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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN VIETNAM IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN PROTECTION OF ITS ENVIRONMENT

Nguyen Trung Ta Newcastle, ADS Centre, Hanoi, 2006

CONTENTS 

INTRODUCTION

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LOW INCOME AND POVERTY

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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (ED) AND EVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS (EPS)

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CONCLUSIONS

INTRODUCTION  7.5 % (2001-2005).

Critical

environmental problems  82.1 million (2004).  331,114 sq km

Concentration on its economic development

 Only 21% arable land.  29 %.

LOW INCOME AND POVERTY Low income - 338 trillion in 2005 - 10 million (US $ 640) Poverty - A shortage of food - 37 % in 1998 - 29 % in 2005 (75 %, 45 % and 9 %)

ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS  Deforestation - Coffee, rubber and tea - Infrastructure projects 200,000 hectares loss - ‘New economic zones’Harvie and Tran (1997) - Export  Water and air pollution - Industrial zones - Vehicle emissions

‘Cancer village’ 106/304 deaths of cancer

CONCLUSIONS  Vietnam’economic development must come first because of: - Low income - Poverty - EPs are caused by Vietnam' economic development + Deforestation + Water and air pollution

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