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Business Daily: Vietnam: Leaving the Past Behind

31/07/2013

Vietnam: Leaving the Past Behind

BBC World Service - Business Daily, Vietnam: Leaving the Past Behind

Vietnam leaves a past of war and communism behind and the economy flourishes.

Vietnam leaves a past of war and communism behind and the economy flourishes. We hear from the entrepreneurs driving the country's economic revolution.

It may be one of the few remaining communist states in the world but Vietnam has embraced capitalism enthusiastically. Exports have risen sharply since the market reforms of the 1980s and tourism is booming. We hear from the entrepreneurs whose ambition is keeping the economy moving forward and we find out why so many of the country's top entrepreneurs are women?

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