Chapter 13. The Vietnamese ICT industry

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Figures and Tables XIII
4. Acknowledgements XV
5. Chapter 1. The Thachsanh connection 1
6. Chapter 2. The global economy: Perspectives on the exchange of knowledge for material 19
7. Chapter 3. Knowledge economy for sustainable development: reality or utopia? 41
8. Chapter 4. The cultural context of Vietnam 59
9. Chapter 5. Policy achievements and challenges 77
10. Chapter 6. Vietnam and the knowledge economy 103
11. Chapter 7. Identifying key issues 117
12. Chapter 8. Rural Vietnam 129
13. Chapter 9. Indigenous Knowledge 141
14. Chapter 10. ICT Nonusers 151
15. Chapter 11. Intensive ICT users 161
16. Chapter 12. Virtual worlds 181
17. Chapter 13. The Vietnamese ICT industry 191
18. Chapter 14. Sustainable development or permanent scarcity? 219
19. Chapter 15. The exchange of mind for mass 239
20. Chapter 16. Metatypes for knowledge promotion and the enhancement of domestic value 255
21. Chapter 17. Conclusions and guidelines for policy: Seeking Thachsanh’s inexhaustible rice bowl in the 21st century 273
22. Backmatter 285