Make money, not war.(Survey of Vietnam)

From: The Economist (US) | Date: July 8, 1995| Author: Fawcett, Edmund | Copyright information

The Vietnamese are embracing world markets and prosperity while clinging to their communist charter, after 20 years of poverty under socialism. They proved their national character taking on the world's powers in war, but they are far behind their Asian neighbors in time and economic base.

"THEN we had to fight," the Vietnamese colonel says, offering more shrimp in banana leaf. "Now we have to make something to hand on to the next generation, and not just subsidies." A hero of the ...

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