Unit 7. Economic reforms

Designer : Nguyen Trong Hung
Cu Chinh Lan Secondery school
Matching
Reading







Unit 7 ECONOMIC REFORMS
I.New Vocabulary
1.initiate (v)
: khởi xướng
= start (v)
Ex: The Viet Nam Communist Party initiated an overall economic reforms in 1986.

2. under- developed (a)
: kém phát triển

Ex: My village is poor and under- developed.

3.stagnant (a)
: trì trệ

Ex: Recently Nam hasn’t gone to school so his study has become stagnant.

4.inflation (n)
: sự lạm phát
Ex: Our country is still poor because of

high inflation.

5.trade relation(n)
:mối quan hệ thương
mại

Ex: Viet Nam exports rice to Japan and

imports cars from this country. Viet

Nam has a trade relation with Japan.

6.domestic (a)
: trong nước, quốc nội
Ex: Viet Nam Airlines has just opened one

more domestic flight.


7.guideline (n)
: đường lối chỉ đạo
Ex:Under the Party’s Guidelines, VietNam

has carried out the economic reforms

since 1986.


8.shift (v)
= change (v)
: chuyển đổi

Ex: Our Party has shifted central economy to

market economy.

9.investment (n)
: sự đầu tư

Ex: Foreign investment is an important actor
to develop a country.

While reading







Unit 7 ECONOMIC REFORMS
Match the words in column A with column B


Decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).


Economic reform is the most important measure to be taken to promote the development of a country.

2. The Vietnamese Government initiated Doi Moi in 1986.

3. Before Doi Moi, the economy was under-developed.

4. Under the Party’s guidelines, the Government adopted the Land Law in 1993.

F (L. 1, 2, P.1)
F (L. 2,3,4, P.1)
T (L. 1, 2, P.2)
T (L. 4, 5 P.3)
Economic reform is the most important
measure to be taken to promote the
development of a country.

2. The Vietnamese Government initiated Doi Moi
in 1986.
3.Answer the following questions

1.When and by whom was Doi Moi officially initiated?
2.What was the aim of Doi Moi?
3.How was Viet Nam before Doi Moi?
4.Name the Doi Moi/ Renovation measures our Government introduced to implement/carry
out Doi Moi.
5.How has Viet Nam changed since Doi Moi?
6.What do we believe?
3.Answer the following questions
1.When and by whom was Doi Moi officially initiated?




Doi Moi was officially initiated in December 1986, at
its Sixth National Congress by the Vietnamese
Communist Party.
2.What was the aim of Doi Moi?


The aim of Doi Moi was to restructure the economy of Viet Mam and raise the living standards of the people.
3.Answer the following questions
3.How was Viet Nam before Doi Moi?
Before Doi Moi, our country had a lot of difficulties:
The economy was under-developed and was dominated by traditional agriculture.
The country was poor and the people lived a poor life.
Production was stagnant
There was a shortage of schools and hospitals.
Inflation could be seen in every sector of the economy.
4.Name the Doi Moi/ Renovation measures
our Government introduced to implement/
carry out Doi Moi.

They eliminated government subsidies.
They shifted economic priority from heavy industry to three major programmes.
+ Production of food.
+ Production of consumer goods
+ Production of exports
They reduced state intervention in business.
They opened trade relations with all the countries in the world.
They encouraged domestic and foreign private investment.
5.How has Viet Nam changed since
Doi Moi?
- Productivity and agricultural exports have constantly increased.


- The farmers have enjoyed land use rights and have
had geat choice on how to use their argricultural land.
- The workers have worked harder.

- The children , particularly, those from ethnic minorities have had more opportunities to enjoy education and training.

We believe that with strong commitment of our
Party and Government to Doi Moi, we will gain greater achievements and build a better life for our people.
6.What do we believe?
Economy:
………………………..
Country & people :
……………………….
Production:
………………………..
Inflation:
……………………….
Shortage:
.………………………
Eliminated ………………
……………………………..
Shifted ………………….
……………………………..
……………………………..
……………………………..
Reduced ……………….
……………………………..
Opened …………………
……………………………..
……………………………..
Encouraged ……………
……………………………..
Productivity and
agricultural exports :
………………………….
Farmers : …………..
…………………………
Workers :
………………………….
Children:……………
…………………….
…………………….
under- developed

poor
in every sector
stagnant

schools & hospitals
government
subsidies.

economic
priority from heavy
industry to three major
economic programmes.
state
intervention in business
trade
relations with all
countries in the world.
foreign
and domestic investment
constantly increased
enjoyed
land use rights
worked harder

enjoyed
education and
training.

Post reading
Learn by heart the new words.

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