Competitive intelligence in Vietnam

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Vietnam, the middle way.The art of distinguish oneself

Keywords: competitive intelligence, Vietnam, strategy of power, influence, globalization,economic independence, lobbyingAbstract :In the 80's, Vietnam leave of more than forty years of war, the country was exhaustedand faces famine. In 1986, Vietnam launched a process of economic transition the

Doi Moi

(renewal). That's when the country is engaged in reforms to restructure its regulatoryapparatus, administrative and gradually transform a centrally planned economy into a marketeconomy maintaining socialist characteristics. Between 2000 and 2005, growth in theVietnamese economy was the second fastest in the world (8.4%), with foreign investmentwhich has tripled in size. These results are not coincidental. For years, Vietnam hasexperienced war and is determined to take advantage of this "knowledge". Thus in 1997, theVietnamese Communist Party translated Christian Harbulot’s book,

Tech offensive and economic warfare

. Vietnam wants to set up a quest for power coupled with a policy of economic security. The state apparatus turns to this desire dear to marxism: cope withcontradictions. Indeed, the

Doi Moi

is the mix of market economy and socialism. Likewise, policy of openness must also be pursued, accompanying an "economic patriotism". It istherefore necessary to understand how Vietnam seeks to develop a strategy for the power toextend its influence, coupled with a strategy of influence based on the competitive advantageof the country in order to better negotiate, cooperate and thereby preserve the best itseconomic security. This strategy power begins with a commitment of empowerment towardsChina and expansion of its activities globally. If the economic issue is important, it is not theonly one. Thus, Vietnam wishes to scale up its diplomatic weight, and successfully, within theUN organizations. After long ignored, Vietnam will fully utilize its network of expatriatesthat are the

Viet Kiêu

in two different ways. In one hand, to attract their capitals and havethem invest in their country of origin. On the other hand, they will become a true broadcastnetwork of knowledge for Vietnam, particularly in sectors such as new technologies.Vietnam’s entry into the WTO will drastically change its political development. It sets upmany administrative reforms to attract investors and to distinguish from its Asian neighbors.

Anthony Poncier http://poncier.org/blog Contact (a) poncier.orgA genuine policy of seduction is also being pursued, particularly in the direction of theEuropean Union and the United States highlighting its competitive advantages. At the sametime, the opening of markets requires Vietnam to change the habits of its industries. Theymust come together to reinforce one facing the power of the big foreign groups, as in the areaof the bank, they must also put in place a number of professional associations to advise their member companies in their new mode of development as in distribution. If the future is notyet written, Vietnam seems to have a number of weapons that will make him a country withwhich it will take in the future.

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Vietnam, the middle way.The art of distinguish oneself

Thailand plants rice, Cambodia looks at it make, Laos listening it grow, Vietnam sells it.Southeast Asia dicton

What a journey made by Vietnam in recent years! This maxim is the proof. There isstill a little time, the Thais were not in that sentence, and the Vietnamese were the ones whowere growing rice. In the 80's, Vietnam leaves of more than forty years of war with France,the United States, plus some skirmishes with its bordering countries such as Cambodia andChina

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. The country is exhausted and faces famine. Supported by the Soviet Union since the70's, Vietnam has no choice but to reform itself when it suspended its help in 1985 with theintroduction of

perestroika

(reconstruction). In 1986, Vietnam launched a process of economic transition the

Doi Moi

(renewal) on the occasion of the 6th congress of the SocialistParty Vietnamese. That's when the country is engaged in reforms to restructure its regulatoryapparatus, administrative and gradually transform a centrally planned economy into a marketeconomy maintaining socialist characteristics.During the five-year period 1986 - 1990, the national economy has been restored step by step, the annual GDP growth was of 3.9%. Between 1991 and 1995, Vietnam is out of theeconomic crisis and the growth has become stable with a high rate (8.2% per year onaverage). This growth was maintained in 1996 (9.34%) and 1997 (9%). For the same year,ASEAN (Burma, Brunei, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand andVietnam) as a whole has been unable to reach a rate of 4.9%. Between 2000 and 2005, growthin the Vietnamese economy was the second fastest in the world, with foreign investmentwhich have tripled in volume and a significant reduction of poverty (58% of the populationconsidered poor in 1993, 29% in 2002 according to the World Bank). The number of satecompanies has been halved while the private sector is becoming more and more weight in thenational economy. These last 7 years, the number of private enterprises has increased from15,000 in 2000 to 300,000 this year.

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As a result of many Khmer Rouge raids late 1978 on border villages, Vietnam invaded Cambodia and installedin Phnom Penh a government that is more favorable to itself. China supports Cambodia to attack then Vietnamin 1979, but withdrew 17 days later after suffering losses estimated at 20000 men.