Vietnam: Selected Issues

December 17, 2007

Summary

This Selected Issues paper assesses the impact of Vietnam’s World Trade Organization (WTO) accession. It describes the main terms of Vietnam’s accession as regards trade in goods and services, and uses a partial equilibrium simulation model to estimate the likely impact of WTO accession on revenues and consumer welfare. The paper provides a more general overview of the effects of WTO accession for Vietnam and its main trading partners. It also reviews the main causes of the recent stock market developments and policy measures taken thus far and discusses challenges ahead.

Subject: Expenditure, Financial markets, Imports, International trade, National accounts, Private investment, Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP), Public investment spending, Stock markets, Tariffs, Taxes

Keywords: CR, Global, Imports, investment environment, ISCR, MFN tariff, Private investment, Public investment spending, stock market boom, Stock markets, Tariffs, Vietnam, VN Index, WTO accession, WTO commitment

Pages:
64
Volume:
2007
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451840414.002
Issue:
385
Series:
Country Report No. 2007/385
Stock No:
1VNMEA2007001
ISBN:
9781451840414
ISSN:
1934-7685

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