[Vnbiz] Future Leaders for Vietnam

[Tran Dinh Hoanh]

Dear anh Shane & CACC,

Thank you for the note from the heart, brother.  It's very good, anh Shane.

Your message reminds me of the Mexican authority.  We in the US often
tell each other: "Be careful when you get to Mexico.  Every government
official down there is a little god.  Any police man can find any
excuse to keep you in jail for a long time.  Once you get through the
Mexican legal process and the US-Mexico diplomatic process to get out
of jail, you would have spent many months in jail and tens of
thousands of dollars already (and by that time, you wife may have
married some other guy already :-)"

The Mexican has a legal system that is so notorious of arrogancy,
harrassment and corruption, that US citizens simply try to avoid it as
much as they can.  American tourists usually tell each other to stay
only in big Mexican tourism cities (that know who to take care of
foreigners) and not to venture out.

And of course, Mexico is relatively backward, even though it has a
huge US market next door and quite a bit of investment from the US.

So the question is:  Does underdevelopment creates arrogancy and
corruption, or corruption and arrogancy create underdevelopment?

Have a great day!

Hoanh
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On 7/17/06, Shane Wall <shane.wall at translingualexpress.com> wrote:
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> [Vietnam Business Forum]
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> Xin chao CACC,
>   I have not read the full article yet, but I would like to comment on anh
> Hoanh's preamble.
>
>   Although it is starting to change, and the new leadership reflects some
> things I have been saying in this forum for about 3-4 years now, the "yes
> men" still have the numbers in the Party - and THAT is important. Anh Hoanh,
> from my understanding (and long-term involvement in Vietnam [16 years: but
> as a foreigner], the "yes men" are arrogant and the 'challengers' to the
> "yes men" lack confidence. FOR NOW!
>
>   I see no paradox in this. A reformer in a new government post must "shore
> up" his/her position within the hierarchy of the political elite BEFORE they
> can stop being a "yes man".
>
>   Although it is probably not directly applicable to Vietnamese politics
> right now, an Australian Parliamentarian from the reigning government is
> able to openly disagree, publically - through the media, for all to
> see/hear, with the party platform. They will probably be "sent to the back
> bench" (Australian English meaning the politician will be reduced to having
> no influence on the strategic or tactical workings of the 'day-to-day'
> business of the party, i.e. they will lose all influence).
>
>   Let NONE of us who live in this beautiful country misunderstand that the
> reason we all have seen people in the family's of important politicians
> behave arrogantly is BECAUSE of the arrogance of their power source.
>
>   I said about 4 years ago that it will change, NOW it is!
>
> Shane
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> Mr. Shane Wall
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> shane.wall at translingualexpress.com
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-- 
Tran Dinh Hoanh, LLB, JD
Attorney of Law
Washington DC