However, while the above praises fo

However, while the above praises focus
mainly on the quantitative dimensions of development,
there are still remarkable differences in analyzing
and evaluating Vietnam’s economic development in
terms of the quality and the causes of development
outcomes and performances. This paper aims to
go critically into the second direction to review and
re-assess Vietnam’s recent achievements through
the lens of people’s authentic living functioning or their actual quality of life. In other words, the
most important requirement here is to examine
whether Vietnam has assured its people of a real
development, in which the development of, for,
and by the people is guaranteed, whether their
living standard and life quality is actually improved
(World Bank, 2010).