Motorbikes against Ho Chi Minh? Or the icons of a social transformation in Vietnam

The motorcycle is an unavoidable item in contemporary Vietnam. Since the renovation policy (Doi Moi) in 1986, it became the most visible good of consumption. This article questions the utilitarian and symbolic use that is made by the urban populations of two major cities of the country: Hanoi and Ho...

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Main Author: Alexandre Dormeier Freire
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: CBS Open Journals 2009-05-01
Series:The Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies
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Online Access:https://rauli.cbs.dk/index.php/cjas/article/view/1693