This essay by Richard Hornik unexpectedly puts forward the candidature of Vietnam as one of the next ‘national winner in the 21st century?’ Surprised? Read on how the author makes a compelling case in analyzing the trends of its low-wage industrial labor and you will probably look at Vietnam through different eyes.
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by S. Paź, SCHOOLGIRLS WAITING FOR A BUS (NEW DELHI, MARCH 2015)