[Vnbiz] TO CHUC THI TUYEN QUAN CHUC NHA NUOC

[Tran Dinh Hoanh]

Dear CACC,

I have decided to leave this part out of my previous writing, because it is
conjecture, without any solid evidence.  However, the entire affair about
the ex-minister's English scholarship makes absolutely no-sense, while my
pure logic does bring some sense into it.  So instead of leaving things
hanging senselessly in midair, I think I should help everyone make some
sense out of the case.  Obviously I may be wrong, but there is a great
possibility that I am right, because it would make no sense otherwise.

I think Mr. Hien doesn't need and doesn't want any English course.  I think
he was ordered to take the course in England to make room for reform.  It is
not enough that he is out of MOET, he has to be away from the scene.

That makes much more sense to me.

In any event, this case does raise a serious issue on how project 322 money
is being used.  Looks like we Vietnamese still have the bad habit of doing
things by desire and convenience instead of by rules and regulations.  The
322 fund was used for Mr. Hien because he was a "special case."  Yeah, every
time we want to disregard the law, it is because of a "special case."  Looks
like "special case" is the buzz word in our governance scene.  Hai Phong's
judge is ordered by UBND and VKSND on how to decide the Do Son case because
it is a "special case" too.

We just have to know to really really really respect the law, respect the
rules, otherwise we won't be able to go well in this globalization age,
folks!  We don't want to have the habit of acting like kangaroos in a
kangaroo court and a kangaroo government.  Maybe we don't mind to be
kangaroos, but the world does mind about hanging out with kangaroos.

Have a great day!

Hoanh


On 9/8/06, Tran Dinh Hoanh <tdhoanh at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  Dear CACC,
>
> The English scholarship for Mr. Nguyen Minh Hien is a very interesting
> case.
>
> First, he became the Minister of EDUCATION and Training before he knew
> enough English.  Obviously.
>
> Second, after he is removed from MOET(obviously, so that the reform can be
> started), he is rewarded with a scholarship to England.
>
> Third, obviously Mr. Hien doesn't trust that ANY school in Vietnam can
> teach him English.  Mind you, all schools in Vietnam were under HIS
> jurisdiction.
>
> I need to emphasize that he is dead wrong on this third point.  Vietnam
> can produce great English talents.  Have you every read any of Thanh An's
> English writings?  I am sure that 75 percent of Americans who have
> finished a four-year university cannot write as beautifully as she
> does.  The first time I read Thanh An's writing several years ago I was so
> impressed. And when I talked to her in English I was even more impressed.
> So I asked "Did you study overseas?"  She said, "No, I have never gone
> overseas.  I just study here in Hanoi."  I was completely shocked.  Several
> years before that (when I was teaching a quick seminar at the Government
> Mediation Center) I ran across a young interpreter in Hanoi who did such a
> wonderful job that I asked where she learned English.  She said the name of
> some language school in Hanoi.  I cite these two examples because I'm sure
> that these two ladies were trained in Hanoi and did shock me to the
> foundation with their outstanding English.  They give me the serious respect
> for Hanoi's ability to produce English talents.  (Most VNBIZers have an
> incredibly high level of English, but I am not sure who study English in
> Vietnam only.  So I just stick with Thanh An). I am sure that there are many
> many other examples in Vietnam.  So, why does the ex-minister of education
> have to go overseas to study English?  Doesn't he know that there were good
> schools under his jurisdiction?
>
> Man, this is mind boggling.  How much we can do for the poor with the
> ex-minister's scholarship money?
>
> Have a great day!
>
> Hoanh
>
>  P.S. to Thanh An:  Sister Dear, I did not intend to put you on the spot
> light.  I just don't have another sure example.  Please don't kill me.
>

-- 
Tran Dinh Hoanh, LLB, JD
Attorney of Law
Washington DC
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