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Management, Vocational training, Education and Rehabilitation for Post-addicts: Problems and Experiences in Ho Chi Minh City

Editors: Tran Nhu and Ho Ba Tham
Published by: Publishing House of Social Labour
Publication in:  March 2008
Price: Free distribution from VDF
Language: Vietnamese
This book was printed by the support from VDF. We thank Mr. Tran Nhu and Mr. Ho Ba Tham for their permission to upload the book on VDF's book webpage. Copyrights by the authors.

Full pages VN (PDF1.4MB)

  
 50KB VN - Contents
64KB VN - Introduction
110KB VN - PART 1: Management, Vocational Training for Post-addicts in Three-year Programs at Rehabilitation Centers in Ho Chi Minh City
183KB VN - Chapter 1: Situation of Addicts, Management System, Facility, Education and Vocational Training at Rehabilitation Centers
124KB VN - Chapter 2: Targets and Solutions for Organizing and Managing Addicts and Post-addicts
65KB VN - Chapter 3:  Solutions for Education and Vocational Training for Addicts and Post-addicts
97KB VN - Chapter 4: Other Conditions and Solutions
148KB VN - Chapter 5: Conclusion and Proposals
222KB VN - PART 2: Educational Models, Contents and Method for Post-addicts at Manufacturing Firms
136KB VN - Chapter 1: Features of Receiving Firms and Mentality Characteristics of Post-addicts Working at Manufacturing Firms
148KB VN - Chapter 2: Manufacturing Model - Educational Model and Successful Prospects of the Models
146KB VN - Chapter 3: Educational Contents and Methods of the Models
81KB VN - Chapter 4: Organization System, Human Resource and Time for Education
160KB VN - Chapter 5: Conclusion and Proposals
246KB VN - ANNEX

 
For Sound Development of the Motorbike Industry in Vietnam

Author: The Motorbike Joint Working Group
Published by: Vietnam Development Forum (VDF)
Publication in: November 2007
Price: Free distribution from VDF
Language: English and Vietnamese

Full pages EN (PDF896KB) | VN (PDF1MB)

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 32KB | 35KB EN | VN - Contents
121KB | 137KB EN | VN - An Explanatory Note
35KB | 40KB EN | VN - About the Motorbike Joint Working Group
44KB | 52KB EN | VN - Introduction
129KB | 161KB EN | VN - Chapter 1:The Role of Motorcycles
115KB | 141KB EN | VN - Chapter 2: Industrial Structure
121KB | 127KB EN | VN - Chapter 3: Demand Forecast
126KB | 155KB EN | VN - Chapter 4: Supporting Industries
150KB | 182KB EN | VN - Chapter 5: Urban Planning and Transport Modes
121KB | 145KB EN | VN - Chapter 6: Reducing Traffic Accidents
115KB | 138KB EN | VN - Chapter 7: Environmental Protection
115KB | 135KB EN | VN - Chapter 8: Intellectual Property Rights
77KB | 99KB EN | VN - Chapter 9: Policy Measures

 

Social Issues under Economic Transformation and Integration in Vietnam - Vol.2

Editors: Giang Thanh Long (VDF)
Published by: Vietnam Development Forum (VDF)
Publication in: October 2007
Price: Free distribution from GRIPS (VDF-Tokyo) / VDF
Language: English

Full pages EN (PDF1.1MB)

 
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35KB EN - Contents
82KB EN - About the Authors and Acknowledgements
58KB EN - Chapter 1: Introduction and Summary
269KB EN - Chapter 2: Growth, Equity, and Poverty Reduction in Vietnam: Prospects and Challenges
232KB EN - Chapter 3: From Infrastructure to Institutions: Reforming Primary Health Care in Vietnam
209KB EN - Chapter 4: Between Nurturing and Nurtured Childhood: Children Working in the Streets in Hanoi
152KB EN - Chapter 5: Social Protection for Internal Migrants in Vietnam
 

 

Social Issues under Economic Transformation and Integration in Vietnam - Vol.1

Editors: Giang Thanh Long and Duong Kim Hong (VDF)
Published by: Vietnam Development Forum (VDF)
Publication in: March 2007
Price: Free distribution from GRIPS (VDF-Tokyo) / VDF
Language: English and Vietnamese

Full pages EN (PDF13.6MB) | VN (PDF1.6MB)

 
 
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62KB  | 148KB EN | VN - Contents
53KB | 109KB EN | VN - Chapter 1: Introduction and Summary
232KB | 232KB EN | VN - Chapter 2: Street Children in Vietnam: Interactions of Old and New Causes in a Growing Economy
203KB | 203KB EN | VN - Chapter 3: An Intervention Model of HIV/AIDS Protection for Sex Workers: The Case of Quang Ninh Province
189KB | 318KB EN | VN - Chapter 4: Youth Work and Employment in Vietnam
297KB | 332KB EN | VN - Chapter 5: Sustainable Education Development under Globalization, and the Reforms of Teaching and Learning Methods in Teacher Training
208KB | 354KB EN | VN - Chapter 6: Micro-determinants of Household Welfare, Social Welfare, and Inequality in Vietnam
286KB | 532KB EN | VN - Chapter 7: The Elderly Population in Vietnam during Economic Transformation: An Overview

 

Building Supporting Industries in Vietnam - Vol.1

Editor: Kenichi Ohno (GRIPS/VDF)
Published by: Vietnam Development Forum (VDF)
Publication in: March 2007
Price: Free distribution from GRIPS (VDF-Tokyo) / VDF
Language: English and Vietnamese

Full pages: EN (PDF1.8MB) | VN (PDF914KB)

 
 
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25KB | KB EN | VN - Introduction and Summary
100KB | 286KB EN | VN - Chapter 1: Supporting Industries in Vietnam from the Perspective of Japanese Manufacturing Firms (VDF)
105KB | 263KB EN | VN - Chapter 2: Supporting Industries: A Review of Concepts (Nguyen Thi Xuan Thuy)
70KB | 205KB EN | VN - Chapter 3: Quantitative Analysis of the Procurement Structure of Supporting Industries in ASEAN 4, Republic of Korea, and Japan (Toshiaki Baba)
896KB | 209KB EN | VN - Chapter 4: Designing and Managing Supporting Industry Databases (Junichi Mori)

 

Technical Efficiency and Productivity Growth in Vietnam

Editors: Nguyen Khac Minh (NEU) and Giang Thanh Long (NEU/VDF)
Published by: Publishing House of Social Labour
Publication in: March 2007
Price: Free distribution from GRIPS (VDF-Tokyo) / VDF
Language: English

 
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52KB EN - Preface, Acknowledgement and Introduction
146KB EN - Chapter 1: A Non-parametric Analysis of Efficiency for Industrial Firms in Vietnam (Nguyen Khac Minh and Truong Tri Vinh)
105KB EN - Chapter 2: Relative Efficiency and Productivity Dynamics of the Metalware Industry in Hano (Nguyen Khac Minh, Dau Thuy Mai and Vu Quang Dong)
147KB EN - Chapter 3: Parametric and Non-parametric Estimates of Technical Efficiency for Aquaculture-processing Firms in Vietnam (Nguyen Khac Minh and Vu Quang Dong)
145KB EN - Chapter 4: Efficiency of Construction Firms in Vietnam: Assessment by Parametric and Non-parametric Approaches (Nguyen Khac Minh and Giang Thanh Long)
88KB EN Chapter 5: Measuring Efficiency of Vietnamese Commercial Banks: An Application of Data Envelopment Analysis (Nguyen Viet Hung)
122KB EN Chapter 6: An Analysis of Technical Efficiency for the Hotel Industry in Vietnam (Bach Ngoc Thang)
132KB EN Chapter 7: Non-parametric Analysis of Efficiency Performance for Hospitals and Medical Centers in Vietnam (Nguyen Khac Minh and Giang Thanh Long)

 

Business Environment and Policies of Hanoi
  Editors: Kenichi Ohno (GRIPS/VDF) and Nguyen Van Thuong (NEU)
Published by: Publishing House of Social Labour
Publication in: December 2006
Price: Free distribution from GRIPS (VDF-Tokyo) / VDF
Languages: English & Vietnamese

 

 
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36KB  | 182KB EN | VN Introduction
347KB | 476KB EN | VN - Chapter 1: Listening and Responding to Businesses (Hoang Thanh Huong)
263KB | 896KB EN | VN - Chapter 2: The Nationality Factor in Assessing Hanoi's Investment Environment (Pham Thi Huyen)
936KB | 1.3MB EN | VN - Chapter 3: Transportation in and around Hanoi: Current issues and Challenges (Nguyen Ngoc Son)
251KB | 663KB EN | VN - Chapter 4: Investment and Business Financing in Hanoi (Pham Van Hung)
574KB | 991KB EN | VN - Chapter 5: Competitiveness of Industrial Zones in Hanoi (Vu Thanh Huong)
344KB | 568KB EN | VN - Chapter 6: Measuring the Environmental Impact of Regional Economic Growth: an Inter-regional Input-Output Approach (Le Ha Thanh, Bui Trinh and Duong Manh Hung)

 

Industrialization of Developing Countries: Analyses by Japanese Economists

Editors: Kenichi Ohno (GRIPS/VDF) and Takahiro Fujimoto (Tokyo Univ./MMRC)
Published by: National Graduate Institute of Policy Studies (GRIPS)
Publication in:  November 2006
Price: Free distribution from GRIPS (VDF-Tokyo) / VDF
Languages: English and Japanese

Full pages EN (PDF610KB) | JP (PDF2.3MB)

 
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51KB | 169KB EN | JP - Cover, Contents and Preface
76KB | 370KB EN | JP - Report 1: Architecture-based Comparative Advantage in Japan and Asia (Takahiro Fujimoto)
96KB | 485KB EN | JP - Report 2: Vietnam's Industrial Policy Formulation: To become a Reliable Partner in Integral Manufacturing (Kenichi Ohno)
192KB | 642KB EN | JP - Report 3: Competitive Strategy of Global Firms and Industrial Clusters: Case Study on the Hard Disk Drive (HDD) Industry (Tomofumi Amano)
70KB | 490KB EN | JP - Report 4: Strategy for Cluster-based Industrial Development in Developing Countries (Keijiro Otsuka and Tetsushi Sonobe)
68KB | 451KB EN | JP - Minutes of Discussion
43KB | 154KB EN | JP - About the Presenters

 

Industrial Policy Formulation in Thailand, Malaysia and Japan: Lessons for Vietnamese Policy Makers

Editor: Kenichi Ohno (GRIPS/VDF)
Published by: Publishing House of Social Labour
Publication in: September 2006
Price: Free distribution from GRIPS (VDF-Tokyo) / VDF
Languages: English and Vietnamese

Full pages: EN (PDF1.1MB) | VN (PDFK1.5MB)

 
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201KB | 251KB EN | VN - Content, Preface
- Chapter 1: Integral Manufacturing: The Way Forward for Vietnam (Kenichi Ohno)
133KB | 208KB EN | VN - Chapter 2: Industrial Planning in Vietnam and Lessons from Abroad (Le Van Duoc and Cao Xuan Thanh)
130KB | 116KB EN | VN - Chapter 3: Thailand (VDF)
161KB | 208KB EN | VN - Chapter 4: Malaysia (VDF)
142KB | 180KB EN | VN - Chapter 5: Japan (VDF)
123KB | 190KB EN | VN - Appendix 1
170KB | 222KB EN | VN - Appendix 2
131KB | 198KB EN | VN - Appendix 3

 

The Economic Development of Japan: The Path Traveled by Japan as a Developing Country
Author: Kenichi Ohno (GRIPS/VDF)
Published by: National Graduate Institute of Policy Studies (GRIPS)
Publication in: EN--March 2006 / VN--March 2007
Price: Free distribution from GRIPS (VDF-Tokyo) / VDF
Languages: English & Vietnamese
              (Japanese version available at book stores, ISBN4-641-16231-X)

Full pages EN (PDF1.5MB) | VNPart1(PDF1.6MB,, VNPart2  (1.4MB)

 
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288KB | 398KB EN | VN -Preface to the English Edition
-Foreword to the Japanese Edition
-Chapter 1 Modernization for Latecomers 
306KB | 254KB, 258KB, 282KB  EN | VN2,
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-Chapter 2 The Edo Period: Pre-conditions for Industrialization
-Chapter 3 Meiji (1): Key Goals of the New Government
-Chapter 4 Meiji (2): Importing and Absorbing Technology
303KB | 236KB, 321KB EN | VN5,
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-Chapter 5 Meiji (3): Development of Major Industries
-Chapter 6 Meiji (4): Budget, Finance and the Macroeconomy
282KB | 273KB, 218KB, 278KB EN | VN7, VN8, VN9 -Chapter 7 World War I and the 1920s: Export-led Boom and Recession
-Chapter 8 The Showa Financial Crisis of 1927
-Chapter 9 The 1930s and the War Economy
266KB | 316KB, 354KB EN | VN10, VN11 -Chapter 10 Post-war Recovery, 1945-49
-Chapter 11 The High Growth Era
258KB | 276KB, 296KB EN | VN12, VN13 -Chapter 12 Economic Maturity and Slowdown
-Chapter 13 The Bubble Burst and Recession
162KB | 294KB EN | VN -Final Exams
-Questions Asked by Students
-References, Photo Credits

 

Improving Industrial Policy Formulation
  Editors: Kenichi Ohno (GRIPS/VDF) and Nguyen Van Thuong (NEU)
Published by: Publishing House of Political Theory
Publication in: March 2005
Price: Free distribution from GRIPS (VDF-Tokyo) / VDF
Languages: English & Vietnamese

* This book contains industrial studies, showing basic direction of industrial strategy making for Vietnam
* These soft copies are final drafts submitted to the publisher. The published book differs slightly from them due to minor revisions and reformatting.

 
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12KB  | 137KB EN | VN - Foreword
121KB | 443KB EN | VN - Chapter 1: Designing a Comprehensive and Realistic Industrial Strategy (Kenichi Ohno)
115KB | 412KB EN | VN - Chapter 2: Renovating Industrial Policy (Kenichi Ohno)
252KB | 451KB EN | VN - Chapter 3: The Marketing Approach to FDI Attraction (Mai The Cuong)
71KB | 341KB EN | VN - Chapter 4: Building and Strengthening Supporting Industries in Vietnam: a Survey Report (Kyoshiro Ichikawa)
130KB | 263KB EN | VN - Chapter 5: Optimum Procurement Strategy: Determinants of Parts Localization Under Regional Linkage and Competition (Junichi Mori & Kenichi Ohno)
244KB | 444KB EN | VN - Chapter 6: Issues in the ASEAN Electric and Electronics Industry and Implications for Vietnam (Hisami Mitarai)
221KB | 418KB EN | VN - Chapter 7: The Automobile Industry in Vietnam: Remaining Issues in Implementing the Master Plan (Kenichi Ohno & Mai The Cuong)
248KB | 474KB EN | VN - Chapter 8: The Supplier System of the Motorcycle Industry in Vietnam, Thailand and Indonesia: Localization, Procurement and Cost Reduction Processes (Kohei Mishima)
195KB | 466KB EN | VN - Chapter 9: The Competition and Evolution of Business Architecture: The Case of Vietnam's Motorcycle Industry (Pham Truong Hoang)

 

East Asian Growth and Japanese Aid Strategy

Author: Kenichi Ohno (GRIPS/VDF)
Published by: GRIPS Development Forum (GDF)
Publication in: December 2003
Price: Free distribution from GRIPS (VDF-Tokyo) / VDF
Languages: English

 

 
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- Foreword
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- Chapter 1:Latecomer Countries and the Global Market Economy (60KB)
- Chapter 2:A Proposal for Two-Track ODA―― For East Asia and for the World (49KB)
- Chapter 3:Development with Alternative Strategic Options
(62KB)
- Chapter 4:The East Asian Experience of Economic Development and Cooperation (127KB)
- Chapter 5: The Industrialization and Global Integration of Meiji Japan (156KB) 
- Chapter 6: Industrial and Trade Policies of Vietnam under International Integration: Minutes of Meeting (80KB)
- About Author (10KB)

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