ranks. President Diem would later be removed from power after a military coup. In Vietnam, the Vietnam People's Army (VPA) at first possessed numerous small farms and other small ventures in order to fund their propagation. Over time, however, their jurisdiction involved greater, more fiscally stressing projects such as construction and development. Later, the VPA aimed to make these military corporations more efficient by setting up economic defense zones in every region of the country. Later, the military was involved in numerous reconstruction projects that ranged from different industries such as agriculture, industry, communications, and transport. In 1993, nearly 70,000 soldiers had full-time employment in a wide array of commercial enterprises, and local militia had allegedly set up roughly 160 enterprises as well, with construction and repair being among the most popular businesses that soldiers engaged in. Between 1988 and 1993, the army size was cut in half, and the defense budget was slashed by two-thirds. The Vietnamese Communist Party (VCP) attempted to shift the focus of the VPA toward national development and encourage more economic projects, a movement that was sparked in 1986 and dubbed doi moi. Military-owned enterprises were the most notable outcome of this new policy approach. One venture of note involved the VPA's creation of its Special Operations Unit, which attempted to engage in gemstone mining while simultaneously defending various mining sites and projects. By 1993, there were estimated to be over 300 army-run commercial businesses in Vietnam, each completing a variety of tasks. One such initiative included army-run factories that assisted in the production of a variety of commodity goods, a business that only increased in activity and productivity in the early 1990s, as various army enterprises attempted to create a greater variety of goods that ranged from televisions, computers, and raincoats. Myanmar Much of Myanmar's early history is reflective of quite a productive military presence; many of the earlier kings were military leaders. The territory of the kingdom of Burma was taken over by the British in three wars and incorporated into British India. Burma regained her sovereignty on January 4, 1948, following decades of anti-colonial resistance, after Aung San, the leader of Burma's independence movement, and the Labour government in London, agreed on a peaceful transfer of power in the Aung San-Attlee Agreement. After gaining independence, the Burmese army began to view the Israeli military with admiration and hoped to emulate their model.