National Assessment Vietnam

Document from the year 2010 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, grade: none, Macquarie University, language: English, abstract: Vietnam provides a fascinating paradigm, the communist state that overcame foreign intervention and reunited a torn country. The introduction of Doi Moi (economic renovation) in 1986 saw the country move from a planned economy to a market economy, one that takes the honours for fastest growing economy in Asia behind only China.

Despite these advances, Vietnam also faces significant challenges. There are the issues of rampant corruption, human trafficking, the effects of the global financial crisis, border disputes amongst others that stand in the way of the national project of ¿building the fatherland¿. On top of this, Vietnam is still recovering from the years of war that brought the birth of modern Vietnam.

This assessment will provide analysis of the political trends, social issues, economy, environmental issues and security threats that Vietnam is faced with.