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A legacy of corruption, economic ruin, repression and ethnic cleansing
Vietnam hosts one of the most corrupt regimes in the world and in 2008 was rated by Transparency International as 121st ‘most corrupt’ amongst 180 nations. Likewise Vietnam is also one of the poorest with the average wage being a few dollars a day. Initially, the post war communists found an easy out, blaming its economic woes on French and American wars but as the years went by, the communist lie became harder to defend. Doi moi (renovation) grew older and the Vietnamese tiger remained asleep in the forest. The communist victory in Vietnam however, was doomed from the outset, predestined to birth a template for economic decay and endemic corruption ... and like their brutal human rights record, the failure in Vietnam is nothing less than a self-inflicted wound.
A legacy of corruption, economic ruin, repression and ethnic cleansing
Vietnam hosts one of the most corrupt regimes in the world and in 2008 was rated by Transparency International as 121st ‘most corrupt’ amongst 180 nations. Likewise Vietnam is also one of the poorest with the average wage being a few dollars a day. Initially, the post war communists found an easy out, blaming its economic woes on French and American wars but as the years went by, the communist lie became harder to defend. Doi moi (renovation) grew older and the Vietnamese tiger remained asleep in the forest. The communist victory in Vietnam however, was doomed from the outset, predestined to birth a template for economic decay and endemic corruption ... and like their brutal human rights record, the failure in Vietnam is nothing less than a self-inflicted wound.
GDP growth in Vietnam has far exceeded America's since 2000, and they are still growing despite our declines for several quarters. Of course, their growth would even be greater without a corrupt communist regime, but to suggest economic ruin is intellectually bankrupt.
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