Having already abandoned a central command economy and embraced the" mixed market"
policies of Doi Moi (Renovation), 1 Vietnamese planners now face a dilemma. Ambitious law
reform has created a framework of what are, ostensibly, rights-based commercial laws.
Although essential to the development of a market economy, this devolution of economic
and legal autonomy may disrupt state planning objectives. Accustomed to rule by edict,
lawmakers are only now coming to accept that a successful market requires a balance …