Viet Nam : The World Trade Organization ( Wto )

The economic grew slowly under the government’s planned economy system. In 1986, the government launched its “socialist-oriented market economy program (Doi Moi), which supported the creation of privately owned enterprises and foreign investment. The economy grew at an annual of 7 percent and poverty was reduced by 50 percent. Since 2001, Vietnam has had one of world’s fastest growing economies. Vietnam has signed a free trade agreement with the European Union and when the deal takes effect next year, tariffs will be eliminated on 90 of European goods entering Vietnam, which will make the country a distribution hub, according to Phil Hogan, the EU’s commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development. This will create for more jobs for the Vietnamese working class and continue to spur economic

This dramatic change which occurred in less than 25 years is all due to the conflict theory. Without the Battle of Bach Dang it is possible that Vietnam could still be under Chinese rule and the people would continue to be exploited.

“Colonial officials and French companies transformed Vietnam’s thriving subsistence economy into a proto-capitalist system, based on land ownership,

The economy is known as a new emerging economy especially after entering WTO in 2007. The Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has increase considerably and the GDP is over 8% in the period of three years (2005-2007). Nonetheless, it is clear that the economic instability occurs after WTO accession of Vietnam 1 year. Consequently, the economy has suffered surging inflation as well as trade and fiscal deficit. (Figure 1)

From this, readers are aware that French men held important roles in Vietnam’s crop development system. This again matches Elson’s article which states that when European populations decide the official positions of natives in the trading system, or hold the power themselves, the native populations are often further exploited and overworked. For the sake of higher profits in the trade network, working conditions of the Asian producers were difficult and often deadly, especially compared to their Western managers. In the views of the author, the French owners in Vietnam treat the Mandarin workers as “their servants; they treat them no better than their dogs.” For their own business development and for the prospect of greater Asian trade relations, the Western powers would stop at nothing to enhance their profit through Asian trade

“The Communist Party of Vietnam [CPV], became the ruling party, in the northern part of Vietnam, after defeating the French, at Dien Bien Phu, in 1954 and across the nation, since 1976, following the collapse of the American-backed southern regime. The next decade saw the CPV’s rationalist installation of a Stalinist-style centrally planned economy” (Nguyen, 2016, p. 33). The social structure of Vietnam based on total control, Nguyen’s family like many others found it impossible to adjust to the tyranny imposed by the Communist regime, therefore, they fled Vietnam!

To a degree, the French did bring some commercial and economic activity to Vietnam in the form of rubber and agricultural production and developed architecture in the cities like harbors, roads, schools and sewage removal. They also developed a system for delivering fresh water. However, the French did not do this to benefit the Vietnamese, rather, they did it to make money, educate the workforce and develop a successful

The Vietnamese history according to Jonathan Neale, have a long time battle of invasion and colonization by foreigners. Vietnam is a united nation who’s willing to fight and protect their lands and freedom from their enemy with bloods and souls. Before the Vietnam War begins, Vietnam is of one French’s colony in Southeast Asian along with Laos and Cambodia in the late 1800’s, which collectively called the Indo-China. When the French took over Vietnam, they started to change the Vietnamese’s economy by minimizing the local resistance under the “divide and strategy” rule to prevent the Vietnamese unity by creating caste system between local landlords and rice farmers. Under this rule, the landlord’s job is to take over all the lands from the

The United States had entered the contention in Vietnam as the world's superpower following its conclusive triumph over the Pivot controls in World War II, yet left Vietnam with an embarrassing annihilation, shockingly high losses, American open strongly partitioned and its pioneers dubious of what lay ahead in remote strategy. The country's longest and most incapacitating war – the main war the U.S. ever lost, had broad results and effect on most parts of American life from the economy, culture to local legislative issues and remote arrangement – some of which keep on doing so today.

Vietnam resembles the shape of a seahorse that stretches southeast into the Pacific Ocean; Vietnam is known as to as the “balcony of the Pacific.” By way of its water transportation links that were developed prior to rail and road networks, Vietnamese migration pressed southward (Nam Tien) along the coast. (Taus-Bolstad, 2006) Distinct regions meant that trade was more than a means to establish national unity within a dispersed settler society. (Taus-Bolstad, 2006) A geographical division of resources meant the North controlled most of the raw materials while the South served as the breadbasket. (Taus-Bolstad, 2006) The two-decade partition during the Cold War forced both the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN) in the North and the Republic of Vietnam (RVN) in the South to rely on outside sources of assistance. This continued after reunification in 1975 until the effects from the market reforms (doi moi), which were implemented in 1986, spread throughout the economy. Vietnam’s capital Hanoi distinguished its millennium anniversary in 2010, making it one of the oldest capitals in Southeast Asia. (Staff, 2009) It grew into the capital of Vietnam under the first emperor of the Ly Dynasty (1009–1225) who named it Thang Long (Rising Dragon). The city went several other name changes before finally becoming Hanoi, “the city amid waters,” owing to its location on the Red River Delta. In the 19th century when the country unified under the Nguyen Dynasty, the capital moved from

Vietnam is considered to be a lower middle income country in the East Asia & Pacific region. As of February of 2016, Vietnam has a population of 94.08 and is 1.27% of the total world population. Vietnam’s economy has been growing since 1990 through free trade and programs to develop the economy. The country is transitioning from a developing, agrarian economy to one more urban and industrialized. The country hopes to expand their contributions to the global marketplace from low cost labor and agricultural products to more innovative and higher valued products and services. In 2015, exports were 89.8% of the country’s GDP, while imports were 89% of GDP (WorldBank). To compare, exports were just 36% of GDP and imports were 45.3% in 1990.

The importance of studying history is to understand the lessons learned from the past, so that they are not repeated in the future. In the case of the Vietnam War, there are distinct messages that are taught to everyone. To fully understand them requires looking at diplomatic negotiations, Presidential leadership and cultural / social contexts. Together, these elements will highlight how critical mistakes can be avoided.

Due to the French colonization, Vietnam had low economic development and lacked physical infrastructure. The US believed that if poverty and underdevelopment persisted in a country, the country is more likely to succumb to communism. Therefore, the US proposed programs dedicating economic development as a tool of foreign policy. The US increased its foreign aid to rebuild and modernize Vietnam. The US launched its state-building project in Vietnam in 1954 due to the reasons of “the increased attention to these nations and people, the rise in foreign aid, and the emergence of modernization ideas” as solutions to fight against communism.

The major aim of this dissertation is to study the relationship between real exchange rate and balance of trade in Vietnam since the interception of Renovation Policy. The cope of the study will especially focus on the period between 2007 and 2012, as Vietnam became the 150th members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) on the January 11th 2007.

· Political Stability: Vietnam is an independent, socialist republic country, governed by the only power: Communist party of