Re: China &Vietnam/ Funny things about VNese checks

["Toan" <toan@usa.net>]

No surprise!

> > That VN wasted more than a decade or peace 

Some way see this as <waste>, others will read it a <wait>. It all depends
on the perspective.
But, even when I see it as <wait> for myself, If people criticise me for
<wasting>, I can still put up a face of apology for having <wasted.> No
matter the word, I have acheived my goal (to wait things out), and I can
say anything, even self-criticism.

>> and is consequently
> > at least ten years behind China only makes it more essential
> > that we catch up on lost time. Now is not the time to
> > lose heart - China has its own problems and it is possible
> > to catch up and surpass it if the right policies are
> > followed. But VN must work hard AND smart. There's no quick,
> > easy solution.

It is IMPOSSIBLE to follow the very reasonable porposal above given the
trends and situation we're in.

<Right> policies as defined by whom, to benefit which sector, to prioritise
which direction or type of growth, or to balance which
prirotities--stability or full speed growth and development?....BIG issues,
no solution! 
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> Hi all, somehow I have the feeling that we are not going to catch up and 
> surpass China after all; and that perhaps we are working hard (?), but 
> not very smart. Read this:
> 
> -------------------
>                   Unlike its fellow members in the Association of
Southeast
>                   Asian Nations where checks are valid for six months and
>                   allow the use of English, Vietnam has ruled that checks
>                   will only be valid for 15 days and that they must be
>                   written in Vietnamese.
> 
>                   English can be used as a second language as long as the
>                   lettering is smaller than the Vietnamese writing.
> 
>                   The regulations, which go into minute detail
unimaginable
>                   in other countries, come into effect from April 1. They
>                   were described by some bankers as yet another example
of
>                   Vietnamese over-regulation.
> ----------------------
> 
> "English can be used...as long as the lettering is smaller than the 
> Vietnamese writing"
> 
> :-) :-(((((( . Now, what sort of "ti'nh ca'ch ngu+o+`i Vie^.t" is on 
> display here? "Stupid overpride", that overrides all practical 
> reasoning???

I think it is NOT a pride issue. Don't let yourself be mislead to thinking
issues of <me^ ho^`n tra^.n> like, < Oh, it's another stupid pride
problem>.

At times, there are good and smart reasons for decreeing stupid laws. And,
the resons may not have anything to do with what the law enforces, but how
the law impacts everything else seemingly unrelated.

In this case, good, or smart depends on the perspective we choose to see
it. 

Practical at times do not mean good for everyone. A realist would also be
impractical if that impracticality served his other purposes. That
impracticality, then, becomes his subjective praticality, but no one else
sees it that way--too bad!

Remember the Persian Gulf war of 1990? 
How many issues did people scream about?
+Boold and Oil
+Evil dictator Sadam
+Human Rights abuse
+Agression that threatened peace and stability
+American Interest, etc.

I bet people are still disagreeing on the issues. Still confused. Sad that
we forget to look at things in a longer perspective.

+The arms balance has completely shifted to the US after the war. Before,
Russia had a good part in weapon sales in the area.
+A better justification of American presence more than ever before.
+A NATO restructruing. Boy, wan't that a good exercise in the new age!
+The gulf war was not by itself. A perspective cannot exclude the wars of
Falkland, Grenada, Panama, all attempts at new alignments of modern warfare
and political trategies and tactics, culmulating in the gulf.

VN isn't outside of this type of thing. It is not appropriate to site
specific examples, but look around.  Especially look in modern history, see
the trends, see what happens when there are changes or possible forces of
changes. What are the reactions. Things haven't changed much by nature.

I think the best we can do is to understand it, and prepare ourselves in
our own capacities to part take when the time, the need, and the situation
prove appropriate.

Toa`n