Posted on 06/14/2008 7:15:39 AM PDT by george76
Former Vietnamese Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet, an economic reformer who led the Communist nation away from poverty and isolation and backed the normalization of ties with the United States, died Wednesday...
Kiet, who was prime minister from 1991 to 1997...
Impatient with Communist Party functionaries trying to protect their own turf, Kiet argued that the party could only stay in power if it loosened its tight hold over the government and business.
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What the Phuc.
I pray that he is replaced by another southerner with a constitution like himself and that the system then be speedily replaced by one with popular vote for the government so that the passing of a PM is not the occasion of worry over radical change in the fortunes of the country.
Kiet chet roi
Ong Kiet biet cong san khong lam duc.
I pray that he is replaced by another southerner with a constitution like himself and that the system then be speedily replaced by one with popular vote for the government so that the passing of a PM is not the occasion of worry over radical change in the fortunes of the country.
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TANKS for the ping,,,
I hope so too,,,
A very long road...
Does anyone have recent pictures of Nha Trang, Pleiku, Cam Rahn Bay? Curious what they look like now.
The comments to that article in the newspaper would benefit from a good Freeping.
“Prime Minister Kiet is gone.”
Well, Jack, he WAS retired.
Isn’t it interesting that Vietnam has this vaunted medical care system, sorta like Cuba. Kiet was sick, so what did he do? He went to Singapore for health care. When Fidel was near death, what did he do? Consult the best that Cuba has in medicine? No, he flew in doctors from Spain.
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