Comradeship // Freechat

What are their conditions like?

Last year, I have seen many households in my rural village got rich, built new houses, some even bought cars (foreign cars are heavily taxed so they are some kinds of luxury good). This was because as the nation attract foreign investments, our farmers have the opportunity to earn additional incomes by going into factories to work.

What is the people’s faith in socialism?

The people's faith in our Party and government is very strong. Young people (Gen Z) also have trust in our path to socialism. Vietnam's economic successess only strengthen that faith. We understand that socialism is synonymous with socalism.

But not everyone trusts this path. Vietnam is diverse, and so are opinions. Liberal bourgeoisie do exist, albeit only a minority. If I have to guess, they are probably the ones who benefited from the exploitation by the West the most, either that, or socialist policies by the government don't often benefit them.

How is the government moving towards socialism?

Vietnam aims to "lift everyone up without leaving anyone behind". It means that we aim to reduce wealth inequality whilst developing our economy. Not only that, we also reduce opportunity inequality as well as we encourage education for less fortunate people.

(BTW, Reddit, being removed, will often mass downvote any mention of the word "equity", but "equity" was one of the factors contributed to Vietnam's success)

We also have a policy of national unity and social harmony. This means that we support ethnic minorities to build wealth (how do I translate "làm kinh tế"?) whilst preserving their cultures. We promote harmony between religions. The Party refrains from things that could cause divisions amongst different groups.

(Although, worryingly, a part of our youth on social media is importing the Culture War from the US, very dumb, but no major media are promoting this shit, so that's a plus)

Our current focus is in modernizing (digitalizing) the nation, we intend to develop our own core technologies (energy, chips, 5G, metro rails, etc) so that we may be truly self-sufficient and independent.

Our foreign policy is called "bamboo diplomacy": Strong root, flexible treetops. We aim to be friend with all nations in the world (by "friend" we mean economic partners, not military alliance).

We also have a non-alignment policy known as "Four No's". This means that as a neutral country with stable politics, we have effectively become a bridge that connect major nations together. The US wage a trade war against China on the surface, but they still trade with each other through us.

As a result, we have become some sort of geopolitical star with which everyone want to coopoerate. From major powers such as China, Russia, the US, to medium sized economies such as South Korea, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Europe, etc. And I expect even more in the future.

Anyway, I'm tried of typing, so it ends here.

But before that, have you guys watched "Bắc Bling"? It is a recently released MV that promote our culture, it is well-loved by Vietnamese people.

Edit: Didn't know Lemmygrad would censor the R-word. Oh well.