The dominance of Chinese engineering contractors in Vietnam

ISEAS Perspective: Selections 2012-2013

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 190-201

  Hiep, Le Hong ^a,b  

^a Ho Chi Minh City University of Social Sciences and Humanities   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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