TY - BOOK ID - 30563187 TI - Facilitating trade through competitive, low carbon transport : the case for Vietnam's inland and coastal waterways AU - Blancas, Luis C. AU - El-Hifnawi, M. Baher. PY - 2013 SN - 1464801061 1464801053 PB - Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, DB - UniCat KW - Inland water transportation KW - Coastal water transportation KW - Economic aspects KW - Inland shipping KW - Shipping, Inland water KW - Water transportation, Inland KW - Shipping KW - Inland navigation UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:30563187 AB - Like many of its Southeast Asian neighbors, Vietnam faces the twin challenges of sustaining economic growth and protecting the environment. On the one hand, the impressive poverty reduction and growth performance attained over the past 25 years is now challenged by slower global and domestic growth, more intense international competition for foreign direct investment, and the need to drive domestic productivity improvements. On the other, Vietnam's vast natural resources-as represented by two major river deltas, a long coast line, and a multitude of rivers and canals-and the large portion of i ER -