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"In this book the full range of Eddie Adams's work in Indochina is revealed, and through never-before-seen pictures, articles written for publication by Adams, pages from his personal journals and other artifacts, one journalist's experience of the war in Vietnam is told in gripping detail."--Jacket

Intro -- VIETNAMECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL RELATIONS WITH THE U.S. -- VIETNAMECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL RELATIONS WITH THE U.S. -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 U.S.-VIETNAM RELATIONS IN 2011: CURRENT ISSUES AND IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. POLICY -- SUMMARY -- MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2011 -- U.S. Ambassador Nominee Held Up over International Adoption Cases -- Sino-Vietnamese Tensions Ebb and Flow over Maritime Claims -- Incremental Developments in the Lower Mekong Initiative -- Human Rights-Repression against Dissent Continues -- Vietnamese Victory in WTO Anti-Dumping Case -- Vietnam's Economic Difficulties Persist -- INTRODUCTION -- U.S. Interests and Goals in the Bilateral Relationship -- Vietnam's Interests and Goals in the Bilateral Relationship -- A Ceiling on the Relationship? -- Congress's Role -- BRIEF HISTORY OF THE NORMALIZATION OF U.S.-VIETNAM RELATIONS -- MAJOR ISSUES IN U.S.-VIETNAM RELATIONS -- Diplomatic Ties -- High Level Visits: Taking Relations to a New Level -- The United States Increases Its Involvement in the South China Sea Dispute -- The Lower Mekong Initiative -- Nuclear Diplomacy -- Economic Ties -- Trade Initiatives: GSP, TIFA, BIT, and TPP -- Trade Friction -- U.S. Foreign Assistance to Vietnam -- Education Exchanges -- Human Rights Issues -- The Obama Administration's Approach to Human Rights in Vietnam -- Background -- Religious Freedom -- Workers' Rights -- The Vietnam Human Rights Act -- Refugees in Cambodia -- Human Trafficking -- Military-to-Military Ties -- Military Assistance -- Background -- Vietnam War ―Legacy‖ Issues -- Agent Orange -- Vietnam War Resettlement Programs -- POW/MIA Issues -- CONDITIONS IN VIETNAM -- Economic Developments -- Vietnam's Economic Troubles of 2007-2011 -- Background -- Controversial Bauxite Plan for Central Highlands -- Vietnam's Politics and Political Structure

With private higher education emerging in the late 1980s and challenging the public monopoly that had long been the norm in Vietnam, debates arise. Apart from debates common in other countries, such as those related to access, quality, equity, and profit, public–private debates in the Vietnamese case also occur along the line of political correctness, and indirectly reveal policy makers' limited understanding of, and inexperience with the private sector.

Cover -- CONTENTS -- CONTEXT -- 2017: A BUMPER YEAR -- POSITIVE OUTLOOK, THOUGH WITH SIGNIFICANT RISKS -- MAKING GOOD USE OF THE STRONG ECONOMY -- A. Improving the Quality of Fiscal Consolidation -- B. Improving Monetary and Exchange Rate Policies -- C. Strengthening Financial Sector Policies -- D. Enabling Private Sector-Led Growth and Innovation -- STAFF APPRAISAL -- BOX -- 1. Asset Market Developments -- 2. Gender Gaps -- FIGURES -- 1. Robust Growth, Low Inflation -- 2. Strong Trade and FDI, but Still Low Reserve Coverage -- 3. A Small Fiscal Consolidation, High Public Debt -- 4. Strengthening Financial Sector, With Underlying Weaknesses -- 5. Competitiveness and Business Climate -- 6. Gender Gaps -- TABLES -- 1. Selected Economic Indicators, 2013-19 -- 2. Balance of Payments, 2013-19 -- 3. Medium-Term Projections, 2013-23 -- 4a. General Government Budgetary Operations, 2013-18 (in trillions of dong) -- 4b. General Government Budgetary Operations, 2013-18 (in percent of GDP) -- 5. Monetary Survey, 2013-19 -- 6. Financial Soundness Indicators -- APPENDICES -- I. Progress Against IMF Recommendations -- II. External Assessment -- III. Risk Assessment Matrix -- IV. Public and External Debt Sustainability Analysis -- V. Draft Press Release -- CONTENTS -- FUND RELATIONS -- RELATIONS AND COLLABORATION WITH THE WORLD BANK GROUP -- RELATIONS WITH THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK -- STATISTICAL ISSUES.

Cover -- CONTENTS -- Glossary -- SUMMARY OF MISSION OUTCOMES AND PRIORITY RECOMMENDATIONS -- DETAILED TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- A. Introduction -- B. Outline of RPPI Compilation Methods -- C. Potential Data Sources for the RPPI -- D. Next Steps -- E. Producer Price Index for Real Estate Activities -- F. Officials Met During the Mission -- TABLE -- 1. Priority Recommendations

Intro -- VIETNAM SERVICE SECTOR GROWTH -- VIETNAM SERVICE SECTOR GROWTH -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 AN OVERVIEW AND EXAMINATION OF THE VIETNAMESE SERVICE SECTOR* -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- Overview of Services in Vietnam -- Factors Affecting the Supply of Services in Vietnam -- Support for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) -- Liberalization -- Skill Shortages -- Weak Business Environment -- Lack of Infrastructure -- Factors Affecting the Demand for Services in Vietnam -- Rising Wages -- Business Development -- Urbanization -- Comparison to Other ASEAN Countries -- References -- INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SERVICES -- Vietnam Has Rapidly Developed International Trade Relationships -- References -- BANKING SERVICES -- Vietnam's Banking Sector is Growing Quickly -- Industry Reforms Have Increased Competition -- Foreign Banks are Expanding Their Presence in Vietnam -- References -- EDUCATION SERVICES -- Economic Growth and Lack of High-Quality Institutions Drive Students Abroad -- Few Students Graduate from Vietnamese Institutions with Job-Ready Skills -- The Government is Heavily Involved in the Higher Education System -- Vietnamese Universities and Colleges Are Not Internationally Competitive -- Foreign Investment in Vietnam's Higher Education Sector Faces Challenges -- References -- LOGISTICS SERVICES -- Vietnam's Logistics Industry is Small but Growing -- Vietnam Lacks Adequate Transportation Infrastructure -- Customs Delays Hamper the Activities of Logistics Firms in Vietnam -- Multinational Firms Drive Demand for Comprehensive Logistics Services -- Several Large Global 3PL Firms Provide Logistics Services in Vietnam -- Vietnam's Participation in the Global Logistics Market is Expanding -- Vietnam has Significantly Liberalized Its Logistics Services Sector -- References -- RETAIL SERVICES

KEY ISSUESContext. Economic performance has improved over the last year. The recovery is taking hold, although domestic activity remains weak, in part constrained by weak banks and inefficient state-owned enterprises (SOEs). Inflation has declined, the current account remains in large surplus, and international reserves have increased. The authorities place a priority on preserving macroeconomic stability, tackling banking sector vulnerabilities, and reforming SOEs, though implementation has been gradual in some key areas.Outlook and risks. Growth is projected to recover gradually over the com

In the wake of the Tet offensive, on March 31, 1968, President Lyndon Johnson announced a partial halt to the bombing of North Vietnam, initiated peace talks with Hanoi, and declared he would not run for a second term. In that election year, Richard Nixon called for "peace with honor" and defeated Vice President Hubert Humphrey, who could not attack Johnson for waging what had become a hugely unpopular war. Many Americans assumed that peace would come in short order. But, though the peace talks had begun, fighting in Vietnam continued for another seven years. In those years, Nixon gradually withdrew American troops from Vietnam but expanded the war to Cambodia and Laos, and with extensive bombing campaigns wreaked more destruction on the Indochinese than had been visited upon them in all the preceding years of war. More than twenty thousand American troops died, and upheavals in the United States tore the country apart, creating divisions that remain with us today.