Vietnam - Asia's rising star with Brook Taylor and Sam Korsmoe
Thu, 12 Sept
|Quận 1
THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST We're excited to welcome Brook Taylor and Sam Korsmoe to The Old Compass on 12th September. They'll be discussing their recently launched book, 'Vietnam – Asia’s Rising Star' [Việt Nam – Ngôi Sao Đang Lên của Châu Á]
Time & Location
12 Sept 2024, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Quận 1, 63/11 Pasteur, Bến Nghé, Quận 1, Hồ Chí Minh 70000, Vietnam
About the event
We're excited to welcome Brook Taylor and Sam Korsmoe to The Old Compass on 12th September. They'll be discussing their recently launched book, 'Vietnam – Asia’s Rising Star' [Việt Nam – Ngôi Sao Đang Lên của Châu Á]
Over the past 25 years, Vietnam has advanced from being one of the poorest nations in Asia to an upper-middle income country that is an important manufacturing hub for the world. In 2000, Vietnam’s total global trade with the outside world (exports plus imports) was $30 billion and the country’s GDP was around $31 billion in size. By the end of 2023, its global trade had increased to $683 billion and the economy was around $450 billion in size. In addition, its extreme poverty rate has declined to less than one percent today from over 50 percent in the 1990s.
These are data-supported historical trends. The more interesting questions are about Vietnam’s…