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By 1979 it was clear that the Second Five-Year Plan had failed to reduce the serious problems facing the newly unified economy. Vietnam's economy remained dominated by small-scale production, low labour productivity, unemployment, material and technological shortfalls, and insufficient food and consumer goods. [1]
After reunification in 1975, the economy of Vietnam was plagued by enormous difficulties in production, imbalances in supply and demand, inefficiencies in distribution and circulation, soaring inflation rates, and rising debt problems. Vietnam is one of the few countries in modern history to experience a sharp economic deterioration in a ...
In the first quarter of 2024, Vietnam’s economy expanded 5.7% year on year. ... Lottner thinks Vietnam’s real estate problems are temporary, as middle-income Vietnamese will continue to aspire ...
To address these problems, at its Fifth National Party Congress held in March 1982, the VCP approved resolutions on "orientations, tasks and objectives of economic and social development for 1981-85 and the 1980s". [1] The resolutions established economic goals and in effect constituted Vietnam's Third Five-Year Plan (1981–85). [1]
"Vietnam is already a market economy," said Ted Osius, head of the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council, which backs the upgrade. "It has met key criteria such as currency convertibility and is ready for ...
Anhao Paper Factory, 1961. South Vietnam had a small industrial sector and fell far behind other countries in the region in this respect. [1] Output increased 2.5 to 3 times over the 20 years of the country's existence, but the share in total GDP remained at only around 10%, even dropping to 6% in some years, while the economy was dominated by strong agricultural and service sectors. [1]
As of 2023, Vietnam has not needed to borrow from the International Monetary Fund since 1995. It had borrowed in 1993 and additional loans in 1994 before Vietnam started to pay some back every year until they paid it all back in 2012. [14] They had borrowed money from the IMF to alleviate poverty and its economy after being affected by war. [15]
The primary social issues in Vietnam are rural and child poverty. Vietnam scores 37.6 in the Gini coefficient index of wealth inequality, with the top 10% accounting for 30.2% of the nation's income and the bottom 10% receiving 3.2%. In 2008, 14% of the population lived below the national poverty line of US$1.15 per day.