Re: No'i chuye^.n Mie^`n Ta^y

[hduc@airmoon.epa.nsw.gov.au]

On Wed, 16 Jul 1997, Hong Lam Vu wrote:

> Ba'c Hie^.p o+i,
> 
> > PS: Nhu+~ng ddie^`u tre^n to^i cu~ng nha^.n tha^'y o+? no^ng tho^n mie^`n 
> > Ba('c khi to^i ddi ve^` Ba('c Giang tha(m ba` con. Ddie^`u dda(.c bie^.t 
> > la` lu'c ddi qua Ba('c Ninh ban dde^m, dde`n ddie^.n sa'ng tru+ng va` 
> > nho^.n nhi.p ho+n xu+a. Ca^.u to^i no'i ra(`ng ddo' la` tu+` khi Ba('c 
> > Ninh ta'ch ra kho?i Ha` Ba('c tha`nh ti?nh rie^ng, Ba('c Ninh dda~ pha^'t 
> > le^n tha^'y ro~. Viva administrative reform :-).
> 
> Ba('c Ninh pha^'t le^n, the^' Ba('c Giang co' pha^'t kho^ng ho+? ba'c?
> 
> Cheers,
> La^m
> 

Hello Ba'c La^m, et al..

Ba('c Giang is better than before but not as booming as Ba('c Ninh. I was 
at my uncle house in the country side of Ba('c Giang not far from the 
river. His house is a 3 storey brick house now. He is pleased with his 
life. But life is still tough there compared to other regions.

On the subject of administrative reform, i was told by a number of people 
in Vietnam that this is long overdue. And the benefit is obvious in many 
regions in the country. Some people said that the attempt to combine the 
provinces (eg. Ha?i Du+o+ng and Hu+ng Ye^n to Ha?i Hu+ng..) to a larger 
province had failed miserably. It shacked and dampened the dynamics of 
the provinces. Now the current administrative provincial system is 
similar to the previous system of provinces under the French rule. Some even 
said that the French must be clever and knew 
the geographical terrain well in devising the system of provinces which 
worked well.

Cheers,
Hiep

PS: I was also told by an acquaintance in Vietnam that as soon as the 
province of Phu' Kha'nh was split to two previous separate provinces of 
Phu' Ye^n and Kha'nh Hoa`, the people in Kha'nh Hoa` was overjoyed and 
happy. Perhaps, anh Tuan Pham from Nha Trang could confirm this :-)