Vietnam Defence Forum

[Edison Chen]

Not a very good article. All the things listed, China has those but much more in quantity and more advanced than Vietnam.

I suggest Vietnam give up building it's military, it's waste of money, whatever they build, it's gonna get destroyed. The more they spend on gun power, the less will be left for its civilians. They should spend money on education and infrastructure.

 

[Jlaw]

I suggest Vietnam give up building it's military, it's waste of money, whatever they build, it's gonna get destroyed. The more they spend on gun power, the less will be left for its civilians. They should spend money on education and infrastructure.

That would be the idea scenario. If I was leader of vietnam I would cut military budget by 50%, apologize to China and develop better relationship with China. Essentially I will be a good boy and reap rewards as China becomes stronger. When China becomes stronger, a good boy Vietnam will also become stronger.

 

[Edison Chen]

That would be the idea scenario. If I was leader of vietnam I would cut military budget by 50%, apologize to China and develop better relationship with China. Essentially I will be a good boy and reap rewards as China becomes stronger. When China becomes stronger, a good boy Vietnam will also become stronger.

That's exactly what I was thinking. Just look at how the US helped EU and JP to reconstruct after WW2, I believe China would like to do the same, only if VN stop playing fire, they are too greedy.

 

[terranMarine]

That would be the idea scenario. If I was leader of vietnam I would cut military budget by 50%, apologize to China and develop better relationship with China. Essentially I will be a good boy and reap rewards as China becomes stronger. When China becomes stronger, a good boy Vietnam will also become stronger.

These baboons are known to be stubborn, our great advice will fall on deaf man's ears.

 

[Jlaw]

These baboons are known to be stubborn, our great advice will fall on deaf man's ears.

We know. That's why they will always be our number one prodigal son.

 

[Viet]

One comment: officers are too fat to protect Vietnam.

Well I see so despite you Chinese try hard to provoke Vietnam, we live in a peaceful time. Luckily. Hopefully it remains so. The soldiers and officers should not look hungry.

 

[Viet]

I suggest Vietnam give up building it's military, it's waste of money, whatever they build, it's gonna get destroyed. The more they spend on gun power, the less will be left for its civilians. They should spend money on education and infrastructure.

LOL Come on, you can admit just waiting for another opportunity to annex us, if we don't have a formidable army. Prove that you are peaceful people, then we can reduce military spending.

 

[Edison Chen]

LOL Come on, you can admit just waiting for another opportunity to annex us, if we don't have a formidable army. Prove that you are peaceful people, then we can reduce military spending.

Look at my picture, my face, do I look like an aggressive person or war enthusiast even a little bit?

 

[visom]

I suggest Vietnam give up building it's military, it's waste of money, whatever they build, it's gonna get destroyed. The more they spend on gun power, the less will be left for its civilians. They should spend money on education and infrastructure.

In an ideal situation that would be a good idea, the problem is that Vietnam and China aren't on good terms and Vietnam does not have many true allies, it has to rely on its own strengths.

I'm actually more upset that Vietnam seems to be investing lots of money in casinos, resorts, and other tourist attractions. I'm not an expert economist but I feel like that money is better invested elsewhere.

 

[Edison Chen]

In an ideal situation that would be a good idea, the problem is that Vietnam and China aren't on good terms and Vietnam does not have many true allies, it has to rely on its own strengths.

I'm actually more upset that Vietnam seems to be investing lots of money in casinos, resorts, and other tourist attractions. I'm not an expert economist but I feel like that money is better invested elsewhere.

I always believe a strong Asia is built on the common prosperity, so I will not refuse a rich VN. VN should learn from South Korea, just merge a few big companies to form a group corporation like Samsung, to participate in every field of industry. In this way you can concentrate limited money, and put it into good use by an efficient way. The resorts are not bad if you do not rely on it too much, money is too easy, people have no sense of competitiveness.

 

[Carlosa]

That's exactly what I was thinking. Just look at how the US helped EU and JP to reconstruct after WW2, I believe China would like to do the same, only if VN stop playing fire, they are too greedy.

The Vietnamese are too greedy? I think you've been listening to chinese government propaganda a bit too much.

Does it make sense to you that small, far weaker countries like vietnam and phillippines will risk a military conflict with china because they are "too greedy"? Do you ever think that maybe the big, powerful country is the greedy one? Isn't that the way it usually works?

When you look at the map with the 9 dash lines and you see those lines right next to the malaysian and phillippino coastlines does that makes sense to you? Does it look like those countries are "greedy"? or maybe the dash lines represent the greed? Do you think its a coincidence that no country in the planet supports the 9 dash line? I would think that you are smart enough to figure that out.

Funny, when I go to china and talk to chinese people they always say that the chinese government is very bad and they don't believe anything they say, but if the government line is about nationalism and territory, oops..... now the government can be believed. I guess the sheep loves to follow the shepherd sometimes.

I always believe a strong Asia is built on the common prosperity, so I will not refuse a rich VN. VN should learn from South Korea, just merge a few big companies to form a group corporation like Samsung, to participate in every field of industry. In this way you can concentrate limited money, and put it into good use by an efficient way. The resorts are not bad if you do not rely on it too much, money is too easy, people have no sense of competitiveness.

Vietnam did exactly what you said, they followed the korean "chabol" model with their state owned enterprises, but the results were just the opposite. Vietnam and Korea are 2 different creatures, what works in one does not necessarily work on the other.

 

[Carlosa]

That would be the idea scenario. If I was leader of vietnam I would cut military budget by 50%, apologize to China and develop better relationship with China. Essentially I will be a good boy and reap rewards as China becomes stronger. When China becomes stronger, a good boy Vietnam will also become stronger.

Actually, Vietnam has been a very good boy to china in the last few decades. The pro china faction in the vietnamese government made sure about that. They have placed relations with their brotherly comrades in the north above their national interest, but that didn't work out very well for Vietnam, did it?

Now there is probably going to be a change of direction and china will only have itself to blame if the vietnamese invite the americans in.

Look at my picture, my face, do I look like an aggressive person or war enthusiast even a little bit?

Actually, you are quite soft and moderate for chinese standards, quite nice.

In an ideal situation that would be a good idea, the problem is that Vietnam and China aren't on good terms and Vietnam does not have many true allies, it has to rely on its own strengths.

I'm actually more upset that Vietnam seems to be investing lots of money in casinos, resorts, and other tourist attractions. I'm not an expert economist but I feel like that money is better invested elsewhere.

All those investments in casinos, resorts, etc are private investments, mostly foreign. Actually, the government gets revenue from those operations, but no worries, the government has plenty of other unneeded projects such as ports and airports that don't ever get used, etc. If there are "black envelops" a project can surely be created.

 

[Viet]

Look at my picture, my face, do I look like an aggressive person or war enthusiast even a little bit?

No, you are a good guy. If I can have a wish: I wish the majority of Chinese are like you.

 

[Carlosa]

No, you are a good guy. If I can have a wish: I wish the majority of Chinese are like you.

Ooops, I thought Edison was a cute girl, but turned out to be a boy........time to edit my post.

 

[Viet]

Ooops, I thought Edison was a cute girl, but turned out to be a boy........time to edit my post.

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