This paper verifies the dynamics of spatial inequality and poverty, notably for the bottom 40 percent of the population in Vietnam, during the period of 1993-2014. According to Theil T and Blinder-Oaxaca decompositions, expenditure inequalities of urban-rural and between regions were diverging...

The characteristic of Vietnam’s development after the Doi Moi has been triple successes: a high economic growth rate, significant poverty reduction, and relatively little inequality. Using disaggregated provincial-level data of Vietnam from 2002 to 2010, this study verifies the relationship...