GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS FROM VIETNAM

Good and Bad news From Vietnam

Bad News:

Because of the increase in traffics on the Chuong Duong Bridge across
the Red River, The VCP decided to increase the traffic by use of
pontoon Bridges, a relic of the Vietnam War when the Longbien Bridge
was destroyed by US Airforce
(Note: The Longbien Bridge was built by the French at the beginning of
the 20th Century using the same company that built the Eiffel Tower ,
The Chuong Duong Bridge was built more recently in the 1960s first by
the Chinese who abanfdoned the project when relation with Vietnam
worsened then by the Russians. This bridge now showed sign of
weakening structure indicating that Chinese and Russian Technology
was not on a par with European or American Technology. A third bridge
Thang Long was built even more recently but all three can not take
care of the increase in traffics toward Haiphong the Seaport and
Noibai the Airport).

I believe that both increase in traffics and weakening in the Bridge
structure were factors that could be predicted and taken care of by
proper and modern solution not by half assed measure which reflected
badly on the VCP.

Good News:

A team of 6 Vietnamese Elementary pupils had won recently the first
prize in Science and Math competition in Indonesia(VTV4) with 2 gold,
one silver and one bronze medal.
3 important facts should be noted: First these children are elementary
school students and were not undergone any special training to pass
the exams. The first individual prize was obtained by a young
Vietnamese girl. Second the examinations was all in English a
language to say the least still foreign to Vietnamese students more so
than for students coming from the other 8 participatory countries.
Last some of the Vietnamese team members came from non-state schools,
i.e., the newly authorized schools run by private companies or
individuals indicating improved competitiveness of private schools.

I strongly believe that the most important asset of Vietnam for
development and enrichment is the brain power of her youth that need
to be nurtured and motivated for the task of modernization.

VIETNAM TIENLEN

EL CHINO wrote:



> I strongly believe that the most important asset of Vietnam for
> development and enrichment is the brain power of her youth that need
> to be nurtured and motivated for the task of modernization.

I believe YOU wrong. Without heart the 'brain' is supermarket commodity,
like 1 minute noodle - for example..