RE: [Y' KIE^'N BA.N NGHE DA`I] Giu'p do*~ Vie^.t nam

[AnHai Doan <anhai@cs.washington.edu>]

On Fri, 4 Apr 1997, Huy Quang Nguyen (Global Trends) wrote:

> We need to help government universities first. I do agree with anh Phung
> Ho Hai: it is the case in Vietnam, at this moment of time (or may be
> several years to come) no talent will go to "Dai hoc Dan lap" :-( so why
> do we need to waste our money for "Dai hoc Dan lap". 

> >     On the other hand, at the moment I bet that "Mo+? mang Da^n tri'"
> > is
> > more important than " Dda`o ta.o Nha^n ta`i". Most VN talents are
> > educating
> > themself. 
> > 
> Yess, we need people who can manage our factories, our enterprises. Most
> of you seem living in the academical environment for too long. The fact
> is Vietnam have been wasting millions of dollars each year due to the
> serious shortage of high skills and experienced engineers (in the
> government sector).

Hi anh Huy, it seems to me that the above two statements from you 
contradict each other. On one hand, you said that we shouldn't help DHDLs
because they don't produce talented people. On the other hand, you support
helping training people who can manage factories, enterprises, etc.

Now as far as I know, most so-called talented people in Vietnam have
been escaping into ivory towers (academic environments), abroad, 
high-powered, high-paid jobs, with much benefits for, say, Nike, and 
little benefit for Vietnam. They also have talked a lot, but have done 
little. (Note that I said "most", not "all". "Cha('c no' chu+`a 
mi`nh ra" vietnamese mentality dictates that you, the reader, belong to
the minority.)

As a consequent, Vietnam's economy is actually rested and supported by
most of those "ordinary" people who are now directly managing our 
factories, banks, enterprises, etc. DHDLs train such people. You support
training them, shouldn't you support helping DHDLs then?

Hai.