This volume covers the time period called "Thoi Bao Cap," or the subsidy period. The 1975-86 official timeframecomprised a period of central planning-agricultural and economic-during a time of additional conflicts withChina and Cambodia. As a result of government rationing of food and clothing, scarcity and near starvation ensued.Smaller families, with fewer mouths to feed, fared somewhat better than large families. Those in the countryside who could...
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