The reform process, known as Doi Moi, did not really take hold until 1988, but once the collectives were dismantled, land-use rights were assigned to farmers, agricultural markets were liberalized, and wider economic reforms were implemented.
• The country’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew at an annual rate of 7.6 percent, rapid increase in agricultural growth, which grew 4.9 percent annually between 1996 and 2000, when the growth rate reached an all-time high