71.   Of this, about two-thirds came from the state sector, which still dominates manufacturing.

72.   People laid off by the state sector often find jobs in service industries started up by the factories.

73.   Problems in the state sector are due to poor management, lack of development funds, outdated technology and high production costs.

74.   Successive governments have shied away from closing down large state sector enterprises, fearing social unrest.

75.   Some Vietnamese economists worry that a brain drain will impair the ability of state sector firms to compete in a free market.

76.   The agreement, which brought severe austerity measures such as wage-freezes and state sector price hikes, was highly unpopular.

77.   The central leadership would also re-examine the principles for reform in the state sector.

78.   The fear that putting hundreds of thousands of people out of work could lead to social unrest has delayed an overhaul of the state sector.

79.   The Communist Party fears worker unrest, especially as it tries to reform the moribund, debt-ridden state sector.

80.   The government is behind in payments in many other industries and state sectors.