Abstract Vietnam has emerged from a long and complex post-colonial experience as a fast-growing economy now embedded in the complex network of economic linkages in the Asia-Pacific region. Those linkages involve trade, foreign direct investment, and tourism. Their underlying geography is reflected in the geography of Vietnam's air transport linkages. An early set of air connections with ASEAN neighbours, especially Singapore and Malaysia, are still significant, though routes to South Korea and China are now more important. Within the country, the colonial structure of Hanoi as a political capital, and Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City) as a trading city, provided the framework for domestic air transport linkages. Here too the geography has shifted to include a set of smaller cities, especially those with tourism activities. The Hanoi-Ho Chi Minh City corridor is still dominant, and now ranks as one of the busiest domestic routes within the Asia-Pacific. These outcomes confirm the effect of economic development on air transport in Vietnam.
Highlights Economic Recovery and transport development closely linked Colonial structures retain influences as original colonial cities still dominate air travel patterns Trade and Foreign Direct Investment flows influence air transport connections Tourism emerging as a key influence upon international and domestic travel
Economic influences on air transport in Vietnam 2006–2019
2020-06-01
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
A decoupling analysis of transport CO2 emissions from economic growth: Evidence from Vietnam
Taylor & Francis Verlag | 2022
|Passenger transport (Edition 2019)
TIBKAT | 2019
|Goods transport (Edition 2019)
TIBKAT | 2019
|