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From 2001 to 2006, I have been working with Vietnamese people on joint
research and I had the opportunity to visit the country on
several occasions. This work and travels have led to several
writings that you can find on this website for different
interests:
Business. If you are heading to Vietnam to establish
business, you may want to read about 'Doing Business in Vietnam'
or about joint
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Tourism. If you are heading to Vietnam as a
tourist to get to know
people and country, I recommend my illustrated
travel essay written during a
three week tour of Vietnam and Cambodia in 2004, when I visited
places such as Halong Bay, Hoi An, the Mekong Delta, Phnom Pen
and Seam Reap. Another, shorter essay, captures my
first impressions
of Hanoi in summer of 2001. You may find some inspiration on
which places in Vietnam to visit.
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Research. If you are looking for scholarly research on
foreign investment in Vietnam, you may be interested in
our paper on sub-national institutions influencing the pattern
of foreign investment (journal
version,
conference
version). We argue that the structure of local
administration and economy has many subtle influences on the
strategies of foreign investors.
Another paper explores the strategies of multinational
enterprises in emerging economies, using
Carlsberg
Breweries in, among other countries, Vietnam as a case
examples.
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Further recommended Readings:
Vietnam is changing so rapidly that most readings rapidly out
of date, and it is hard to find items that tell how business,
society and life conditions are really today. The following
supplement in The Economist provides a useful, and (by the
standards of The Economist) unusually optimistic review of the
economy of politics:
The Economist (2008): Half-way from rags to riches: A
special Report on Vietnam. Supplement,
April 26th, 2008 (16 pages).
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