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Water Crisis In Vietnam, Jordan M. Zaid

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• Immediately after the Vietnam War ended in 1975, Vietnam experienced economic turmoil and famine as the roots of industrialization began to grip the nation.

• In 1986, the government declared a rapid transition from a planned to a market economy would take hold. The ensuing change caused further increased industrial development and a subsequent growth of the emerging market economy. 1

• To this day, Vietnam’s GDP is rising yearly at a rapid rate.

• For this reason, much of Vietnam has been developed in a relatively short amount of time (since the end of the war) but much …