Poverty and vulnerability in Vietnam Since doi moi Vietnam has made remarkable achievements in many frontiers. However much effort needs to be done to further improve social and economic sectors particularly in the context of increasing the number of uncertainties. In analyses using household surveys from Vietnam this dissertation finds that there are discrepancies between monetary and multidimensional measures of poverty in the same time period and as well as over time. The results also show that an additional shock is not always important but physical and human assets are vital determinants of a households poverty dynam...