UID:
edocfu_9958065156502883
Format:
1 online resource (pages cm)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-4648-0104-5
Series Statement:
Directions in development
Content:
Vietnam has attained a strong record of economic growth and poverty reduction since the adoption of market-based economic reforms and pro-poor policies starting in the mid-1980s. Much of this achievement was driven by an untapped, rapidly-growing labor force and the enablement of greater labor participation in higher-productivity sectors of the economy. Yet, as Vietnam has restructured its economic activity towards manufacturing, more mechanized primary sector production and, increasingly, services, and as the labor force is projected to expand at a markedly lower rate than before, finding new
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Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Overview; Chapter 1 Introduction; Objective and Scope; Approach and Methodology; Figures; Figure 1.1 Analytical Approach; Note; Chapter 2 Vietnam's Current Situation; Economic Overview; Figure 2.1 Vietnam GDP by Industry Sector, 1990-2011; Table 2.1 Vietnam Average Annual GDP Growth by Sector; Figure 2.2 Regional Origin of Vietnam's Six Key Export Commodities; Tables; Figure 2.3 Average Worker Monthly Base Salary in Select Cities of Developing Asian Countries, 2011
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Table 2.2 Vietnam's Top 12 Trading Partners, 2011Map 2.1 Vietnam: Economic Geography; Maps; Figure 2.4 Structure of Government Institutions in the Transport Sector; Table 2.3 Vietnam's Freight Volumes by Mode, 2008 and Forecast to 2030; Table 2.4 Import Cost Comparisons for 40-Foot Container of General Merchandise; Table 2.5 Export Landed Cost Comparisons for 40-Foot Container of General Merchandise; Status of Existing Infrastructure; Figure 2.5 Vietnam: Container Handling Volume by Region, 2000-11; Table 2.6 Vietnam: Container Ports, Handling Volumes, 2007-11
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Map 2.2 Vietnam: Six Port Groups and Main Container Ports (above 10,000 TEUs per annum)Figure 2.6 Estimated Terminal Utilization Levels at HCMC and Cai Mep-Thi Vai Ports; Table 2.7 Vietnam: Current Terminals at Ho Chi Minh City and Cai Mep-Thi Vai; Figure 2.7 Vietnam: Demand and Supply at Southern Region Ports, 2000-20; Figure 2.8 Number of Weekly Linehaul Services Calling at Cai Mep-Thi Vai, 2009-12; Table 2.8 Vietnam: New Terminals Planned at Ho Chi Minh City and Cai Mep-Thi Vai; Table 2.9 Linehaul Services20 Calling at Cai Mep-Thi Vai as of September 2012
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Table 2.10 Current and Expected Terminals in Northern Vietnam: Haiphong, Dinh Vu, Cai Lan, and Lach HuyenFigure 2.9 Vietnam: Demand-Supply at Northern Ports without Lach Huyen; Figure 2.10 Comparison of Ocean Freight Rates to Japan and the United States, 2006-11; Figure 2.11 Haiphong/Cai Lan Port Utilization Rates by Terminal, 2010-20; Figure 2.12 Vietnam: Demand and Supply at Northern Region Ports, 2000-20; Figure 2.13 Average Container Vessel Sizes Calling Haiphong and Cai Lan, September 2012; Table 2.11 Vinalines' Shareholdings of Main Vietnamese Ports and Planned Projects
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Map 2.3 Vietnam: Greater HCMC Main Container TerminalsMap 2.4 Vietnam: Fragmentation of the Haiphong Port System; Table 2.12 Vietnam: Top 30 Global Container Ports in 2011 and Fragmentation of Vietnamese Ports; Map 2.5 Location of Van Phong in Vietnam's Main-Port Network; Table 2.13 Distance from Main Southeast Asia Gateway Ports to Van Phong; Strategic Freight Corridors; Map 2.6 Vietnam: Six Primary Freight Corridors; Table 2.14 Truck Cost Savings from Decreasing Congestion in the HCMC Area; Map 2.7 HCMC-Long Thanh-Dau Giay Expressway
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Table 2.15 Estimates for Costs of Truck-Related Congestion in Vietnamese Cities and Regions (2010 Data)
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4648-0103-7
Language:
English
