ABSTRACT
In commemoration of Melanie Beresford’s untimely death, this paper re-examines the
key themes and arguments that she made in her 2008 article, ‘Doi Moi in Review: The
Challenges of Building Market Socialism in Vietnam,’ and in her other scholarly works.1
Her findings provide insights into our own research, which addresses the key themes of
this special journal issue: the interconnections between global capitalist integration and
industrialization, and their effects on the Vietnamese labor markets.
