Category: Academic writing
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Poland’s yesterday, Vietnam’s today?
IntroductionIn spites of meeting some socio-economic indicators for democratic transition, it is likely that democratization in Vietnam is not a recent future. Being a communism country, Vietnam today can see itself in a somewhat similar situation of Poland at that time of its transition. Both countries have to face with the staleness of communist ideology,…
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Administrative urbanization in Vietnam: The mixture of policies under different economic theories
Abstract The number of the cities has been drastically increasing for the last three decades in Vietnam. The aftermath of industrialization and urbanization, especially during the Doimoi (Reform) which was initiated in 1986 with the goal of creating a “socialist-oriented market economy” in the country is largely responsible for this increase. However, the rapid change…
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SDGs in Vietnam: for “no one left behind”
INTRODUCTION In order to implement Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or the post 2015 agenda in Vietnam, this memorandum suggests two sets of policies regardless of (1) continuing economic-growth approach as well as strengthening the social service and welfare and (2) transitioning to an eco-effectiveness development approach. Furthermore, the recommendations maintain that the second set of…
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The new “Passive Revolution” of the green economy/ growth: Is adjustment enough?
The new “passive revolution” is one of the most challenged article that I have read in this course. Warner argued that green growth is the adjustment of capitalism to adapt with the change of economic situation, especially the global financial crisis. The author highlighted that the green growth as a new “passive revolution” of capitalist…
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Expulsion: Over the systemic edge, over the non-systemic thinking
“Who owns the cities? Who owns the territory?” is the title of the lecture that caught my eye on Facebook the first time I found out about Saskia Sassen. At first, it made me curious about the question “who actually owns the cities and territory of the countries, if not the people?” It seems to…
Nhung Nguyen 