ABSTRACT Since the launch of the Open Door policies in Vietnam in the late 1980s, Ninh Hiệp, a peri-urban village located on the edge of Hanoi, has experienced significant economic growth. Due to the expansion of its marketplace, it has become a crucial node for wholesale fabric and ready-made clothing trade in northern Vietnam. In the spirit of Tania Li [2007. The Will to Improve: Governmentality, Development and the Practice of Politics. Durham: Duke University Press], this article shows how, by issuing and implementing decrees to establish new and to renovate existing marketplaces, the Vietnamese state attempts to build a ‘civilized’ nation. I argue that private investors can be seen as new development actors that recently joined the ranks of influential individuals negotiating the road towards modernity – yet rather than being beyond the state, they are in alliance with it. Finally, the article also traces the trend towards private markets in recent years and how this paves the way for an exclusionary development of marketplace trade. Based on twelve months of in-depth ethnographic field research in northern Vietnam in 2012–2013, this article looks closely at the changing, and at times contested, ideas of development and modernity in post-reform Vietnam.

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愿意改进吗？越南北部村庄的现代市场和文明贸易

摘要自 1980 年代后期越南推出门户开放政策以来，位于河内边缘的城郊村庄 Ninh Hiệp 经历了显着的经济增长。由于其市场的扩大，它已成为越南北部批发面料和成衣贸易的重要节点。本着 Tania Li [2007. 改进意志：治理、发展和政治实践。达勒姆：杜克大学出版社]，这篇文章展示了越南政府如何通过颁布和实施法令来建立新的和翻新现有的市场，试图建立一个“文明”的国家。我认为，私人投资者可以被视为新的发展参与者，他们最近加入了有影响力的个人谈判通向现代之路的行列——但与其超越国家，他们与它结盟。最后，本文还追溯了近年来私人市场的趋势，以及这如何为市场贸易的排他性发展铺平道路。基于 2012 年至 2013 年在越南北部进行的 12 个月深入的民族志实地研究，本文密切关注改革后越南不断变化且有时存在争议的发展和现代观念。