Mục tiêu của bài nghiên cứu là giới thiệu một cách tổng quan về phát triển kinh tế Việt nam do cải cách và hội nhập kinh tế quốc tế mang lại và đánh giá những nhân tố chính tác động đến tăng trưởng kinh tế Việt nam trong giai đoạn đổi mới (1990-2009). Dựa vào số liệu thống kê về kinh tế Việt nam giai đoạn 1990-2009, nghiên cứu này đã phân tích các nhân tố tác động đến phát triển kinh tế Việt nam. | TAÏP CHÍ PHAÙT TRIEÅN KH&CN, TAÄP 14, SOÁ Q1 - 2011 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT UNDER REFORM AND WORLD INTEGRATION AND THE MAIN FACTORS INFLUENCING THE ECONOMIC GROWTH IN VIETNAM Nguyen Thi Canh, Tran Hung Son University of Economics and Law, VNU-HCM (Manuscript Received on October 04th, 2010, Manuscript Revised April 21st, 2011) ABSTRACT: The purpose of this paper was to give an overview of economic development under reform and world integration and to evaluate the main factors influencing the growth of the Vietnamese economy during the reform period (1990-2009). Based on statistical data on the Vietnamese economy in the period of 1990-2009, this study analyzed the factors affecting economic growth. The policy changes, economic development, poverty rates and living standards of Vietnamese population are analyzed over the reform period using qualitative methods. The results of this study show that economic growth under reform and world integration has reduced the poverty rate and increased living standards of population in Vietnam. An evaluation of the factors influencing economic growth is made using a quantitative model of total factor productivity (TFP) and another econometric model. The findings from this quantitative analysis show that the growth of the Vietnamese economy was determined by two factors: (1) capital investments, including foreign direct investment (FDI) and (2) the growth of exports. The results of these qualitative and quantitative analyses lay the foundation for policy recommendations for Vietnam Government to develop economy in the future Keywords: Factors, Reform, Economic Growth, Poverty, Private Ownership , Land Rights, Membership in International Organizations, Capital and Foreign Investment, Imports and Exports, An Empirical Model , Total factor productivity (TFP) , Cobb-Douglas function. 1. AN ECONOMIC to the transition from a command-planned TRANSFORMATION economy to the current, free-market one. In OVERVIEW REFORM AND OF PROCESS .