“入世”东风到越南

Vietnam Trades up by Joinin. WTO

作为亚洲经济增长速度排名第二的国家，越南已经准备好借“入世”的东风扩大本国的出口。

Anthony Salzman remembers the last time Vietnam was tipped to be Asia＇s next tiger economy. The former antiwar protester turned business consultant was representing Caterpillar in Vietnam when the country opened up to foreign investment in the early 1990s. Back then, Hanoi＇s streets were filled mostly with bicycles and all fax machines had to be registered with the police, but that didn＇t stop international executives from packing the bar of the only foreignrun hotel in Hanoi, the Metropole, to plot their future fortunes. ＂In that one bar on any given night,＂ recalls Salzman, ＂there were people who, combined, could have pledged to invest $50 billion on the spot.