Vietnam’s Prospects to 2010

Abstract

The focus of this chapter is upon an identification of the future economic prospects of the Vietnamese economy until 2010. Such an analysis must necessarily be speculative in nature and dependent upon not only developments in Vietnam itself, but also, due to the country’s increased openness, that in the world economy. Nevertheless, such an exercise is a useful one since it can provide a basis for comparing official expectations of the future development of the economy, with those of other renowned forecasting agencies such as the World Bank and the Economist Intelligence Unit. Possible obstacles to the attainment of such expected developments can also be realistically identified and evaluated.