Efficient Logistics: A Key to Vietnam’s Competitiveness (Directions in Development) | Paperback by Luis C. Blancas  (Author), John Isbell (Author), Monica Isbell (Author), Hua Joo Tan (Author), Wendy Tao (Author) Vietnam has attained a strong record of economic growth and poverty reduction since the adoption of market-based economic reforms and pro-poor policies starting in the mid-1980s.