The third question is related to government’s
responsibility in the sense that government and its
policies should play important roles in managing
and utilizing resources in a way that they can be
best transformed into the people’s actual living
improvements. The mainstream literature usually
depicts the aim of gaining and maintaining economic
and social equity as the goal in itself of the
government’s policies. However, this paper raises a
different question of whether economic and social
equity is just a consequence of policies to mainly
strengthen economic and political stability
(Fforde, 2005a; World Bank, 2010). International
endorsements, by foreign donors and investors,
of Vietnam’s development policies focusing on
sustainability attainment, but are they somewhat
economically and politically opportunistic?