[Vnbiz] Doing politics in the Vietnamese spirit

[Dieu Nguyen]

Dear anh Hoanh,

It seems like you have a particular set of audience in mind for this note,
which I assume to be those who live, study or have regular contact with
foreign countries.

I agree with anh Hoanh that we cannot and should not worship either Western
power or their good will.  I agree that there are people who continue to
fight the futile war and to look at the past instead of the present.

All Vietnamese are brothers and sisters. It is a righteous principal and I
want to believe in it but there is a distance between theory/ideology and
reality. And the reality is there are many brothers and sisters who don't
like us (as us I mean to say Vietnamese who are currently living in VN) and
who want to fight agaisnt us. What should we do to reconcile with them, to
make them treat like brothers and sisters as they are ought to be?

Thanks,

Dieu Nguyen



On 6/7/07, Tran Dinh Hoanh <tdhoanh at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> [ Vietnam Business Forum ]
>
> Dear CACC,
>
> I have just had a long talk with a younger professional who asks me
> for advice on Vietnam politics.  I though I should share with you, the
> younger intellectuals, what I have just shared with my friend.  So
> here it is.
>
> 1.  Today, too many people still have the slave mentality of
> worshiping their great white fathers.  This mentality goes back to the
> time of the French, the Vatican, the American.  Today, such mentality
> is still prevalent.  For people with such mentality, Washington DC or
> Paris or Rome some western capitals are where the power of Vietnam
> reside.
>
> 2.  In the same vein, there are idiots in foreign countries (such as
> in Washington DC) who will always want to mess around with our
> country, just because they can do that and get away with it.
>
> 3.  There are people who continue to fight the old war that was
> supposed to be over in 1975 and they will do the fight under any kind
> of pretext, from human rights to democracy to religious freedom.
>
> Avoid these people and avoid becoming one of them.  If you are not
> vigilant, you can be bought much easier than you think.
>
> We have to do politics within this fundamental principle:  All
> Vietnamese are brothers and sisters.  We do not do politics as
> enemies.  If we compete, that is friendly competition between
> brothers/sisters.
>
> No political systems, no political theories, no political principles
> are as important as the idea that all Vietnamese are brothers and
> sisters.
>
> And the Vietnamese have to act as honorable Vietnamese.  Don't kiss
> foreign ass while trying to beat upon your brothers and sisters.
>
> Have as many friends around the world as possible.  But treat them as
> equal friends, not as the great white fathers, especially when you
> attempt to beat upon your bothers and sisters.  That is simply he`n
> ha.
>
> That would be my advice.  If we stay faithful to these principle, we
> will bring our country to greatness.  And we will bring our country to
> greatness. Trust me.
>
> Have a great day!
>
> Hoanh
>
> --
> Tran Dinh Hoanh, LLB, JD
> Washington DC
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