As i said earlier, hyping about one's own self is not a wise thing to do, especially if you are Vietnamese, as it will goes down very quickly, and ends in disappointment. Taking a short look at all the data, and there's no need for Indonesia to flash at all, nah, we just enjoy what we have, a lot of good things, including the democracy and freedom, and there's a lot more good things to be anticipated in the future, not-so-distant future dare i say. Vietnam wants to believe it's the best country ever in Southeast Asia, let them believe so, no one's going to hurt by this little Chihuahua's letter to Santa.
Truth is, getting desperate for FDI and international attention is hardly a thing to be flashed to other people, everyone's know these "bai mai lais", DONG kept on a dirt cheap value, letting foreigners do any shit they want in the country with less laws placed on them, of how Vietnam could provide more to the foreigners and provide less to the dirt cheap Vietnamese laborers with no rights, but having to stay dirt cheap for the sake of investments. That is Vietnam's worth as an economy, letting other countries shit on it's mouth as long that they got the money they hardly have any with their DONG. Not even saying that their only worth for the US and friends is nothing more than a buffer and a meatshield for the US's agenda in the far east, so better get close to your meatshield and forget about the agent orange stuff shall we? says the US, wanting to add more pawns in it's containment strategy in Asia-Pacific, it wont be long until the US build a military base in Vietnam and Vietnam will be proud about it!.
The consistent thing is, so many wishes and letters to Santa written by Vietnamese, about Vietnam surpassing other countries in the region bla...bla...bla wishes, flashing, and other "WE WILL!!" shit nobody here cares about, as their only arguments to support "Vetnem best in Southeast Asia!!! look at this is the cherrypicked and unsourced information that said so!". It nothing special really, even Philippines have roughly the same growth will less talking and meaningless flashing the Viets keep spewing in the internet. Remember, don't assume that other countries will sits idle while you are celebrating your meager growth, like, it's sad to see someone thinking that they will only be great if other people sits idle while they desperately trying to catch up. Even more so when Viets are trying to surpass Indonesia in GDP, while their GDP still being lower than Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, and Thailand, and their only argument is "WE WILL!!".
Yes, the current President was a furniture manufacturer, turned Mayor, turned the Governor of the Capital, with decade of experience as a policymaker, repeatedly won democratic elections simply because he is a competent and honest person, born a no one with humble beginning, make something out of himself, a self made man, have no connection with the rich and the elites whatsoever yet still succeed in becoming a President of 260 million people and proven to be competent in this position. I don't really like talking about politics, but your statement about the President being a furniture manufacturer does not make any point that could discredit the Indonesian people, but an indirect compliment to the Indonesian growing economy, equality and democracy, your statement is a poor form of provocation.
