This book presents an overview of political economic change in Vietnam during a period of significant social and economic change and an era of international turbulence. It combines various political economic perspectives to offer an integrated and comprehensive review of Vietnam's recent development, discussing topics such as public administrative reform, labour markets and special economic zones, environmental management and other important contemporary issues. This concise and highly readable book includes a considerable amount of research, and as such provides valuable insights for scholars and researchers interested in political economic change and in Vietnam.

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Dr. John Walsh is Senior Program Manager and Lecturer, International Business and Masters in International Business at the Hanoi campus of RMIT Vietnam. He has also lived and worked in Sudan, Greece, South Korea, Australia, United Arab Emirates, Thailand and his native UK. He received his doctorate from Oxford University for his thesis on international management. His research focuses on international business and the social and economic development of the Greater Mekong Subregion.

Dr. Burkhard Schrage is Senior Program Manager and Lecturer, Management and MBA at the School of Business & Management. He teaches and conducts research in the fields of strategic management, emerging markets strategies, empirical aspects of privatisation and deregulation, and corporate governance.
Dr. Nguyen Quang Trung is Head of the Department of Management and Senior Lecturer at the International Business programme at the School of Business & Management, and has gained extensive teaching and leadership experience at RMIT Vietnam. Trung's academic qualifications include a PhD in Management from Monash University, a Master of Arts in Economics of Development from the ISS and UHE, and a Bachelor's degree in Foreign Trade. His research interests include topics related to international business, economics and management.

Inhalt
Introduction.- Opening of the Vietnamese economy: Achievements and challenges.- Public administration reform: Efforts and reality.- From state to market: Evolving ownership and corporate governance in Vietnam.- Labour and special economic zones.- Vietnamese political economy in an East Asian and international perspective.- Environmental impact.- Conclusion.