…however, go to to the top of your question, modern Vietnam is doing ok compared to its immediate neighbours. There’s some amount of corruption at various levels of government but this seems to be improving slowly. The main utilities etc are govt owned so stuff like mobile phone plans are reasonably priced. Commerce is thriving, but I don’t think that was ever banned in the first place.
They relaxed visa requirements for visitors more recently, so the tourist spots are WAY more crowded than 15 years ago.
…however, go to to the top of your question, modern Vietnam is doing ok compared to its immediate neighbours. There’s some amount of corruption at various levels of government but this seems to be improving slowly. The main utilities etc are govt owned so stuff like mobile phone plans are reasonably priced. Commerce is thriving, but I don’t think that was ever banned in the first place.
They relaxed visa requirements for visitors more recently, so the tourist spots are WAY more crowded than 15 years ago.