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Prospects for a socially just energy transition in Viet Nam: 2021 and beyond

This paper is an update of a 2017 publication written for the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) in Viet Nam on a Socially Just Energy Transition in Viet Nam. This energy transition must deliver a large part of Viet Nam’s greenhouse gas...

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Responsibility in the Time of Crisis?

The global Covid-19 pandemic has had devastating impacts on societies and economies across the world. In Vietnam, although a health crisis was effectively prevented, the economic damage is enormous with key exporting industries –...

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From industrial policy to economic and social upgrading in Vietnam

This country study explores how Vietnam can improve economic policies to achieve social upgrading linked to economic upgrading. It investigates the history and present approaches to industrial policy in Vietnam and identifies examples on...

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The Fourth Industrial Revolution

The labor-cost advantage of developing countries in Asia is challenged by increased use of digital automation and robots known also as Industry 4.0. Particularly those countries whose development model depends on export-led, low...

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Housing and Transportation in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City

The rapid urban growth of Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), driven by economic development and massive immigration, has put huge pressure on the natural environment and basic infrastructure and services, including the housing and transportation...

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Vietnam's environmental policies at a crossroads

Vietnam achieved a rapid socio-economic development within the last decades, lifting millions of people out of poverty. However, the future development of the country is threatened by severe challenges arising from climate change,...

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Promoting socially and economically just energy transformations in Asia

With a series of country studies from Asia, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung addresses the political and social factors that drive - but also hamper - socially just energy transitions. To this end, authors from China, India, Indonesia, Japan,...

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Vietnam in the Global Economy

Since the beginning of the comprehensive reform process in 1986, economic growth in Vietnam has been remarkable. The question remains as to whether this spectacular development will be able to continue. There are a number of experts who...

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The missing link in the chain?

In Asia, countries with export-oriented industries like Vietnam benefit from low wages and a growing workforce to ensure participation in the new global trade regimes. However, trade liberalisation and trade agreements in their current...

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Towards a socially just energy transition in Viet Nam

A swift transition towards renewable energy (RE) is needed in Asia. Nevertheless, the transition towards RE progresses only slowly in most Asian countries. With a series of countries studies from Asia, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung addresses...