Spatial patterns of manufacturing clusters in Vietnam

Gokan Toshitaka, Ikuo Kuroiwa, Kentaro Nakajima and Sakata Shozo

No 616, IDE Discussion Papers from Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO)

Abstract: The formation of industrial clusters is critical for sustained economic growth. We identify the manufacturing clusters in Vietnam, using the Mori and Smith (2013) method, which indicates the spatial pattern of industrial agglomerations using the global extent (GE) and local density (LD) indices. Spatial pattern identification is extremely helpful because industrial clusters are often spread over a wide geographical area and the GE and LD indices—along with cluster mapping—display how the respective clusters fit into specific spatial patterns.

Keywords: R12 - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; ,R14 - Land Use Patterns,Manufacturing industries,Industrial structure,Industrial agglomeration,Cluster analysis,Vietnam (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L60 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-08
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