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Vietnam automotive industry or Vietnam's automotive industry? Thu May 22, 2008 17:29 pm  Vietnam automotive industry or Vietnam's automotive industry?
 

Upon writing a research paper, I encountered a problem as follows: I used "Vietnam automotive industry", "Vietnam car industry/sector" and "Vietnam automobile industry/sector" in my writing to refer to "the automotive industry of Vietnam" as I did see many papers on this topic put it like that. However, an Australian girl told me that it should be "Vietnam's automotive industry" and so on. I got confused about this expression. Please help me!!!! I am supposed to submit the paper very soon !!!! Thanks in advance.
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Vietnam automotive industry or Vietnam's automotive industry? Thu May 22, 2008 19:00 pm  Vietnam automotive industry or Vietnam's automotive industry?
 

Hi Guan,

"The Vietnamese automotive industry" sounds fine to me.
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Vietnam automotive industry or Vietnam's automotive industry? Thu May 22, 2008 19:40 pm  Vietnam automotive industry or Vietnam's automotive industry?
 

I also thought of this expression, however, it seems improper as the industry mentioned in my writing consists of both foreign-invested and local companies. If I put it as "Vietnamese", foreign players would appear to be booted out of the playing field. Could you please suggest an appropriate expression? Sad
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Vietnam automotive industry or Vietnam's automotive industry? Thu May 22, 2008 20:08 pm  Vietnam automotive industry or Vietnam's automotive industry?
 

Hi,

What about: The automotive industry in Vietnam ?

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Vietnam automotive industry or Vietnam's automotive industry? Thu May 22, 2008 20:10 pm  Vietnam automotive industry or Vietnam's automotive industry?
 

So "Vietnam automotive industry" is really unacceptable ? Sad
Could you please come up with another suggestion? Because I am supposed to use this expression quite frequently in my writing, "the automotive industry in Vietnam" appears to be somewhat cumbersome... Sad
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