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ASEAN-China economic relations and their impact on Vietnam's market and trades

Analysis of inter-regional relations between economy and gas wastes via the input-output scale between Ho Chi Minh city and the rest of Vietnam in 1996

Economic growth and sustainable development are natural requirements for any nation, so to study the relations between economy and environment is essential for realizing the relations between the economic growth and sustainable development. Among several approaches to the studies of the relations between economy and environment, the application of IO modeling and inter-regional IO modeling proves quite effective and it has been widely seen in many nations including the United Nations. The article presents the application of this approach and analyzes the relations between the economy and environment in HCMC and the rest of Vietnam, through which to draw some experiences related to formulating the policies for sustainable economic development for each region and for Vietnam as a whole. The article is focused on the following contents I. Presentation of the model and its application to an analysis of the impact of production on environment 1. A brief introduction of inter-regional IO modeling) 2. A brief introduction of the relations between economy and environment II. Results of application of inter-regional IO modeling that measure the impact of the production on a number of gas wastes such as C02, S02 and N02.

Industry in Mekong delta in the international integration

How does Mekong delta-a key economic zone-develop its industry in a process of international economic integration? The question needs to be addressed here. This article will provide readers with its answer, by means of analyzing the social economic features, advantages and difficulties, through which to propose an industrialization strategy for the region in conformity with the international economic integration of the whole nation. The main contents include I. General background 1. Low investment and imbalance investment 2. Industrial structure 3. Labour and human resources 4. The training of human resources II. Structure and competitive strategy 1. Strength and weaknesses of the industry in the region 2. Enterprises in the industrial sector 3. The chain of industrial values III. Conclusion - An industrialization strategy for Mekong delta requires the improvement of infrastructure, education status, and role of services and development of backing industries. - The whole Mekong delta, HCMC and the eastern part of Southern Vietnam should be placed in an axis of the general development strategy for the whole nation. - The general strategy for Mekong delta should rely on the link to the region, namely, HCMC and the eastern part of Southern Vietnam, heading to the sea. In formulating an industrialization strategy for the region, it is essential to bear in mind that in order to avoid risks and wastes, too much focus on specific branches would not be a good idea. - Formulating an industrialization strategy for the region should take the following points into consideration (1) natural conditions (2) The potential and the availabilities that have been tested (3) Drawbacks and weaknesses (4) Development trend (5) A good strategy should ensure the environment protection and sustainable development. - In terms of technological levels should be diversified so as all human resources could be involved in, including low skilled workers as well as highly skilled staff coming from university or post university graduates for the branches that require high technological contents for the later period of development.

Perfecting the market system in Vietnam's market economy

The gendered impacts of information and communications technologies in Vietnam

Gender inequality has been around for thousands years and even it now contradicts the norms of modern society it does not seem to fade away. Development of ICT in Viet Nam, even in early stage, has had profound impacts on lives of many people, and it is hoped to be helpful in narrowing the gender gap. Primary purpose of this paper is look closely at if the impact of ICT development has been gender neutral. Our study draws mostly from surveys on IT workers and households in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh city. ITC female employees have higher income than in other economic sectors, but within the industry, they are more concentrated in low skills and low wage. That is partly because females are less likely to have been trained in IT. Female employees in this industry have less opportunity for being either further trained or promoted. Furthermore, they hold shorter terms of labor contracts, and more than men they felt job insecurity. By and large, the impact of the development of ITC in Viet Nam has not been gender neutral, and that has much to do with people prejudice, which deep-rooted in behavior of many society members. Household decision on education is a factor carrying on the gender gap. ICT has not been very helpful in making up the gender gap in education. TVs and radio are, nevertheless, effective in transmitting popular knowledge and teaching foreign languages, and that is very helpful for advancement of many urban girls. Despite the obvious existence of gender differences, Vietnamese women seem to have a bright future. A majority of parents took a positive view on education per se and technical/ICT education for their daughters. Nearly all the parents regarded ICT employment as providing good work opportunities for their daughters. The positive impact of ICT development on gender gap is expected to be more significant in the near future.

The model of parentson company-a major solution to the transparency in SOEs that plays a role in socialist orientation for Vietnam's economy