This year marks four decades since Vietnam launched Doi Moi, the economic renovation program that broke with communist central planning. It also marks one of the most concentrated bursts of institutional change the country has witnessed since launching the market-oriented reforms. Over those four decades, a social contract has underpinned Vietnam’s transition and growth: the […]The post Vietnam’s Doi Moi turns 40 as To Lam riskily renovates the compact appeared first on Asia Times.