They're so prosperous because brain dead, cheap Americans who only care about how much cheap crap they can buy and how fast with absolutley no thought to how many Americans or American communities they put out of business keep buying their products.
2006-10-25 13:51:06
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answered by booboo 7
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VN is still a very poor country, with GDP per capita is around 400 USD. The stock market is just part of the bright picture, and there are darker sides in many places. Tourists just need to wander to rural areas, where 75% of the Vietnamese population live, to see that a great majority of people have to live under $2 a day. Don't see the world through the lenses of television cameras only, but also by your own eyes.
2006-10-25 22:44:42
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answered by Anonymous
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Vietnam is still a relatively poor country with GDP of US$251.8 billion (est., 2004). This translates to ~US$3000 per capita. Inflation rate was estimated at 14% per year in 2004. The government has contained this figure to 9.5% in 2005, and continues its efforts to avoid double digit inflation. The spending power of the public has noticeably increased. The reason lies in the high prices for property. In the capital of Hanoi, property prices can be as high as those in Tokyo or New York City. This has amazed many people because the average income per capita of this city is around US$1,000 per annum. The booming prices have given poor land owners the opportunity to sell their homes for inflated prices. Tourism has become an increasingly important industry in Vietnam. There are over 3 to 3.5 million annual visitors. Expatriate Vietnamese are an important source of financial and capital investment.
2006-10-25 20:47:14
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answered by Saladmaster22 2
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Read the history of Vietnam. The Vietnamese revolution, in which we became involved for no good reason, was never about communism.
Ho Chi Minh accepted help from communists because nobody else was willing to assist in his nationalistic revolution -- an effor to through off the oppression of colonialism.
Now that the Vietnamese have over 20 years of self-rule, they are reverting to entrepenureal form.
Good for them!
2006-10-25 20:50:06
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answered by Chuck N 6
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I not only lived through Viet Nam era, I served in the military during the peak of the war. We were misled by our leaders in order to go into and to remain in Viet Nam, just as we have been misled (actually lied to in this case) about Iraq.
We were told the SAME LIES. Remember the Domino theory? It was exactly what Bush is rehashing now. If we lost or pulled out of Viet Nam, one country after another would turn communist and before long we would be fighting them on our own shores. WE WERE "FIGHTING THEM THERE SO THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO FIGHT THEM HERE."
Sound familiar?
2006-10-25 21:10:46
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answered by Don P 5
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Vietnam isn't a true Communist nation.
2006-10-25 22:32:58
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answered by Anonymous
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Though "technically" communist Vietnam has a free-market economy.
2006-10-25 20:48:24
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answered by Anonymous
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LOL. now this is funny. The people there get less then the Mexican in Mexico. Prosperous is not what I would call that country or the people.
2006-10-26 01:49:00
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answered by fatboysdaddy 7
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Do you even know what communisiam is? It's not nesscarily bad you know, you have been fooled by propaganda and lack of knowledge. China is also communist... and they are one of the richies, cleanist, safest countries on earth.
2006-10-25 20:50:47
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answered by Anonymous
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cheap labor has that temporary affect,
2006-10-25 20:43:22
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answered by Anonymous
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