ABSTRACT
Over the last decade, Vietnam has accelerated the harmonization of its domestic legal systems with global regulatory regimes (e.g., World Trade Organization (WTO) and bilateral trade agreements).1 Yet in borrowing global scripts, regulators face a conundrum. How do they reconcile global legal rules, principles, and processes (global scripts) with diverse domestic regulatory interests and practices that straddle profound economic, urban-rural, and ethnic divides? The way in which state and non-state actors interact with each other to influence the adaptation and implementation of global scripts will shape the regulatory trajectory for decades in this economically dynamic country.
