Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 February 2009
It would amount to a serious error of judgment to treat North Vietnam's economic development as a mere pocket edition of the Chinese or Soviet experiment. It is, of course, true that many features of economic policy adopted by the bearded ruler of Hanoi show clear signs of their Pekingese or Muscovite parentage. As far back as 1954 Ton Duc Thanh, chairman of the Vietnamese Popular Front, Lien Viet, had pointed to the current Soviet scene as his country's target for the future.
1 Vietnam News Agency, 09 5, 1960.Google Scholar
2 By comparison Western aid to South Vietnam amounts to over U.S.$1,400 million.