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Ho Chi Minh City Seeks to Make Up for 20 Wasted Years

Vietnam’s most dynamic city struggles to shake fetters of corruption, misdevelopment

Jun 09, 2020
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By: David Brown

Purges, anti-Chinese pogroms, a new name and miscarried attempts to 'socialize' the southern economy failed to stifle the capitalist soul of Saigon. As soon as postwar circumstances permitted, entrepreneurs and officials in what was now called Ho Chi Minh City took the lead in breaking down the 'fences' that stifled Vietnam's economy. The…

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