STEPHANIE BALME is tenured Research Fellow at Sciences Po.MARK SIDEL is Professor of Law at the University of Iowa, USA.

"This collection of well-crafted essaysmarksa major contribution to our knowledge and understanding of the making of a new Vietnamese 'order' since the 1980s.Not only do theauthorsexamine the interconnected transformation of Vietnam at the state, regional and international levels, butthey often compare Vietnam's experience to that of other postcommunist states. Scholars, policy makers, diplomats, and general readers intrigued by Vietnam will all find something of great interest in these thoughtful essays. Those working in comparative politics and on postcommunist societies will certainly not be disappointed." - Christopher Goscha, Professor of International Relations, Universite du Quebec a Montreal"Recommended." - CHOICE

• Introduction; L.Holmes Comparative Introduction; S.Balme & M.Sidel PART I: THE STATE, REFORM, AND THE ROLE OF THE LAW Legal Reform in Public Administration: Building Blocks for the Rule of Law?; K. Buhman Political Reforms at the Crossroads: A Sociology of the Vietnamese National Assembly; M.Salomon The Administration of Hanoi in the 1990s; D.Koh Vietnamese Courts: Party-State and Law; P.Nicholson The Changing Relationship between Lawyers and Prosecutors in Vietnam; N. Hung Quang Legal Reform in Whose Interests? Text, Implementation and Reality in Vietnamese Law: Illuminations from Vietnamese Labor Export and Its Regulation; M.Sidel PART II: VIETNAM AND THE WORLD ISSUES OF INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL INTEGRATION Vietnam's Integration into the World: National and Global Interfaces; E.Palmujoki Vietnam's Entry into the World Trade Organization: Limits to its Sovereignty?; V.Mazyrin Vietnam's Regional Integration: The Costs and Benefits of Multilateralism; C. Thayer Vietnam's Sovereignty and Regional Integration; R.Amer Testing an Institutionalist Approach to Relations between Vietnam and ASEAN; N.Vu Tung Economic Interdependence Within ASEAN: A Vietnamese Strategy to Develop the Country and Reinforce National Security; H.Do-Benoit