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Research Articles

Economic and non-economic determinants of FDI inflows in Vietnam: a sub-national analysisPost-Communist Economies

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Pages 693-712 | Received 20 Dec 2016, Accepted 12 May 2017, Published online: 28 Aug 2018

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