Growth of foreign investment. Return of land to peasants. The nation's 57 million farmers got the legal right to transfer, exchange, lease, and inherit land. Commercial banks established. Temporary drop in quality of health, education and welfare services.
Rice is the second largest earner of foreign exchange, after oil and gas.
Imbalance between South and North Vietnam. Inflation coming under control. More power to the national assembly. However, CP members continue to dominate. Virtually, all the candidates for the national assembly were hand-picked.