I once made the same point as @
BoQ77 to another Viet mem (@
gambit). VN needs to change, now. But that change cannot be too sudden, cannot be something like a coup to throw down VCP. Democracy, communism, socialism, those are just pretty words invented by some people to let them control the rest. My teacher, who used to study in the US, once said: "There are 2 type of people in this world, the opperessors and the opperessed. The opperessed try their best to rise up and become the opperessors, while the opperessors want to stay in power and eliminate any threats to their positions."
The change needs to be smooth, not too sudden. If someone can do that I 100% support them.