From field to factory: Vietnam's globalisation winners

Hai Duong, Vietnam

NGUYEN Thi Thanh Loan grew up on a small plot of land in rural Vietnam, with just enough food to eat, few new clothes and no disposable income.

Today she works in a Ford factory assembling cars from Chinese, Thai, American and European parts, her children drink imported milk and Coca Cola and she holidays with her family .

"Before children didn't have a lot of clothes or food, but life improved after their parents got factory jobs," Ms Loan, 36, told AFP at the Ford plant near Hanoi.

She…