Word: buon
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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That impulse to control is thwarting Vietnam's move to a market economy. The thriving Dak Lak provincial rubber company in Buon Ma Thuot is seeking $5 million from foreign investors to establish a small factory to make tires. "We are stuck," says Tran Le, deputy director of the company. "We have to get [provincial government] approval to spend $30. We have ambitious targets, but until we are independent, the foreign companies don't want to sign a deal." Rice farmers in the Mekong Delta, traditionally Vietnam's breadbasket, face a similar problem. In 1990 the government allowed them...