Radical progress in the economic and social framework of developing countries can be achieved through technology transfer. However, because many different barriers exist, in many cases technology transfer has not yet become very efficient. This article discusses some barriers to technology transfer as experienced by Vietnam and suggests ways to get appropriate technology through the transfer process.
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Vietnam Courier, No 1, November 1989, p 5.
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NamNghia, ‘Some results and issues after one and a half years of implementing the Foreign Investment Law’, Journal of the Ministry of External Economic Relations, No 8, 1989, p 7 (in Vietnamese).
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Ibid, p 8.
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Ibid, p 8.
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Op cit Ref 1, p 8.
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