IDEAS Insights Vietnam's emergent social enterprise sector | Page 2
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Summary
James Lavender provides a concise overview of the evolution of the social enterprise
sector in Vietnam, emerging from the pre-Doi Moi period to present. He highlights some
key bottlenecks restricting further expansion of social enterprise business models, and
identifies a range of trail-blazing social enterprises successfully engaging with ongoing
social concerns in the country.
Introducing social enterprise in Vietnam
Some brief history …
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1-3
Present and future
Current bottlenecks on further growth
Regional models for policy-making …
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3-4
Social enterprise snapshots … 5-8
References … 9-10