Mazyrin Vladimir

Economic modernization in Vietnam: from industrialization to the stage of innovation

ЮГО-ВОСТОЧНАЯ АЗИЯ: АКТУАЛЬНЫЕ ПРОБЛЕМЫ РАЗВИТИЯ, 2011, №17, 240-265

 
Annotation: Dr. V.M.Mazyrin's work Economic modernization in Vietnam: from industrialization to the stage of innovation discloses the concept of modernization, which has been realized in Vietnam since the middle 1990s. He demonstrates its main directions and stages and its connection with the practice of the NIC. Forms and results of industrialization are revealed with peculiarities of the process in Socialist Republic of Vietnam as compared to other existing models. The author detects factors and degree of maturity of innovative component in the Vietnamese society as well as prospects of transition to the economy of knowledge. The author describes new spheres, goals, general development targets for the forthcoming decade. He arrives at the conclusion that despite success of catch- up economy Vietnam is still lagging behind the advanced countries of South-East Asia and is striving to accelerate the process of modernization by changing the type, pace and directions of development.

Keywords: VIETNAM, COMPLEX MODERNIZATION, , INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES(IT), INDUSTRIALIZATION, INNOVATIVE STAGE, SYSTEM, SCIENTIFIC-AND-TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCE, THE NEW GENERATION OF TECHNOLOGY, COMPETITIVENESS, ECONOMY OF KNOWLEDGE INDEX, E-GOVERNMENT, DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENCE-EDUCATION, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX