Vietnam in 2004 saw a combination of rapid economic growth with continued evidence of weak central political authority. The ruling Vietnamese Communist Party, having granted greater freedoms in order to legitimize dissent, refused to abandon its Leninist politics that were hostile toward what appears to be a rapidly emerging “civil society.” The loss of quotas on exports of garments and footwear and slow progress toward joining the World Trade Organization suggest that 2005 could be an interesting year.
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