| Foreign investors and the Vietnamese government are trying to push this emerging economy up the learning curve, nudging it into higher-tech and higher-margin businesses — and winning commerce away from better-established countries.
When British recruitment agency Harvey Nash began scouting for an offshore hub for its new software-development business six years ago, Vietnam wasn’t an obvious choice. While countries such as India, the Philippines and South Africa already were latching onto the outsourcing phenomenon, Vietnam still was in the business of trying to make shoes, bicycles and clothes cheaper than anybody else. (Source: The Wall Street Journal) |
