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Economic Reform, Private Sector Development, and the Business Environment in Viet Nam

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  • Vo Xuan Han

    (Winthrop University)

  • Roger Baumgarte

    (Winthrop University)

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This study assesses the post-reform business environment in Viet Nam as seen from a Vietnamese perspective. A survey was conducted in the two largest cities, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to study how Vietnamese entrepreneurs and owners evaluate the post-reform business environment. The findings were mixed. For instance, while the evidence supports the common thesis concerning the specific weaknesses in some sectors such as the legal and financial, it contradicts the conventional wisdom that lack of access to bank credit constitutes a crippling impediment for entrepreneurial initiatives. There is some evidence showing entrepreneurs' reliance on market prices for making important decisions, indicating that the price mechanism has begun to take root. Further, contrary to expectation, most entrepreneurs found the commercial/market conditions acceptable; they also expressed a feeling of trust and confidence in the future of the business environment in Viet Nam. Comparative Economic Studies (2000) 42, 1–30; doi:10.1057/ces.2000.13

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  • Vo Xuan Han & Roger Baumgarte, 2000. "Economic Reform, Private Sector Development, and the Business Environment in Viet Nam," Comparative Economic Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Association for Comparative Economic Studies, vol. 42(3), pages 1-30, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:compes:v:42:y:2000:i:3:p:1-30
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    1. Risti Permani, 2009. "The Role of Education in Economic Growth in East Asia: a survey," Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, The Crawford School, The Australian National University, vol. 23(1), pages 1-20, May.
    2. Mai, Nhat Chi, 2018. "Valuing Social Capital: Shifting Strategies for Export Success of Vietnamese Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises," OSF Preprints rxjav, Center for Open Science.
    3. Rachel S. Shinnar & Olivier Giacomin & Frank Janssen, 2012. "Entrepreneurial Perceptions and Intentions: The Role of Gender and Culture," Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, , vol. 36(3), pages 465-493, May.
    4. David B. Audretsch & Antje Fiedler, 2022. "The Vietnamese entrepreneurship paradox: how can entrepreneurs thrive without political and economic freedom?," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 47(4), pages 1179-1197, August.
    5. Sarah Turner & Phuong An Nguyen, 2005. "Young Entrepreneurs, Social Capital and Doi Moi in Hanoi, Vietnam," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 42(10), pages 1693-1710, September.
    6. Zhongfeng Su, 2021. "The co-evolution of institutions and entrepreneurship," Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Springer, vol. 38(4), pages 1327-1350, December.
    7. Christian Fisch & Michael Wyrwich & Thi Lanh Nguyen & Joern H. Block, 2020. "Historical institutional differences and entrepreneurship: the case of socialist legacy in Vietnam," Jena Economics Research Papers 2020-002, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena.

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