World Bank (WB) Vice President for East Asia and the Pacific Manuela V. Ferro described Vietnam as a success story in terms of economic development since it has dramatically transformed the economic landscape, achieving the extraordinary feat of increasing family incomes sixfold while attracting significant foreign investment over the past 40 years.

Profitable shrimp farming produced a rapid transformation in the quality of life for people in Mekong Delta, but the unplanned expansion in production has also had negative effects on the environment