Beyond Hanoi: Local Government in Vietnam

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i© 2004 Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore Beyond Hanoi Reproduced from Beyond Hanoi: Local Government in Vietnam, edited by Benedict J Tria Kerkvliet and David G Marr (Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2004). This version was obtained electronically direct from the publisher on condition that copyright is not infringed. No part of this publication may be reproduced without the prior permission of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. Individual articles are available at ii© 2004 Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore The Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) was established as an autonomous organization in 1968. It is a regional centre dedicated to the study of socio-political, security and economic trends and developments in Southeast Asia and its wider geostrategic and economic environment. The Institute’s research programmes are the Regional Economic Studies (RES, including ASEAN and APEC), Regional Strategic and Political Studies (RSPS), and Regional Social and Cultural Studies (RSCS). ISEAS Publications, an established academic press, has issued more than 1,000 books and journals. It is the largest scholarly publisher of research about Southeast Asia from within the region. ISEAS Publications works with many other academic and trade publishers and distributors to disseminate important research and analyses from and about Southeast Asia to the rest of the world. The Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS) is funded by the governments of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden via the Nordic Council of Ministers, and works to encourage and support Asian studies in the Nordic countries. In so doing, NIAS has been publishing books since 1969, with more than one hundred titles produced in the last decade. The Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies (RSPAS) is a prominent centre for research and postgraduate training on the AsiaPacific region. Priority areas of the School are Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia and the Southwest Pacific. The School has nine major disciplines: Anthropology, Archaeology, Economics, History, Human Geography, International Relations, Linguistics, Political Science and Strategic & Defence Studies. It is one of the four original research schools that formed The Australian National University when it was established in 1947. The Vietnam Update is a series of annual conferences by RSPAS that focus on recent economic, political and social conditions in Vietnam and provide in-depth analysis on a theme of particular relevance to Vietnam’s socio-economic development. In recent years, the Vietnam Update has been organized in conjunction with ISEAS. iii© 2004 Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore Beyond Hanoi Local Government in Vietnam iv© 2004 Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore First published in Singapore in 2004 by ISEAS Publications Institute of Southeast Asian Studies 30 Heng Mui Keng Terrace Pasir Panjang Singapore 119614 E-mail: publish@iseas.edu.sg Website: First published in 2004 in Europe by NIAS Press Nordic Institute of Asian Studies Leifsgade 33, DK-2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark Tel: (+45) 35329501 Fax: (+45) 35329549 E-mail: books@nias.ku.dk Website: All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.© 2004 Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore The responsibility for facts and opinions in this publication rests exclusively with the authors and their interpretations do not necessarily reflect the views or the policy of the publishers or their supporters. ISEAS Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Beyond Hanoi : local government in Vietnam / edited by Benedict J. Tria Kerkvliet and David G. Marr. 1. Local government—Vietnam. 2. Vietnam—Politics and government—20th century. I. Kerkvliet, Benedict J. II. Marr, David G. III. Title: Local government in Vietnam JS7152.3 A2B57 2004 ISBN 981-230-222-0 (ISEAS hbk) ISBN 981-230-220-4 (ISEAS pbk) ISBN 87-91114-55-1 (NIAS pbk) Typeset by International Typesetters Pte Ltd Printed in Singapore by Oxford Graphic Printers Pte Ltd ...