Scope and Contents

Vietnam economic contemporary files are the most voluminous of the holdings. Covers Vietnamese economic sector. Divided into two sub-files: EPA. Economic Planning and Assessment. (Begin with this file). Materials on what officials in Hanoi say is their economic policy; their estimates of its success/failure. The-Five-Year-Plan. Outsider assessments and evaluation. Economic planning and methodology (see also Vietnam Ideology File). General foreign economic relations (see entries in individual countries in Vietnam Foreign Relations File). General. Materials on major economic sectors: agriculture, foreign trade, domestic trade, heavy and light industry, transportation, communications, labor.