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...Vietnam worry that China is being handed the keys not just to their country's natural resources but also to sensitive strategic areas, threatening the nation's security. "The danger is that China has won most of the bids building electricity, cement and chemical plants," warns Nguyen Van Thu, the chairman of Vietnam's Association of Mechanical Industries. "They eat up everything and leave nothing." (See pictures of the border war between China and Vietnam...
...Thu says he suspects some Chinese companies have won construction contracts by submitting lowball bids, which could mean they are cutting corners, threatening quality and safety. But Thu's biggest concern is the influx of large numbers of Chinese workers, including cooks and cleaning staff, that are taking jobs from Vietnamese and threatening the country's social stability. "Chinese contractors bring everything here, even the toilet seats!" declares Thu. "These are materials Vietnam can produce, and work that Vietnamese...
...collection of what is known in Vietnam as Liberation Art. The biggest buyers - perhaps unsurprisingly - are American Vietnam War veterans seeking the catharsis of art. Mekong Diaries provides just that, and testifies to the ultimate futility of armed conflict. "If we were all artists," writes another featured painter, Nguyen Thu, "there would...
...Bong isn't great literature, says Khuat Thu Hong of Hanoi's Institute for Social Development Studies. But it is a breakthrough because it is the first intimate revelation of gay life in Vietnamese. "Its publication is a sign that society is becoming more tolerant," he says...
...Australian sportswear manufacturer brought $20,000 worth of clothes to Danang, but they got away from him too. The host country kept on smiling, then stole my eyeglasses. ''We smile because we are happy to see you,'' a waif of a foreign affairs officer, named Le Thi Thu Hanh, said. She flashed a wonderful advertisement for dental hygiene. Indeed, said a Taiwan businessman, ''the Vietnamese would declare another war tomorrow and immediately declare themselves the losers if they could just get the Americans back.'' Venture capitalists were all over the place, maneuvering for the lifting of the embargo. A fellow...