This volume brings together distinguished international specialists on Vietnam and its reform process to explore the impact of reform in Vietnam on the Vietnamese state, society, and order, and Vietnam’s international and regional environment.
"This collection of well-crafted essays marks a major contribution to our knowledge and understanding of the making of a new Vietnamese 'order' since the 1980s. Not only do the authors examine the interconnected transformation of Vietnam at the state, regional and international levels, but they often compare Vietnam's experience to that of other postcommunist states. Scholars, policy makers, diplomats, and general readers intrigued by Vietnam will all find something of great interest in these thoughtful essays. Those working in comparative politics and on postcommunist societies will certainly not be disappointed."
--Christopher Goscha, Professor of International Relations, Université du Québec à Montréal
Introduction--Stéphanie Balme & Mark Sidel * Vietnam from a Comparative Communist and Post-Communist Perspective--Leslie Holmes * Part I: International Relations and Regional Integration * Vietnam's Regional Integration: Domestic and External Challenges to State Sovereignty--Carlyle A. Thayer * Testing the Institutionalist Approach: Cooperation between Vietnam and ASEAN--Nguyen Vu Tung * Vietnam's Border Disputes: Assessing the Impact on Its Regional Integration--Ramses Amer & Nguyen Hong Thao * Vietnam's International Commitments upon Entry into the WTO: Limits to Its Sovereignty? A View from Moscow--Vladimir Mazyrin * Economic Interdependence within ASEAN: A Perspective on the Vietnamese Strategy for Development and National Security--Hien Do * Vietnam's Integration into the World: National and Global Interfaces--Eero Palmujoki * Part II: Law, Legal Reform, and the Vietnamese State * Understanding Legality in Vietnam--John Gillespie * Lawyers and Prosecutors under Legal Reform in Vietnam: The Problem of Equality--Nguyen Hung Quang * Vietnamese Courts: Contemporary Interactions between Party-State and Law--Penelope (Pip) Nicholson * Power and Representation at the Vietnamese National Assembly: The Scope and Limits of Political Doi Moi--Matthieu Salomon * Modern Law, Traditional Ethics and Contemporary Political Legitimacy in Vietnam--David Koh * Building Blocks for the Rule of Law? Legal Reforms and Public Administration in Vietnam--Karin Buhmann
