[Vnbiz] [Leadership] Focusing on your positives

Sun Oct 28 08:00:50 PDT 2007

Dear Anh Tuan,
You are right that VN's weaknesses are in the planning stage. I reckon the planning stage for many of the projects in Vietnam is not prudent enough, or I can say the planners didnt see far enough in the future so we may do a great project and ruin it some year later due to a better alternative.

But don't forget Vietnam was suffered from wars in the past, which it took long time for the whole country to recover. Therefore, what we do for our cities now is basically in parts. I think we're lack of overall or macro - view in planning for the development of cities. 

But how we can do it? It is difficult, needing time & costly too.  I can't give any suggestion.

Have a good week :)
Huong

Dr Hoang <hoang at fpt.vn> wrote: [ Vietnam Business Forum ]

      Dear CACE,
 I think we don't lack resources, in comparision to  other countries say Singapore, we have much more, but we far behind them.  
 I have visited some Vietnamese ports or hospitals,  and I do the same in Singapre, the gap is such so big, what we dont have in Vietnam is the Organization Skills,  how to put things well in order.
 Our ability to plan and execute what have been  planed is oviously not so strong.
 As a normal Vietnamese person, I will keep asking  mysefl, how other countries could plan their cities so well, is there any CACE  who could share some of your thoughts here?
 e.g. which Universities produced lots of quality  planners? or which companies have great planners like that?
 Cheers, 
 Tuan

    ----- Original Message ----- 
   From:    Tran Dinh Hoanh    
   To: vnbiz at vietlinks.net 
   Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 5:32    AM
   Subject: Re: [Vnbiz] [Leadership]    Focusing on your positives

[ Vietnam Business Forum ]

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   Dear sis. Thu Huong & CACC,

   Thanks for the note, Thu Huong.  

   Thu Huong asks: "In case of    Vietnam, what do you think that we have, we think positively in that and we    engage in activity most effectively?" 

   "What we have" is easy.  Just turn around a look.  We have    beautiful beaches running the length of the nation; we have beautiful    mountains and highlands; we have a good mix of religions--Buddhism,    Catholicism, Protestantism, Cao Dao, Hoa Hai, etc.  with attractive    churches and temples; we have a long history with many historical landmarks    (Ho Guom, Quoc Tu Giam, Den Hung, Lang Ong, etc.); we have many ethnic groups    with different cultures, clothes, houses; we have good food -- Vietnamese    cooking is very high on the world's chart (many years ago a food critic of The    New York Times rated Vietnamese food 4th in the world, after    French, Chinese and Italian).  

   All these are very good for tourism.   We can focus on these    things to develop tourism--i.e., making it easier for tourists to come in;    organizing "tourist information centers" in each city to pass out info to    tourists; helping the hospitality industry (restaurants,    hotels, tour companies) do their work with more coordination, discipline and    quality; making the streets more friendly to tourists (like public rest rooms    and police); fighting the crime-ridden industries so that they don't    scare tourists off--sex and drugs; helping religions and cultural    organizations to grow (so that they will build big and attractive    temples.  Beautiful temples attract tourists);  helping    cultural organizations to bring in visitors -- Zen is now a worldwide    attraction.  If Zen centers are open in Vietnam for foreigners, many    will come to learn Zen.  Vietnam is a martial arts country--why    not using martial arts to attract tourists and students
 (Thailand    uses its martial arts presentation in performance centers).  Of course,    the history or US-VN war is good education for tourists; so are war-related    historical landmarks. 

   We have lots of things very attractive to tourists.  All we need to    do is a little planning to make them FEEL attractive, and stay away from    pushing for crime-ridden industries -- sex, casinos,nightclub.  Good,    clean dancing clubs are good for tourism.  But clubs that thrive on sex,    drugs and overdosed booze are bad for tourism, because they generate so many    criminals on the streets.   

   All we need is putting more brain power into tourism, not necessarily    more money.

   The above is a quick example on tourism.  Another example is that we    have an extremely young and highly literate population. This is an incredibly    strong asset, because many countries in the West are becoming too old, with    more old people than young people.  In these countries, too few young    people have to work to feed many retirees.  Vietnam can focus on building    this young population for the world market--focus on English, Internet, IT    skills, communication skills, analytical and critical thinking.  Very    soon this young population will stay in Vietnam and do work (over the    Internet) for domestic or multinational companies serving    customers in New York, Toronto, Paris or any other major city of the    world.    

   I can go on and on for another 200 pages but I won't have time to do    that.  I hope that these two examples are sufficient to present the    idea.  Thanks again, Thu Huong, for such a wonderful question.

   Have a great day!

   Hoanh

   On 10/25/07, huong dang    thu <hdangthu at gmail.com >    wrote:         [ Vietnam Business Forum      ]

     Dear bro and sis,

     Thanks anh Hoanh, your explanation is very persuasive and      deep. I am especially fond of the idea of "perseverance to protect our      independence". Brilliant! But I have to use more time to absorb that idea.      

     BTW, to talk a bit about the '-ism'. In Vietnam, where the      official theory is Marxism, though now people recognize that we should be      more opened to learn the new ideas all around the world, most of my teachers      in school think this way: Marxism is not wrong at all. The wrong point here      is that people use the theory (the tool) in the wrong way. 
     Compare with Buddhism, Catholicism, we usually say that: the      teaching of Buddha or Jesus are not wrong. The only wrong here is the      application of human. 
     The thinking of "the theory is not wrong. It's wrong for      human" make us very persist in the old theory. Like my grandparents, who      were the soldiers in the war, have a strong belief in Marxism theory. Like      my grandparents, I think a part of nowadays Vietnamese really do believe!      
     So, the people can think that Marxism, Uncle Ho teaching and      VCP leading are our country's positives.
     Anyway, based on what we have achieved today, I think we might      go much further. Thus, our positives may lie in other points. So, come back      to the question "what is our positive?', I feel excited about bro Hoanh's      message "Everything you have is your strength if (1) you think      positively that it is your strength and (2) you engage in activity where      your strength can be most effective". It's a very strong idea. Anyway, I'm      still so young. My experience is definitely limited. In case of Vietnam,      what do you think that we have, we think positively in that and we engage in      activity most effectively? 
     Just a question if bro and sis have interest in      sharing...!
     Thanks!
     Wish my bro and sis wealth!
     HeO

-- 
Tran Dinh Hoanh, Esq.,    LLB, JD
Washington DC       

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