Japanese writer in Vietnam: the two wars of Kaiko Ken (1931-89)
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Japanese writer Kaiko Ken went to Vietnam in 1964-65, when he was sent by the editor of a popular magazine, in 1968 and in 1973, and wrote extensively about the Vietnam War. He has said that it took the creative effort of more than 10 years to recover from the trauma of seeing the war. In his novel 'Natsu no yami' ('Darkness in Summer')(1972), one of three related to the war, he depicted the depression and rage which took over as he contemplated the failure of Japanese intellectuals, as he perceived it, to understand the situation in Vietnam and the culturally barbaric actions of the Americans.
Publication Name: Modern Asian Studies
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0026-749X
Year: 1998
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Economic and environmental dynamics of reform in Vietnam
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Vietnam has undertaken radical policies aimed at reforming its major industries. The key goal of such policies has been to facilitate the adoption of free market structures that will replace it central economic planning structure. A survey of Vietnam's agricultural and manufacturing sectors show that the government's economic reform policies face numerous challenges. The most significant of which is how to balance the country's need to promote economic growth without compromising the welfare of its environment.
Publication Name: Asian Survey
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0004-4687
Year: 1996
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Economic trends in the timber industry of Amazonia: survey results from Para State, 1990-1995
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A longitudinal survey of the timber industry in the Eastern Amazon region of Para State, Breves, and Paragominas was conducted to determine fundamental economic trends in the area. The activities analyzed to identify frontier dynamics included transportation, extraction, and data processing. Results showed firms to work at increased levels of capital strength, the use of higher levels of mechanization to improve productivity, and greater value added and secondary processing investments.
Publication Name: Journal of Developing Areas
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0022-037X
Year: 1997
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