Since the introduction of Doi Moi, a number of changes have occurred that exerted an important impact on Vietnam's system of education and training. First, government spending on education and training (E&T) has increased both in absolute terms and as a percentage of overall government spending during the 1990s. Particularly large increases occurred in 1993 and 1994 (46 percent and 33 percent of real spending growth in these years, respectively).