility, rural development, violence against women, and women's historical and political status at a critical moment of economic and social change.

Author : Adam Fforde,Stefan De Vylder
Publisher : Westview Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1996-02-22
Category : History
ISBN : UCSD:31822021602248

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From Plan To Market by Adam Fforde,Stefan De Vylder Pdf

This clear and accessible text explores Vietnam's successful transition from neo-Stalinist central planning to a market economy—“Vietnamese style.” After describing the north Vietnamese system prior to 1975 and its colonial and pre-colonial antecedents, the authors uncover the mechanisms of that changeover. They contend that the Vietnamese transition was largely bottom-up in character and that it evolved over a long enough period for the country's political economy to adjust. This explains in part the rapid shift to a high-growth, externally oriented development path in the early 1990s, despite the loss of Soviet aid and the lack of significant Western substitutes until 1992–1993. Based upon extensive in-country experience, a wealth of primary materials, and wide comparative knowledge of development issues, the book challenges many preconceived notions, both about Vietnam and about the general nature of transition processes.

Author : Lewis M. Stern
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Central planning
ISBN : UCSD:31822004179867

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Conflict and Transition in the Vietnamese Economic Reform Program by Lewis M. Stern Pdf

Author : Jonathan D. London
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 728 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2022-07-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317647898

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Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Vietnam by Jonathan D. London Pdf

The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Vietnam is a comprehensive resource exploring social, political, economic, and cultural aspects of Vietnam, one of contemporary Asia’s most dynamic but least understood countries. Following an introduction that highlights major changes that have unfolded in Vietnam over the past three decades, the volume is organized into four thematic parts: Politics and Society Economy and Society Social Life and Institutions Cultures in Motion Part I addresses key aspects of Vietnam’s politics, from the role of the Communist Party of Vietnam in shaping the country’s institutional evolution, to continuity and change in patterns of socio-political organization, political expression, state repression, diplomatic relations, and human rights. Part II assesses the transformation of Vietnam’s economy, addressing patterns of economic growth, investment and trade, the role of the state in the economy, and other economic aspects of social life. Parts III and IV examine developments across a variety of social and cultural fields through chapters on themes including welfare, inequality, social policy, urbanization, the environment and society, gender, ethnicity, the family, cuisine, art, mass media, and the politics of remembrance. Featuring 38 essays by leading Vietnam scholars from around the world, this book provides a cutting-edge analysis of Vietnam’s transformation and changing engagement with the world. It is an invaluable interdisciplinary reference work that will be of interest to students and academics of Southeast Asian studies, as well as policymakers, analysts, and anyone wishing to learn more about contemporary Vietnam.

Author : Lisa Román
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781461549819

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Institutions in Transition by Lisa Román Pdf

"If you want to become a doctor, practice in a war; if you want to become an economist, practice in Vietnam". 1 Phan Van Tiem Vietnam is one of many countries presently undergoing fundamental institutional change: the market mechanism is replacing central planning. So far, the achievements are impressive. In the mid-1980s, the country failed to feed its population, suffered from hyperinflation and faced general economic stagnation. In the early 1990s, the annual economic growth rate had accelerated to some eight to nine percent, the inflation rate had fallen to two-digit levels - sometimes even lower - and the country had become one of the world's largest rice exporters. Add some more details - the increased foreign trade, the inflow of foreign investments, the diversification of agriculture, and ~e various reform measures taken to alter the basic economic structure - and the success story of the Vietnamese transition is told. The country has hence followed the same path as its northern neighbor China, and provided a counterexample to much more cumbersome processes that have been adopted in a number of other transforming countries, notably those of the former USSR. This transition is by no means over. Indeed, it is misleading to think of transition as a process that departs from a well-defined pre-condition and moves towards an equally well defined end-point.

Author : Yap Kioe Sheng,Moe Thuzar
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9789814380027

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Urbanization in Southeast Asia by Yap Kioe Sheng,Moe Thuzar Pdf

Urbanization occurs in tandem with development. Countries in Southeast Asia need to build - individually and collectively - the capacity of their cities and towns to promote economic growth and development, to make urban development more sustainable, to mitigate and adapt to climate change, and to ensure that all groups in society share in the development. This book is a result of a series of regional discussions by experts and practitioners involved in the urban and planning of their countries. It highlights urbanization issues that have implications for regional - including ASEAN - cooperation, and provides practical recommendations for policymakers. It is a first step towards assisting governments in the region to take advantage of existing collaborative partnerships to address the urban transformation that Southeast Asia is experiencing today.

Author : Vinayak Bharne,Trudi Sandmeier
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-12
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781317332923

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Routledge Companion to Global Heritage Conservation by Vinayak Bharne,Trudi Sandmeier Pdf

The act of identifying, protecting, restoring, and reusing buildings, districts, and built landscapes of historic and cultural significance is, at its best, a reflective and consequential process of urban and socio-economic reform. It has the potential to reconcile conflicting memories, meanings, and cultural tensions, bridging and expanding the perceived boundaries of multiple disciplines towards bigger aspirations of city-making and social justice. How and where do such aspirations overlap and differ across nations and societies across the world? In places with different histories, governance structures, regulatory stringency, and populist dispositions, who are the specific players, and what are the actual processes that bring about bigger and deeper change beyond just the conservation of an architectural or urban entity of perceived value? This collection of scholarly articles by theorists, academics, and practitioners explores the global complexity, guises, and potential of heritage conservation. Going from Tokyo to Cairo, Shenzhen to Rome, and Delhi to Moscow, this volume examines a vast range of topics – indigenous habitats, urban cores, vernacular infrastructure, colonial towns, squatters, burial sites, war zones, and modern landmarks. It surfaces numerous inherent issues – water stress, deforestation, social oppression, poverty, religion, immigration, and polity, expanding the definitions of heritage conservation as both a professional discipline and socio-cultural catalyst. This book argues that the intellectual and praxis limits of heritage conservation – as the agency of reading, defining, and intervening with built heritage – can be expansive, aimed at bigger positive change beyond a specific subject or object; plural, enmeshed with multiple fields and specializations; and empathetic, born from the actual socio-political realities of a place.

Author : Cliff Hague,Carrie Breitbach
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230345188

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Regional and Local Economic Development by Cliff Hague,Carrie Breitbach Pdf

From the growth of a multi-billion-dollar high-technology corridor in Malaysia to conflict over housing development in Chicago, the practice of regional and local economic development around the world is both dynamic and diverse. Regional and Local Economic Development introduces the theory behind economic development and provides examples of successful, and less successful, practice. This broad-ranging new text shows how government, private industry and individuals combine to achieve economic development. It examines the development of policies and practices in recent decades – such as eco-industrial parks, place marketing and social enterprises – and analyzes the ways in which contemporary regional economies are changing. It also summarizes the key academic debates and reviews the main concepts which inform policy-making. Truly global in scope, with case studies from over 30 countries, this book will be welcomed by students and practitioners alike.

Author : John Dodsworth
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1996-03-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCSD:31822030068399

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Vietnam by John Dodsworth Pdf

The paper explores the pattern of transition of the Vietnamese economy, the policies that were applied, and the reasons for the country's success. In particular, it focuses on output performance; state-owned enterprises; foreign direct investment; determinants of inflation; dollarization and problems of economic management; international integration and exchange rate policy; growth and diversification of trade, trade reform, exchange reform, and exchange rate policy.

Author : Mya Than,Loong-Hoe Tan
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789813016408

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Vietnam's Dilemmas and Options by Mya Than,Loong-Hoe Tan Pdf

New and exciting economic, political, and social developments have been rapidly unfolding in Vietnam since the mid-1980s. Doi moi (revolution) marks a new stage in the economic development of Vietnam, transforming the failed command/control economy to a market-oriented one. The drastic changes brought about by doi moi within Vietnam and the international events that impinge on it have stimulated several Vietnamese economists and social scientists as well as specialists or "Vietnam-watchers" to analyse the situation and share their knowledge and diverse experience in this timely and useful book.

Author : Bernhard Dahm,V. J. H. Houben
Publisher : Department of Southeast Asian Studies Passau University
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Social Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105112397596

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Vietnamese Villages in Transition by Bernhard Dahm,V. J. H. Houben Pdf