doi moi

noun

A program of political and economic reforms initiated in Vietnam from 1986.

Meanings

noundoi moi (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA program of political and economic reforms initiated in Vietnam from 1986.

Origin

  1. Vietnameseđổi mới“reform”
  2. Englishdoi moi

An unadapted borrowing from Vietnamese đổi mới (“reform”).

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 革新開放 /革新开放
  • 革新開放 /革新开放reform system
Japanese ドイモイ, 刷新
  • ドイモイ (doimoi)reform system
  • 刷新 (sasshin)reform system
Vietnamese Đổi Mới
  • Đổi Mớireform system
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