V. M. MAZYRIN. REFORMS OF THE TRANSITION PERIOD IN VIETNAM (1986-2006): DIRECTIONS, DYNAMICS, RESULTS. MOSCOW: Klyuch-S, 2007. 336 p.; il.
The publication of V. M. Mazyrin's monograph can be considered an event in Russian linguistics. Its relevance is determined by the fact that the publication coincided with the 20th anniversary of the "doi moi" ("renewal") reforms carried out in Vietnam, which was widely celebrated in the country, including in the scientific community; the peer-reviewed work fits well into this context, presenting a view of the problem "from the outside". The serious economic successes that the country has achieved in a relatively short historical period require a scientific explanation. The reader will look for answers to many questions about the nature of the Vietnamese phenomenon in the book by V. M. Mazyrin - the first fundamental scientific study in Russian historiography, which analyzes the stages, methods and results of the Doi Moi reforms over 20 years of the declared long transition period. Someone who wonders, " Where is Vietnam going?" - will find the answer in the author's interpretation, which is based on the recognition of no alternative the so-called liberal project, or, as the author writes, "a common historical path of development, the movement along which was interrupted with the victory of the Communists in the North in 1945 and in 1975 in the South" (p.8).
Following this logic, the author interprets the term "my doy" itself not as a generally recognized "renewal", but as a "rebirth", with which one cannot immediately agree, since this fundamentally changes the meaning of the term itself and the reforms. Vietnam is undergoing a renewal of what it is, including a radical change in the model of economic development, but not a revival of something from the past. I should also note that the term "doi moi" is not a discovery of twentieth - century Vietnamese political culture, as the text of the book suggests. It was used precisely i ...
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