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To: GST who wrote (108453)	7/27/2003 10:35:31 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Like all smaller countries, they have issues dealing with multinational companies, but it is a funny joke to call them foreign dominated. Issues? Try Foreign owned companies being responsible for 13% of Vietnam's GDP, 35% of industrial output, and 25% of total tax revenues... That's a WHOLE LOT OF PULL multi-nationals have over that government. Screw with them and they'll pull out for some other developing country, as they probably did before coming to Vietnam. Malaysia proved a great example of this several years ago when there was tremendous capital flight. gapresearch.org There is corruption -- but nothing like the money politics in Washington. That's HILARIOUS!!! fva.org Transparency International, a global counter-corruption watchdog, ranks Vietnam as the second most corrupt country in South-East Asia (after Indonesia), based on a survey of international businessmen. The Vietnamese government itself recently estimated that light-fingered bureaucrats cream off at least 20% of infrastructure spending. At the National Assembly in July, the prime minister, the speaker, and the secretary-general of the Communist Party all identified corruption as one of the government's main challenges. globalcorruptionreport.org BTW, what color is the sky in your world GST?? Hawk