Vietnamese literature is literature,
both oral and written, created largely by Vietnamese-speaking people, although
Francophone Vietnamese and English-speaking Vietnamese authors in Australia and
the United States are counted by many critics as part of the national tradition.
Viet Nam has made great progress since it engaged in 1987 on a course of market reform known as doi moi,
or renovation. The reforms achieved impressive results, including
growth rates that for a time were amongst the highest in Asia and the
reduction of poverty from more than 70% of the population to 35%