Private Sector Development: A Comparative Study of China and Vietnam

Bui Nhat Quang is an Associate Professor at the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences. He obtained his Ph.D. in Economics in 2003 from the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences. In 2011, Associate Professor Bui Nhat Quang was appointed as the Director of the Institute for Africa and Middle East Studies and concurrently was the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal Africa and Middle East Studies in 2013. In 2016, he was appointed as the Vice President of the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences. Associate Professor Bui Nhat Quang is currently the President of the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences. His research interests
include Vietnamʼs Economy and International Economy. He can be contacted at <buinhatquang@iames.gov.vn>

Ha Thi Hong Van (corresponding author) obtained her Ph.D. in Economics from the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences in 2016. She is currently the Head of the Department of Chinese Economic Studies at the Institute of Chinese Studies, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences. Her research interests include Chinaʼs
economic reforms, particularly Chinaʼs SEZ and SOE reforms, comparing Vietnam and Chinaʼs economic reform as well as China-Vietnam economic relations. She can be contacted at <vanhongha@gmail.com>