Asia's other miracle; Vietnam.

From: The Economist (US) | Date: April 26, 2008 | Copyright information

Vietnam has developed at stunning speed by letting market forces do their work. It should free up its politics, too

NOT so long ago the word "Vietnamese" was almost inevitably accompanied in press reports by the phrase "boat people". For two decades after the fall of Saigon in 1975, the defining image of Vietnam was the waves of bedraggled refugees washing up on its neighbours' shores, fleeing oppression and penury back home. How things have changed. Today, many former r...

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