Number: 98-551
Title: Vietnam: Economic Reforms and Commercial Relations with the United States
Authors: Raymond J. Ahearn, Foreign Affairs Defense and Trade Division 
Abstract: Vietnam has made considerable progress in implementing economic reforms since 1986. The reforms have nudged Vietnam from a centrally-planned to a more market-oriented economy and have facilitated higher rates of economic growth and income levels, particularly during 1988-1996. A deeper and reinvigorated economic reform effort could influence the pace at which full normalization of U.S.-Vietnamese commercial relations takes place.
Pages: 6
Date: October 29, 1999