Case Study: Vietnam

• GDP Per Capita


  $6,000
• Doctors per Population


  119
• Literacy Rate


  94.5%
• Employment in Agriculture

  48%
• Employment in Industry

  21%
• Employment in Services


  31%
• Life expectancy


  75 yrs
• Rostow Model


  Vietnam is at stage 3 - Drive to maturity. The economy is focused on manufacturing and they joined the WTO in June 2007.
• Moving towards stage 4 of Rostow


  Government policy, improve infrastructure and education, address inequality, develop private business.
• MDG (poverty and hunger)


  1993 - 98% of population

  2008 reduced to 14%
• MDG (Primary Education)


  2009 - 95% enrolment and 88% completion rate
• TNC - How many factories does Nike have in Vietnam?


  34
• TNC - How many hours a week do Nike employees work?


  65
• TNC - how many people are employed by Nike in Vietnam?


  130,000
• TNC - What is the value of Nike exports to Vietnam?


  £782 million
• What breed of Goat is given to communities in Vietnam?

  Toggenburg
• How much do Oxfam say the goat costs?

  £28
• What do communities get from goats?


  Manure, Milk, Cheese, more goats, meat, stable income
• How much did the World bank contribute to the Urban Water Supply Scheme?


  $150 million/yr
• How many people in Urban areas now have access to toilets?

  94%
• How many people in urban areas now have access to public sewers?

  60%
• How much wastewater is treated before being returned to water sources?


  Only 10%
• What social factors have affected Vietnams Development?

  Increase in cases of HIV to 43000 in 2001.

  9/10 adults lack an educational qualification.

  Vietnam has a large population - over 90 million
• What political factors have affected Vietnams Development?

  Its was a French colony in the 19th Century.

  Civil War over North South Divide.

  Since 1975 Vietnam has been reunited but under communist rule.
• What environmental factors have affected Vietnams development?

  Contaminated land - USA dumped 12 million gallons of Agent Orange (Pesticide).

  In rural areas the population rely on hand dug wells for water.

  Water pollution in the Mekong Delta causes disease.