Vietnam has a SERIOUS Corruption Problem

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[@amberknight4495]

😊

[@agridley1116]

Thanks cor this vid: the recap is useful bc soon, I have my exam in the nam and korean wars

[@MonkeyJedi99]

There could be a whole series in this theme. "{PLACE} has a serious corruption problem" - Wouldn't even need to limit it to countries. States/cantons/territories, cities/towns/townships/villages... The possibilities are nearly endless.

[@vicarlington]

You forgot Vuong Dinh Hue, another corruption case.

[@carkawalakhatulistiwa]

In USA is lobby not coruption

[@dx-ek4vr]

I've heard this one somewhere on the internet: "Petty corruption is like skin cancer; there are ways to deal with it and you’ll probably be just fine. Corruption within the ministries, higher level, is like colon cancer; it’s worse, but if you catch it in time, you’re probably OK. Kleptocracy, however, is like brain cancer; it’s fatal."

[@badluck5647]

At least you can't blame the Vietnam people for voting for their corrupt government. What is the excuse in South Africa and Lebanon?

[@Mohamedhassan-ox8kp]

would love to see this guy talk about corruption in his own country for one time but he's a hypocrite

[@MeeesterBond17]

​@@Mohamedhassan-ox8kp That's not how hypocrisy works. Criticising a corrupt government official while being a corrupt government official would be hypocritical. As far as I know, this guy's just a KZbinr and holds no position of authority within his own country.

[@cosmicelectron]

@@Mohamedhassan-ox8kp he talked about america, not even 3 episodes ago, just get your facts right when complaining

[@Mohamedhassan-ox8kp]

@@cosmicelectron he talks about the housing problem not what they did to the rest of the world you think I care about you guys finally suffering after what you did to use

[@preppersitrep1573]

Everyone wants to fight corruption that doesn't benefit them.

[@warpigtrix]

Hahaha this short paragraph is true and so deep

[@dannyzero692]

Short, well put and true!

[@Tshepo10111]

South African politicians

[@manhhieu252]

So how can corruption benefit everyone ???

[@preppersitrep1573]

@@manhhieu252 It can't cause everyone has they're own self interests, it's the natural order of things and that's ok. The strong will do what they can and the weak will suffer what they must.

[@oshawott4544]

My friend is from Vietnam, and he's always telling me about stuff like this. Hope Vietnam can get out of this problem. Edit: ok ok, I get it, it'll never happen, I'm just saying I wish the best for Vietnam

[@DR3ADER1]

They won't. The thing about "anti-corruption drives" is that the state DEMANDS the numbers on their arbitrary corruption statistics to go down by Quarter "x" of "y" Year. This means that the people responsible turn to cheating just to get the numbers down. This includes planting drugs on people or working with moles in the gangs to reduce the numbers to deflated amounts.

[@DungNguyen-FatRacoon]

We have a saying, somewhat translated to "The water which is crystal clear have no fish, too good of a man have no friend" Corruption is something cannot be eradicated, but can be contained and controlled

[@grimskid]

Stop lying you do not have a Vietnamese friend, you sir are a liar

[@HeydenHarvey]

at some point corruption is completely irreversable

[@tinlephuochuu9493]

@@HeydenHarvey Pretty sure it has cross that point a long time ago

[@snowhealthy]

Your analysis of corruption in Vietnam is very profound. As a Vietnamese, I can confirm that the level of corruption has been spreading to dizzying levels in our country in parallel with economic development. The bad thing is that the Communist Party of Vietnam tries to eliminate it, but they also realize that it will affect the survival of the regime. They eventually became confused and after many years corruption is still a chronic disease in Vietnam. You did a great job. Sending sincere thanks from a Vietnamese person.

[@toiyeuvietnam4619]

Con cháu 3/ mãi làm do.g ko khá lên nỗi.

[@Chouchousoul]

Bài phân tích của chủ kênh này thật sự quá đỉnh

[@Thổ.Dân.Da.Đỏ]

Tôi thắc mắc Ở VN 🇻🇳🇻🇳 họ dám diệt tham nhũng, còn ở các nước tư bản thì sao nhỉ ,tham nhũng lợi ích nhóm các kiểu thì sao nhỉ họ có dám bắt không hả ????

[@nguyengialuat5528]

​@@Thổ.Dân.Da.Đỏ tam quyền phân lập, nhiều bên kiểm soát lẫn nhau, hiến pháp, bầu cử minh bạch, đa đảng, luật biểu tình...

[@Thổ.Dân.Da.Đỏ]

@@nguyengialuat5528 tôi chỉ thắc là đa đảng kiểu mỹ có lợi gì cho dân ạ hay là chỉ lợi ích nhóm cho tài phiệt thôi hả bạn, hay lợi ích của dân thua cả bọn đại cử chi ạ tôi nghi vấn về vấn đề này ạ,còn bạn bảo là bầu cử minh bạch sao người chết đi bỏ phiếu cho ông biden ( ông trump tuyên bố ạ ) ,rồi còn vụ ông trump trốn thuế các kiểu vụ đồi capitol rồi ai bị sử ạ hay chỉ dan thường là thiệt thòi thôi bạn

[@funkykunx2544]

As a Vietnamese, I've already knew about these cases to some extents, but I didn't know about them in this much of details. Thank you for covering our country with such good delivery

[@cashewnuttel9054]

Remember 2 million Vietnamese men, woman, and children gave their lives so you can live in freedom.

[@fuzzyhair321]

​@@cashewnuttel9054bra south Vietnam wasn't known for being a lovely dovely democratic state it was a one man party too just like south Korea was for years

[@traveljacknguyen2915]

@@cashewnuttel9054Admiring their sacrifices means letting bad things to happen ?

[@cashewnuttel9054]

@@traveljacknguyen2915 No! Two million Vietnamese died so, don't waste their sacrifice by being a corrupt state.

[@cashewnuttel9054]

@@fuzzyhair321 I was talking about after the war.

[@HảoĐoànNgọcNhư]

As a Vietnamese, I believe these cases are actually the result of a campaign called “Dot Lo” (Furnace) of Vietnam’s secretary- Nguyen Phu Trong. Beside the fact that these cases showed the bad side of Vietnam government’s management, It proved that Vietnamese government are facing the problems instead of hiding them.

[@Chouchousoul]

Đấu tranh Đảng Phái là chính thôi

[@meirintheguard]

đấu tranh qq kk,bò tâm lô cũng bị khử đâu,đang đợi trọng hoàng đế đi xuống nhường ghế cho tâm lô đại vương kìa kk

[@urmomgei.]

@@meirintheguard wtf you talm bout 🤦🤦

[@imie-nazwisko]

Did you not watch the video?

[@josephle979]

No one pays taxes in VN. Absolutely no one except for big business.

[@nate2064]

One of the funniest compliments I ever got was from a Vietnamese college professor when I visited Vietnam. We were eating lunch and I was sat at the professor table for some reason. The professor hearing me discuss things says that I remind him of Fidel Castro, and as an American, I just had to grin and realize he meant it as a very sincere compliment

[@alwoods8010]

I hope you immediately changed your ways!

[@Ocelot835]

​@@alwoods8010Why should he? Being compared to the man with such rizz that even CIA cannot comprehend it despite hundreds of failed attempts to assassinate is the most badass thing anyone can say about you))

[@nate2064]

@@alwoods8010 all we did was talk about what I enjoyed about the country. And ideas such as environmental sustainability and moving Vietnam towards a more modern economy, which could allow young people more opportunities.

[@nate2064]

@@Ocelot835 to be fair it was probably the fact that I was also smoking a big cigar since Cubans were actually available

[@raylenn4444]

​@@alwoods8010castro was a based man that survived more assassination attempts than should be possible.

[@AbrahamFr0man]

I live in Vietnam. Was here all though COVID and watched as military trucks would deliver food meant for the needy to rich apartment complexes just for photo opportunities. Then the needy would get a small bag of herbs. Useless junk. The corruption described in this video is amazingly thorough. Great job.

[@nguyenhuylong722]

not to disagree, but just offended that youre calling our vegetable delicacy as herbs

[@AbrahamFr0man]

@@nguyenhuylong722 they were literally herbs. Bags of leaves like you get with ga nuong.

[@thethaovatoquoc312]

Spot on. The Vietnamese Commie clowns also wrapped up little kids in Hazmat suits during Covid for photo ops.

[@thethaovatoquoc312]

A Vietnamese Commie government official told my friend he made $5K per day just from bribes.

[@richardlong3983]

I lived in HCM during COVID, what you said was not true at all. Which district did you live in?

[@ruthmaloney4378]

As someone who has been living in Vietnam for over 5 years, you have totally nailed it. This is the system in Vietnam, and with the population so vast and widely spread across regional areas, and government jobs paying so little, while property developers roll around Saigon in Bentley's......

[@peapercola9481]

Not really, Vietnamese are just already greedy. Its a part of the culture now

[@tranhuyuc8987]

That's just Saigon, mate. Those fucking bastards in the Southern Vietnam are living in the ruins of the old American government in the 60s

[@virtualdrudgery]

Vietnamese lady - $44 billion Suharto -$20 billion Marcos -$10 billion Najib -$5 billion

[@Indian_Tovarisch]

Najib? Najibullah of Afghanistan? Man,that guy was literally castrated by the Taliban and hanged alive bloodied

[@dragonsword7370]

Numbers like that? Would impact even the US economy despite how much larger the pool of wealth and economy is.

[@jerryle379]

15 billion ain't 44 🤣

[@loangxuong9863]

It 12 not 44.

[@keithharper32]

I heard Ghadaffi stole $200 billion over 40 years in power

[@LSK_95]

I find it really funny. That state officials/employees refuse to do their jobs. Because they dont want to be investigated. Like bro just spend the state funds on the shit its meant for this time.

[@EarlFaulk]

Assuming there havent been innocent people caught up in the previous corruption probes. Remember he said its common for higher ups to throw the lower ranked members under the bus. Im almost certain innocent people have had their lives ruined

[@asddsa28]

I wonder if they don’t know how to do there jobs without corruption

[@MinhPham-dk2nc]

Ok so what if you were paid $350 a month?

[@jonapierre]

Their logical thinking is : if you don't do anything, so nothing come out wrong =))

[@CoverofWinter]

The problem might be that they don´t actually know which projects are real and which are frauds, therefore they could be implicated even if they didn´t benefit from said corruption

[@PhamQuangHung0135]

As a Vietnamese i have something to point out: 1. Two child policy was never heavily enforced. Only officials had to strictly adhere to this policy. 2. As you started talking about Nguyen Tan Dung i was shocked. That man nearly destroyed our country and he got no significant punishment for it. So glad you bring up this POS.

[@drawingtheforest]

Great works. Sadly, the state of the country has been changing drastically in the last days though: 1. Yesterday, state media announced the departure from all public and party positions of Vuong Dinh Hue, the Speaker of the National Assembly. It was preceeded by an investigation of the Ministry of Public Security (the police force, VNese version of the Stasi). 2. Both Vuong Dinh Hue and Vo Van Thuong are regarded as Nguyen Phu Trong's loyalists. In fact, they adressed Trong personally BEFORE the party in their comencement speech. 3. Thuong was forced to resigned from a (comparatively) minor incident from 10s of years ago. The incident was brought to light by the Ministry of Public Security. The Minister was To Lam, an infamous figure to the public. A lot of higher-ups in the MoPS also have the family name of To, a VERY rare family name in Vietnam. 4. All this corruption campanges brought unchecked power to the police. It is estimated that there are 1.5 million police officers in Vietnam. In the last five years, all Vietnamese citizens have been forced to change their ID card three times.

[@drawingtheforest]

9:41 Minor correction: the image is of Gia Long. The caption says Ho Chi Minh.

[@fattywombat8087]

Fun fact: To Lam was filmed eating a $1500 gold-covered steak at Salt Bae’s restaurant. That’s is about 8 months worth of salary for the average Vietnamese

[@abcdefkkk123aa]

Tôi là người việt tôi cảm thấy thoải mái với đất nước tôi, tại sao bạn lại khó chịu? Có vấn đề gì với bộ não ngu ngốc của bạn

[@granit8902]

​@@fattywombat8087 lemme add to that, he enjoys golden platen meat while he forced the entirety of vietnam on lockdown with extremely stupid measures, resulting in thousand of deaths in emergency case or hunger. They are acting like african warlords in the name of socialism.

[@jerryle379]

​@@fattywombat8087another fun fact if it share it not that much between him and his aids,general especially police salary are higher then people though, I remember back in highschool one of the girl in my class her dad was a retire police officer ( not general but quite high rank : colonel I think and his retire salary was around 14 +mil that was back in 2012 (retire salary btw) I was shock lmao didn't think a retire police get that much pension )

[@NDSno1]

Your insights are very accurate. Corruption is bad, but just like a cancer tumor, you have to remove it carefully to avoid affecting the function of the whole body. As this is a long video with lots of information, I suggest you should create timestamps, so people who can't focus or have to watch in parts can know the gist, and most importantly, the very informative and impactful conclusion at the end. People might miss the conclusion and misunderstand the video.

[@Beavonator7]

An idea that would be cool is if you can study out the biggest modern corruption scandals from every continent. It would show everyone has corruption and all the ways it can happen. (P.s. love the content both here and gaming. Keep up the good work!!)

[@bogdancondicaru7848]

I can get behind this one

[@bogdancondicaru7848]

Up

[@bthsr7113]

Agreed.

[@alias7859]

Now I know about the background on the Vietnamese last names. Very interesting factoid.

[@ouitai4011]

One of the most obvious reasons for the corruption in Vietnam is the extremely and unreasonably low salary of the officials. So people wont become officials for the salary but to benefit themselves with the power of their positions in the government.

[@crimsonqueen1670]

True, like the real salary of an secretary level officer in vietnam is barely reaching 1000$ USD a month :))

[@dannyzero692]

That's why official's salary is so high in Singapore, it disincentivised corruption by making it too risky to lose everything.

[@marvinsantos2977]

@@crimsonqueen1670 in life we have to pay accordingly to once contribution. Thats why i dont agree on minimum wage.

[@mattihaapoja8203]

​@@marvinsantos2977Food and housing is a human right. Not a cost and benefit evaluation. But lick the boots as a wage slave if you feel like it

[@shironee_2384]

I'm sorry, having heard Rusalka is always reminds me of Black Ops. For a long time, Vietnam seems to have very good PR about their country because how we, as fellow SEA members, kinda jealous with their growth over past few decades. Hearing all this is both surprising and unsurprising for me because these corruption practices are also happened in my country, though I don't know how severe it is compared to Vietnam or vice versa. Then again, I hope that we, SEA nations, are gonna be able to fix our own corruption issues and look foward towards our foreign threat as one region.

[@Onion_salsa]

as Vietnamese it's not at all surprising that you was surprised, from outside Vietnam government did a really good job in PR of Vietnam growth with all that economic growth and doing foreign businesses, but from a guy who living in district 1 Saigon like me is seem like everything is getting worse with each year come and go, the groceries and gasoline price always go up but the salaries is still stay the same, all the public administration work is getting slower everyday and on the news the number of corrupt government official keep pilling up, the only good thing is the anti-corrupt bill is working and education system getting some massive improvement, i just hope we'll see some internal change of the government system.

[@dohuuhailong8352]

Corruption in another country is a thing you won't find unless you are really look for it. Like in here, most people believe we are the most corrupt country in the world while other countries don't have it, which is nonsense.

[@atlantic-folk]

​​@@dohuuhailong8352 other countries of course have corruption too, it's a worldwide problem. However, it's also important to know that some countries have worse corruption scandals than the others (in this case, Viet Nam), and dealing with it is an urgent task for the government. I hope the situation will get better here

[@Onion_salsa]

@Physalia_1 that the hardest part the old man who started the anti-corruption policy is old, he the only one that even care about corruption and he is nearing death door, after he gone I don't know what my country will turn into, just hope it not turn into the next China.

[@kylerkastner2808]

Crazy how Truong My Lan was able to cause so much financial damage and chaos

[@JeffBilkins]

A very talented lady! Jokes aside she did pretty good as business person if it wasn't for the mega crimes.

[@kylerkastner2808]

@@JeffBilkinsQuite unfortunate that was the route she decided to take

[@anonmouse15]

​@@JeffBilkins Because of the mega crimes, not in spite of them.

[@dean_l33]

That mf pocketed like 6% of the GDP of the country. If nothing else, you have to respect the sheer balls that took

[@mfallen2023]

@@kylerkastner2808 If you can believe it... this is communism 101 for how to take down your rival "faction" in the politburo. This is how pretty much every faction has been taken out in Chinese and North Korean politics for the last 40 years. Doesn't mean they didn't do what they are accused of, but they ALL do it, lol.

[@joshuathomas5626]

That’s pretty hardcore, sentenced to no longer living

[@JeffBilkins]

Frauded so hard she was banned

[@DungNguyen-FatRacoon]

Perma-banned ​@@JeffBilkins

[@nam430]

imagine being afraid of saying death

[@YTDeletes90PercentOfMyComments]

​@@nam430KZbin finds that word scary

[@nam430]

@@YTDeletes90PercentOfMyComments youtube is twinky

[@angtringuyen6158]

8:02 Actually the dynasty which drove out the Chinese 1000 years of occupation is Ngo Dynasty . The Ly is the Dynasty which moved the capital to Thang Long ( former name of Ha Noi ) and the first long reign dynasty of Vietnam with 9 Emperors ruled from 1009-1225 ( former dynasties only had 2 or 3 kings before be ovethrown ) 8:15 We defeated them THREE TIMES !

[@duyphan4617]

I'm a Vietnamese. And yes. It's true that corruption issue in our country in some recent years are serious shits as they come. Truong My Lan's huge fraud, Covid's repatriation flight bribery scandal,... The 2nd one, to me, while not causing huge money loss like TML's one, is absolutely disgusted. Making money from those being away from their home due to the pandemic. Hopefully, we get such issues fixed soon enough. It's understandable if someone stands up against those making negative feedback regard their country. But this time, I find article like yours well-put, carefully documented. Not to mention, many many many many other Vietnamese are disgusted of TML's criminal acts.

[@user-0if2d26rj3]

Bọn nó không hiểu đâu bạn ơi 😂 tham nhũng VN còn bị bắt chứ ở nước "tự do & dân chủ" tụi nó bỏ tiền mua tội là chuyện bình thường thôi. Nó cố dí VN là nước nhiều tham nhũng, nhưng quên nước nó có "Vận động hành lang" kim bài miễn tử 😂

[@IronKurone]

Worst part is the peole who is behind the flight scandal was used to be praised as national prides by the government media. Absolute insane crime.

[@rvilhubtet3515]

Yea, as a Vietnamese myself, I can confirm all the bribe stories. It suck to think Vietnam can be much more than a hole of corruption.

[@choeedaay1618]

Cali khát nước chống phá nhà nước VN à 😂

[@nguyenkhanh6512]

??? Tham nhũng chỉ ra bị gọi là Cali???

[@greenz051]

@@choeedaay1618 bây giờ cứ nói sự thật = chống phá nhà nước đúng k bạn? đất nước mình tuyệt vời tới nỗi k có tham nhũng s?

[@greenz051]

@@choeedaay1618 yêu nước + thông minh là tốt nhưng yêu nước + thiểu năng (giống bạn) gây hại cho đất nước này và cần phải loại trừ gấp.

[@WhatWillYouFind]

Living in Vietnam, I see the corruption even as an outsider. I can only hope the new generations will not repeat the same mistakes and that while corruption might not ever be completely eliminated . . . the same mistakes just across the border can be avoided so the future isnt stolen from as it has been elsewhere.

[@KingToad-cp1lu]

2:25 im a Vietnamese and in my country, the press stated that the damage is equivalent to 11% of the country's GDP

[@arthas640]

that's insane, most countries dont even spend 2% on their military and i think most countries spend something like 3% a year for universal healthcare.

[@silvalgalewalker503]

To elaborate on needing to "oil the wheel to make anything happen at all", there's was an "envelope epidemic" in public healthcare a few years back, probably still going on, where patients had to bribe doctors and nurses to get treated. In education, bribing for a better score is extremely common in K-12 and higher education. Even getting Doctorate or PHD, bribing is involved very step of the way. Anything that the public sector touched need bribing or else they will make your life difficult.

[@Benadryl659]

Yes I can confirm this.

[@jasonborne2521]

Yep, parents bribe principals for the school their kids want to get to regardless of academic merit.

[@LucielStarz123]

This man got better info on my own country than me

[@khmeremperor1729]

No he doesn’t, I’m pretty sure that most of the Vietnamese officials and citizens knew about the corruption ring in the country but they just can’t speak out about it because they will be disappeared.

[@LucielStarz123]

@@khmeremperor1729 no, he literally was able to gather more information than the average person in Vietnam on their most popular social media platform. Like you have no idea how little information people actually get.

[@ephraimium6755]

​@@khmeremperor1729 Because the majority of Vnese people are bigots when it comes to political issues. Whether they stand for the supporting side or not doesn't matter when all of them are either too coward and just mindlessly accuse bs on social platforms like Twittards or they became too reckless while doing a political movement without a meticulous plan like a fool.

[@quangnhatpham677]

⁠​⁠@@khmeremperor1729they have access to the information, yes. But remembering the little key details and making connections is nothing but impressive. After all, there’s none in nam do this kind of content for a living

[@crimsonqueen1670]

@@LucielStarz123yeah, Vietnamese governments really learn that magic trick from the Chinese government on how to use celebrities or some random news to hide major political or social shifts through media :)))

[@rosscharlie3935]

me being born in Vietnam, there are facts for me to talk about first: our general secretary Nguyen Phu Trong was one of those first generations taught about communist socialism and Ho Chi Minh ideology when Ho Chi Minh was still around before 1969. that is why he is (so far) the cleanness member of the party (in my understanding) second: in the video did mention Nguyen Phu Trong ( even though he was ill, the party voted for him so he was obligated to serve) in my view, this is a metaphor (that he did not want to see this country go downhill so even though he was old and ill but wanting to fix this country corruption problem so he have to be in charge) and to also trying to figure out who will succeed him in (the blazing furnace corruption problem)

[@tranhuyuc8987]

Có ai được đặc quyền như Nguyễn Phú Trọng, được gọi là bác Trọng đâu. Trong sạch, liêm khiết, toàn dân tin.

[@tinyrandomthings]

The season why he is still in charge is that he could not find a successor.

[@MinhHoang-xq1gp]

This is one of the best researched videos about Vietnam I've watched on this platform. Kudos!

[@minhuctrinh1059]

As a Vietnamese your pronunciation of Vietnamese names is pretty spot on, keep up the good work!

[@donwinn8551]

Except for his pronunciation of the first name of Prime Minister Nguyễn Tiến Dũng. The Vietnamese alphabet has two versions of the letter D: the hard Đ and the soft D. The hard Ð has the same pronunciation as the letter D in the English alphabet. The soft D’s pronunciation is more similar to the pronunciation of the letter Z in the English alphabet.

[@nightowl7261]

Vietnamese language sounds like mosquitos buzzing in my ears.

[@trinhkhanh2618]

​@@nightowl7261 bc you have never heard someone speak it properly

[@steve-oh4342]

I'm just waiting for those certain individuals who love to make comments about how this isn't real communism.... These government officials had one job, to manage the land and wealth of the country and distribute the goods, services, land and money to the Vietnamese citizens who need it and/or deserve it. The fact they cannot do this simple task without greedily committing fraud and corruption says everything.

[@jerryle379]

Corrupt is human tendency,the only way to get rid of it is high pay job similar to Singapore or you made it legal aka lobby,govt job here pay dirt low you either have to work 2 job to support your family (which many are doing,my friend work 2 job,govt job then selling bird nest online,other guy second job was computer repair/built)or turn to corruption 😐

[@steve-oh4342]

@@jerryle379 in other words, communism doesn't work....

[@steve-oh4342]

So communism doesn't work?

[@ghe9510]

bruh the corruption in capitalist countries can be even worse with their "lobbying". Our country is still growing and getting better every day- I can see it because I live in it-and don't you dare say I'm from the government because I'm not.

[@itisrichard9732]

Corruption is unavoidable. Greed is always in us and you want to get rid of it (which is impossible) in a after huge war country? Disappointment.

[@passerby-z]

Thanks Takuya for shedding light on so much about Vietnam history and politics which is really informative and insightful. Applause the time and effort to collate the resources and do up the video 👏👏

[@pinkpantheonqueerhistory5699]

I big love the fact he is posting the sources right in the background.

[@anhluu9417]

I actually know the former health minster Nguyễn Thanh Long personally. He's just not a good person in real life either.

[@arandomt-9056]

Tệ đến mức nào hả bạn?

[@anhluu9417]

@@arandomt-9056 Mình nhỏ một lần khi tớ còn bé, bố tớ có cần một việc giúp. Cuối cùng ông Long chả thêm giúp một lần nào, còn bố tôi phải đi giúp ông Long này bao nhiêu lần. Ông từ Trường Y Được Thái Bình cũng ko tốt lắm đâu.

[@johnlock2672]

From my understanding, corruption is a major problem in many, many nations worldwide (not just third world countries but first world too), and honestly i doubt humanity can stop humanity from falling into corruption, it seems to me like the tidal flooding, while the problem is addressed when it gets too big to ignore but the source of it is never removed (since it cannot be removed)

[@paigelee582]

I just want to say that you’re spot on. And I’m amazed at how all this vietnamese comment as if only vietnamese goverment is corrupted because the goverment play the communism card to run the country 😂😂 obviously they know nothing about other countries goverment 😂😂

[@WinterOffensive54]

I feel that the statement "the Tet offensive would mark a turning point for the North, and ultimately American forces would retreat from Saigon as the city was taken by North Vietnamese troops on April 30th 1975" (11:33) might lead to some misunderstandings. The Tet offensive occurred in January 1968 and was followed by two other offensives (Mini Tet and the August offensive) that year all of which failed militarily. It did, however, mark a turning point in the American publics perception of the conflict. To clarify I don't believe that you were trying to state that the Tet offensive was a success, but I think that people unfamiliar with the Vietnam War may misunderstand what was said.

[@ianshaver8954]

He’s right though. You win a war when the other side decides it’s not worth fighting it anymore.

[@WinterOffensive54]

@@ianshaver8954 I think there has been a misunderstanding. I was simply trying to add information for someone unfamiliar with the war. If someone told me that two sides were committing more and more forces, and that a certain offensive/battle was the turning point of that war I would imagine that it had been a traditional military victory. Something akin to the battle of Stalingrad in WW2, or the battle of Gettysburg in the Civil War. I agree that it was a turning point for American morale, and that America lost the war because it decided it was no longer worth fighting. To recap, I am not trying to contradict what he said. I am not saying that he is wrong. I am only trying to provide more information for someone that doesn't know about the war, and may have misunderstood the nature of the turning point.

[@thangnguyenvan1072]

​@@ianshaver8954sao lại không đáng nếu Mỹ Thắng cuộc chiến đó . thì họ sẽ có 1 đồng minh như Hàn Quốc ở Việt Nam. Họ sẽ quản lý các đảo Hoàng Sa, Trường Sa tại biển đông. đồng nghĩa với việc kiểm soát cả vùng biển này . và thế thì Trung Quốc không còn là mối nguy hại lớn đối với Mỹ như hiện bay

[@KuroBots01]

@@ianshaver8954It's not that it's not worth it, they just accept the fact that they have no way to force the Vietnamese people to stop fighting for independence without using nuclear bombs. The Vietnamese people's strong spirit is simply the same as the Japanese

[@ineedapharmists]

​@@ianshaver8954Or by violating a ceasefire and wait to the Americans have to leave. Y'all seem to forget that part.

[@zNaYuz]

As a Vietnamese, I want to clarify some points. In the grand scale, what you said is mostly true. There're a lot of problem. But in the daily life of average citizen, it's not a big deal. We also have some small issue like many other countries (including developed ones), but it's absolutely not in an apocalyptic scenario like you described. We don't have to bribe for everything like you said. At least, in last two decades, most people can deal with anything without bribing, except something associated with a lot of money. In 30 years of my life, I've no issue with any public service, except in a few instances I have to use some relations to get out of trouble swiftly.

[@electrifiedbathbomb7383]

I kinda agree with your statement The corruption isnt as bad that you cant do shit without bribery. But damn is bribery a super abundant get out of jail free card

[@stc2828]

When Vietnam is growing fast like China was 10 years ago, social problems can hid under the rug. Wait till gdp growth hits ceiling all hell is going to break loose 😂

[@antvn222]

Way to downplay it 😂

[@cannogabang1999]

Id like to challenge that The idea of "Not a big deal to the average person" is imo very dangerous Since high profile corruption, bribery and fraud might not take money away from their pockets directly, its hard for the average person to care However, it is because of them that bad and regressive decisions are made in favor of the rich and powerful instead of the average man, those decisions then affects your salary, your rent, your ability to afford education and healthcare, etc etc. Just look at our youth living in the cities. Underpaid, terrible living condition, poor health security, and will probably never buy a house in their life. It all can be traced back to corruption one way or another It is a big deal. The question is whether the average man have the education and guts to care or not

[@dewittdantebooker9897]

Its not a big deal to people got benefit from it, high rank officials and their relatives. Not every Vietnamese people are happy like you. Thats the main problem, when you see it you’ll wish to solve the problem of your country.

[@notribadsvault]

One small point, the Tet offensive did mark a turning point in people’s belief that the war could be brought to a close and in this sense was a strategic and political success, but tactically it was a failure with no lasting gains made.

[@Loan-z-s7g]

🤣🤣

[@AMabud-lv7hy]

Morale is part of tactical advantage, many winnable wars are lost when people lose faith.

[@GaiusdanhnhanAugustus]

Wrong. It kicked off Paris Accords negotiations (1969-1973). History noob.

[@ngahoang6887]

Up to now, Americans still do not understand what the 1968 Tet Offensive or the 1969 Khe Sanh Campaign was like. Like General Westmoreland, he also does not know that MC Namara, the US Secretary of Defense, was tricked like that by the North Vietnamese. The Tet Offensive was a blow to explode political capabilities and the American public. It shook America and created the largest anti-war wave. The battle of Khe Sanh in 1969 was well known. The Americans called that a battle of Dien Bien Phu would be reversed. They did not learn the lesson of the French defeat. They were confident that with their absolute superiority in air and artillery, they could win against the North Vietnamese General Westmoreland desired. to face the North Vietnamese army in a conventional battle when daring to challenge the martial arts general Nguyen Giap, the military master of Vietnam, America, and the United States has established the most solid defense system with the most elite army groups to confront the enemy. North Vietnamese soldiers according to the principle that the attacking side must have 3 times more troops than the defending side, but this time the North Vietnamese army attacked at a 1 vs 1 ratio with the US army and as a result, President Nixon had to send troops to rescue the soldiers. America from Khe Sanh to avoid being taken prisoner like the French. Mcnamara was even so pessimistic that he intended to use an atomic bomb to rescue American soldiers from Khe Sanh. The turning point of the war only ended on Christmas. In 1972, when America mobilized a huge force of fighter planes to attack northern Vietnam to turn Hanoi back to the Stone Age, the result was that Hanoi advanced to the Aluminum Age due to shooting down too many B52 aircraft. America's f4 flight Americans are stupid and refuse to learn the history of Vietnam, a country that has defeated the ancient Chinese empire many times and defeated the army of the Mongol Empire three times.

[@suvahomescape4665]

You don't see the casualties of the offensive, do you?

[@DungNguyen-FatRacoon]

I am actually astonished by the amount of insight you have. Very infomative and interesting, some of the points i dont event realized for i have been living in it for so long =))))))

[@bug5654]

How did funny history/HOI4 man jump from my shorts to longform videos, and why do I keep watching them?

[@shawngrinter2747]

Superb report, obviously a shed load of research, well done

[@VivalaryMan]

You should do a video on UK corruption next

[@khanhnguyen-tt3ff]

Vietnam 3 major problem are alcohol, gambling, corruption.

[@tinlephuochuu9493]

The first two are kind of our faults but it’s manageable, not so much the last one.

[@Alaryk111]

oh so they were right about ASEAN being Rice Balkans.

[@fuzzyhair321]

​@@quocvu1337oh come on there is likely always low level gambling. It's rife in thailand

[@traveljacknguyen2915]

And poverty as well

[@itisrichard9732]

Corruption every where, so this is yes. Poverty, what you expected from a regenerating country from war.

[@MemoryofSouthVietnam]

And to think that people complain about corruption in South Vietnam. It was bad, but it wasn't this bad - people siphoned off supplies to sell and make a living in a war-torn country. This is a whole different level.

[@elroyscout]

And also South Vietnam hasn't been a thing in like, half a century. We've got just one Vietnam these days.

[@rhodesianbacon1589]

I've also heard people also to make that same argument (Some arms being skimmed of the top so people can survive in a war zone) for the west not supporting Ukraine "All our money is going to do is end up in the hands of crimnals & murdeors not fighting Putin, who's gonna win eventualy anyways,"

[@rowbearly6128]

Oh come on, the Diem regime was atrocious, forced conversions, torture theft, they were incrediby corrupt.

[@MemoryofSouthVietnam]

@@elroyscout Well yes, I guess my wording is a bit unclear, but people complain and make comparisons about South Vietnam's corruption to this day, as a whataboutism. I put 'was' in my second sentence since South Vietnam indeed does not exist anymore.

[@kizikitun]

​@@MemoryofSouthVietnam whataboutism of what? If South Vietnam wasn't debilitatingly corrupt it wouldn't have lost in a single offensive.

[@skyfuzzball8312]

The moment when Trong said: It's Đốt Lò time.

[@khanhangnguyentran4619]

Lò đốt là bác Trọng xây, củi đốt cũng là từ cây ổng trồng.

[@ocbuougiong]

@@khanhangnguyentran4619 Lúc tròng kì vọng là cây tốt, lớn lên ai ngời sâu bọ loi nhoi, lúc nhúc bên trong nên đốt là đúng rồi, cây còn tương nhưng sâu bọ nhiều cũng đốt luôn.

[@tuantranvan5328]

người trồng chỉ mong rằng cây không bị sâu bệnh, nhưng bị rồi thì phải trị và đốn bỏ

[@ocbuougiong]

@@tuantranvan5328 nó ăn trong thân, trong tư tưởng rồi mà trị gì nổi, đốt bỏ có không gian cho cây khác phát triển thôi.

[@vothanh2124]

moment cái đéoo gì. Cứ nhìn thằng anh làm gì thì nửa năm sau thằng em làm theo. Như covid tàu nó zero thì v+ cũng lẽo đẽo zero covid. Tàu bắt đàn em bạc hi lai thì thằng em v+ cũng le te bắt đàn em thằng X. Tàu dập evergrand thì thằng việt cũng te te đi đập tụi bđs. Nói nghe nè. Tàu hiện đang khủng khoảng kinh tế, bạo động xảy ra khắp nơi và nc ngoài rút công ty về đó. Coi 6-8 tháng nữa xem

[@masterlordclaw]

History of everything comments, that the economy suffered after they "won" a war. I would like to point out that "losing" a war to America seems to be the exemption to the rule of beneficial losses in history. Therefore, "winning" a war against America would also be an exemption to the rule of warfare.

[@someboi4505]

I had a stroke reading this and still can't understand it

[@hieunguyenang8663]

we got 50 years of sanction bro, like u would understand?

[@Philip271828]

@@someboi4505 America is a benevolent victor and a salty loser. There's a film* called The Mouse That Roared whose premise is a minor country will start a war with America to lose is and get a lot of reconstruction investment which shows that the trend is not a new thing. See also the Cuban and Iranian revolutions which would have likely imploded without America providing a big outside threat. *Edit, it's actually a 1955 book.

[@khanhangnguyentran4619]

​​@@hieunguyenang8663dude your communist economy is literally the same to closed economy. Why would any other capitalism countries trade with a non free market economy? "Bao cấp" doesn't need foreign trade except aid from socialist countries like USSR and China. Until 1986, "Đổi mới" changed the policy to socialist-oriented market economy when they allowed Vietnam to integrate with the global market economy. So don't blame the world just because they didn't trade with us.

[@btcrsr888]

​@hieunguyenang8663 sanction for 50 years? 😂 who told you that? Sanction because Vietnam government violated human rights. Why would any country want to buy stuff from a country that heavily violate human rights? Bill Clinton said it in 1994, they lifted trade embargo on Vietnam because Vietnam liberalize the market.

[@TriNguyen-xi8ji]

This is probably the most comprehensive video about Vietnam political landscape I have came across. However, you should have used image of people with their name and position displayed in the video to make it easier to follow since your Vietnamese pronunciation is not that good as your content lol. Anyway, thank you for making the really really great video.

[@pesho123]

The image of "Rusalka" holiday village you flashed at 30:39 is of a spot on the Black sea in Bulgaria, not Vietnam. "Rusalka" (Русалка) is a Slavic word for "mermaid". The involvement of Russians in the development in Vietnam likely explains the name. There are a lot of seaside properties in Russia and Bulgaria that are called "Rusalka" for obvious reasons. I really enjoy your videos and especially the historic context.

[@TaleNodati]

Hot take! Being *forced* to tip for service is also bribery, eventhough many wouldn't think so. This is why US tipping culture is so strange to the EU.

[@kingofhearts3185]

Yes but it used to come after the meal when you paid, although as tipping is expanding to other sectors it is starting to be paid before service is provided.

[@DarkMagicianMan20]

not a hot take, that is the truth. Tipping shouldn't never been forced, it a reward.

[@nguyentri6651]

Forced to tip... how ? It called tip. At the end of the day, no one can legally force your hand into tipping. If they present you the option of not tipping, you take it. If they don't ? Even better. You want to not tip and keep your dignity intact ?? You expect businesses won't want to build empire ? errr... not gonna happen anytime soon. Not in this timeline.

[@Chinothebad]

Not a hot take. Though one has to wonder what places even force a tip since that's something usually after you get the bill.

[@iepvienredstoneHuy007]

@@nguyentri6651you try telling that to Americans. If you dont tip them for any logical reason, they would spit in your food, break your package, insults you and even physically assault.

[@edogelbard1901]

not so much that corruption increased, but that the justice system finally had the means and authority to counter it, after being so entrenched. I see this going well

[@27jyp]

I wish in Canada bc corruption is rampant in Canada pardoning high profile criminals while punishing civilians.

[@battleriteroyalevietnam8447]

actually, this case is more fun than corruption. Van Thinh Phat exploit, take control of SCB to loan an amount of money that can not loan in a legal way, since they dont have enough deposit asset for that loan. Then bride the audit department, investigator to turn blind eye on them. If they can pay it back intime. Then nothing is happen and the bank itself also happy because this kind of illegal loan usually have an enormous interest rate for its risk. Long story short, they make SCB their venture capital with an endless money source. And thats not all. beside of SCB. Van Thinh Phat sell illegal bond which didnt verified to the people and because of their long and strong business. many people get caught in the typhoon.

[@rouleslite5312]

KZbin recommened me this maybe because I'm a Vietnamese. This news is not new but everytime I think about it, I always feel some kind of hopeless. Even though, I know there are many officials fight for it but every day, all I see was someone gets caught because of corruption. Well, at least they're caught and if I won't here these kinds of news in the future, my country corruption is up to a new level.

[@mukkaar]

Frankly in corrupt countries with authoritarian tendencies, weeding out corruption often can be way worse than nothing. I mean corruption is literally THE excuse people use to get rid of their opponents and consolidate power.

[@jerryle379]

All countries are corrupt and all country politicians use scandals to eliminate their competition 🤣 some country corruption are legal ( lobby )

[@duongthienbao8782]

Corruption is the politician opponents, not an excuses for power and the politicians must get rid of it, if there's any politicians committing corruption, they would like to arrest that person rather than tolerate them and corruption. Thee people who work for a working class government (which is the one that the West always called as authoritarian) are working for people benefit and the development of the country

[@gutentag587]

@@duongthienbao8782 however at the same time, corruption can be used as a way to accuse other politicians, especially when said politicians is considered as a threat/opponent. It happened in some cases out there with authoritarian government such as China for instance, with Xi's political party getting rid of Li Keqiang since Li was considered a political threat to Xi. Don't know if Vietnam has come to point thus far but it's not a surprise for political figures to get rid of other politicians with reasons such as incitement, corruption, or treason. Zhou Enlai almost became a victim to the Cultural Revolution that aimed to "weed out the traitors and revisionists within the Communist party."

[@suvahomescape4665]

In capitalist country we got lobbying

[@naheleshiriki5496]

Thank you so much for the work that you do, you are by far the most informative person in regards to the state of different countries.

[@extremely_reactionary]

In Vietnam, everyone corrupts. Teachers, doctors, builders, polices,...

[@tranhuyuc8987]

Everyone corrupts, to an extent; that goes the same to you and me, mate.

[@anhtuan5928]

Sir, you understand about our country’s condition more than me a Vietnamese myself, mad respect 😆

[@huntertrum3658]

My dad works with a guy from Vietnam, and many times he's asked me if I will visit his country to see his neice. Basically, he wants me to help her get into the United States. As bad as this idea sounds, I was genuinely considering it, mostly because they were offering me a paid round trip to Vietnam, and I've been wanting to explore internationally. However, after reading about the countries heavy corruption, aswell as the government's many human rights violations, I'm glad to say that I won't take that, or any trip to Vietnam, any time soon.

[@SaigonMouse]

Wich human rights violations? Vietnam has a better justice system than the USA or Europe. In Vietnam everyone will be treated the same. No matter if you are rich or poor. In Western countries it depends on how rich you are. Dont believe everything on internet and KZbin.

[@Setsunascarletstorm24]

An American talking about human right violation? Colour me surprised

[@QuangTran-nl7sw]

Wise choie They want the Citizenship, not your father Of Course

[@nightowl7261]

Are you American? If so, don't talk about human right violation. You're guilty of it.

[@antvn222]

@@SaigonMouseare you on drugs ?

[@PiethagorasTearem]

Operation “Blazing furnace” reminds me of “Flaming dragon” in tropic thunder 😂

[@randyking476]

And how is this different than what has been going on in Washington DC. Not all politicians are criminals, but most are.

[@tranhuyuc8987]

People don's usually report about governmental corruption. But when they do, you'll be shocked to see how corrupted those individuals you've been holding belief in has become.

[@jorenvanderark3567]

I don't know about you, but I don't have to pay a bribe to get my car inspected... or for the department to show up. Do you?

[@PEGI_man]

This will sound terrible but, in my time living in Vietnam I budgeted specifically for bribes in my monthly budget. Paying the right person a gift for their services could have any problem ironed out or any document stamped. I would constantly be reminded that to make a good living there you needed to pay up or move out.

[@lephuckhanhtuong6124]

As a Vietnamese, I felt hopeless. Most of the government cabinets are so corrupted, they are purging each other for the General Secretary position. General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng just passed away yesterday. So, the purging is getting more and more intensified. If this continues, our people will be living in a corrupted society, taxes will rises, our salary will deducted, our education, economy will down fall. I wish if Uncle Ho saw this and helped us out. We can only hope for miracles...

[@SecundaXV]

Uncle Ho has good intentions to free the people from foreign imperialism and control, but this choice in system of government has a history of leaders purging and cutthroating both the higher-ups and the common people in different countries. I feel this is what Uncle Ho wanted because class system between the rich and the poor isn't the main problem. It's Man vs nature and human nature trying to survive in an unforgiving planet is the main issue. This is why China and Vietnam has seen an improvement in quality of life in recent decades when the change was made to a mixed free market, but not in places like Cuba, North Korea, and East Germany. It is also why Venezuela is becoming a failing state vs a place like Sweden who has government control but an free-market. South Vietnam before 1975 has it's own similar problems but the different in quality of life between the South and North is different. This is why many of them left. Not because of high taxes but because of all the bribes, homes, corruption, bussiness being taken away. And why many Vietnamese today are leaving Vietnam for places like the UK, Japan, the US, Australia, Germany, Korea, etc. To unfortunately be wivies of foreigner or to take business else where instead within Vietnam. Of course, this is all easy for me to say with the internet and time. Uncle Ho didn't know any of this, we all didn't know...

[@anchoimaimai]

7:51 it’s Nguyễn not the butchered nyugen 🙄😵‍💫🤯

[@HienTruong_M.D]

As a surgeon in Saigon, I must say that youre almost perfectly right about the corruption in medical system. The "bribe for cure culture" is often seen in northern and central part of Vn, but it is much fewer in the south, especially in Saigon, at my centre, its extremely rare that a patient must bribe for treatments. That sound great but also take with a price, cause of low salary, people often leave public medical centre after within 5 years, hospital always have plenty of just graduated employee, emergency and others long training specialty never have near a half man needed

[@tranhuyuc8987]

Nostalgia of the 60s Saigon?

[@troy2223]

​​@@tranhuyuc8987bọn m lạ nhở? Cứ nói về các thể loại vấn đề bất cập quốc gia hay nhà nước thì cứ là "hoài niệm 60's"/cali/ngụy? VNCH nó chấm dứt từ 50 năm trước rồi, giờ mấy thành phần lên tiếng toàn thuộc nhóm người trẻ, sống cả đời dưới cq việt nam, "ở trong chăn mới biết chăn có rận" cả. Rồi m có nêu ra được ý kiến gì có giá trị không? Hay cứ thấy ý kiến mà mình không thích rồi gắn mác mà chửi( association fallacy) cho nó đã cái mồm trước đã?

[@tranhuyuc8987]

@@troy2223 bình tĩnh ông bạn. Tôi bảo gã kia hoài niệm về thời VNCH chứ có bảo tôi ủng hộ hay gì đâu. Đm, mới vào Đảng thôi mà.

[@tranhuyuc8987]

@@troy2223ông bạn giỏi thì thử chứng minh trong miền Nam của ông không có chuyện biếu tiền bác sĩ đi. Nó thành "văn hóa" cmnr. Bác sĩ làm công ăn lương đâu giàu tới thế, giờ tự nhiên có người nhà bệnh nhân tới đưa phong bì 2, 3tr rồi "trăm sự nhờ bác" thì chỉ có ngu mới không nhận. Ông bạn nếu là bác sĩ, chắc ko nỡ từ chối nhỉ?

[@troy2223]

@@tranhuyuc8987 người nhà làm bác sĩ ngay tại miền tây, đồng tháp đây này, vấn đề biếu tiền nó chỉ chủ yếu ở mấy thg trình dược viên bên công ty cống tiền hay nịnh nọt để bệnh viện ưu tiên mua thuốc bên nó, cái đó thì thuộc về phạm trù tham nhũng rồi. Còn vấn đề biếu tiền bác sĩ (bên đây gọi "gửi gắm") ở miền nam nó ở dưới dạng tặng quà cáp hoặc bánh trái giá trị cao là cùng, không ai đưa phong bì thẳng cả và cũng không phải trường hợp thường thấy. Ông comment nói đúng ở chỗ do đó trình độ bs bên đây thấp hơn đấy. Bác sĩ mới dưới bệnh viên đa khoa khu vực Đồng Tháp toàn bs mới học từ các trường lởm bên Võ Trần Toản, Nam Sài Gòn, Cần Thơ hoặc dân chuyên tu trình độ cực kỳ thấp cả. Mấy bác sĩ tốt nghiệp đh y dược sài gòn, huế, phạm ngọc thạch toàn đổ vào bệnh viện tư thôi.

[@Derrick-u5p]

I appreciate and enjoyed all the work you have done on this video. I will be walking around with a Vietnamese name salad in my head for days and I will never tease my Vietnamese friends ever again about their names.

[@MrPlainsflyer]

Moar Corruption My Friends!!!!

[@NguyenAndrew2009]

Very good explanation of the current state of our country! Thanks for creating this video! :)

[@cynthiaherbst3909]

AITA for when i read 1MDB at first i thought it said imdb and was expecting a score on how epic the corruption was like a movie review? Lol 😅

[@Vesperitis]

As someone from Malaysia, we get it. Happens all the time.

[@kingofhearts3185]

I mean that industry is also bought and paid for, so it's understandable.

[@ClandinShadow]

I was considering asking for video about the greatest grifts of history in order feel better about Canada's ongoing fallout from the ArriveCan debacle, so thanks for this

[@randomsocknr.3334]

Lmao, the name of the Vietnamese currency took me completely off guard.

[@allent.g560]

He mispronounced it so badly.

[@chonkyboy3597]

the dong :D

[@Z28KR]

Took me two days to finish watching this video. Fantastic work good sir.

[@chaosXP3RT]

Corruption is a huge issue in all one-party states.

[@mario-qq7bq]

I agree but it doesn’t explain why India is poorer than China. A lot of country in Latin America are democracies but they are still poorer than China. I don’t see how two party will lead to less corrupt.

[@ThanhHa-uk9hi]

Of course, there will be no corruption if your system legalize it.

[@trunganhang7852]

A rather uninformed remark. Corruption occurs most prominently in multi-party systems. Look at the Corruption Perception Index by Transparency International (relatively accurate), not just what you hear

[@SgtRocko]

@@mario-qq7bq China's still very much poverty-stricken. With India, since they started moving away from Socialism in the 1990s, their economy has been booming. With what they've accomplished in around 30 years, India is the growing power to watch.

[@MrKbtor2]

Interesting for me because I just moved to Vietnam. This'll be great knowledge for conversation.

[@Notsogoodguitarguy]

Wohoo, Bulgaria was mentioned xD

[@ArchonDeath]

I just want you to know that I am from Vietnam and this is the best research on Vietnamese corruption I have seen yet. It helped that you are not bogged down by the politic and prejudice that affect basically any Vietnamese that try and do something like this. Also you didnt pronounce the Nguyen correctly. Just saying man work on that kekw

[@heedonist]

That some crazy corruption going on

[@duonghoangphi4811]

the name pronunciation was surprisingly crisp. 9/10

[@drgutman]

the iron law of oligarchy paper explains the roots of corruption pretty well.

[@dangvandat9530]

Tham lam là bản chất của" con người" chế độ nào cũng vậy , công khai hoặc không muốn công khai cho ai biết hay thôi 😊

[@QuocNguyen-n9x]

Your video is impressive, I am surprised when a foreigner understands deeply about Viet Nam society like this. Great jobs!

[@Benadryl659]

Yes, corruption happens at every level in Vietnamese society. Fortunately I’m not there anymore, didn’t have to experience that in my adulthood.

[@Benadryl659]

It’s like a nonstop cycle; when you live there you need to bribe to get by; and if you don’t, nothing you want/need will get done or you’ll have to wait for a long time because the ppl who bribed will get theirs before you by cutting in line. This common practice applies to literally everything you do in life, from birth to death, giving birth, getting care, school enrollment, school exams, college entrance exams, getting any licenses or paperwork, going to hospital, doing any business in vietnam. If officials needed to have certain certificates to qualify for certain positions or to move up a political level, they’d just need to purchase them no need to study or pass any exam. If you have bribed to move up the hierarchy, there’s one day you’ll get exposed and thrown in jail for the crime of bribery.

[@MorbidEel]

Every country has a corruption problem. Some just do a better job of hiding it than others. Some are so good at it that they make it legal and it stops being "corruption". Vietnam has what the kids would call a skill issue.

[@nightowl7261]

Bribery is known as lobbying in the West.

[@jasonborne2521]

No, Vietnam has an "accepting corruption as a part of life" problem

[@Auxillia]

Hell yes, finally ! Thanks for covering this topic.

[@haldon12]

I got so excited when I saw this video! Really glad you'll also be tackling the Malaysian sovereign wealth fund story - fascinating stuff. I love Vietnam and their history - just a wonderful scrappy nation who refuses to buckle under their neighbors. They've got their faults, but I hope that ultimately this anti-corruption scandal leads to better government and leadership for them - everyone deserves to live under good government, even if it's a system I don't like on principle.

[@kizzik]

Excellent exposé on the endemic corruption in Vietnam. I'm a disabled Army veteran and a retired federal worker. I'm also a Vietnamese American who has now retired in Vietnam. I can attest that this is all true. However, corruption in the U.S. is institutionalized, international, and on a much greater scale with many trillions of dollars. Every major industry's lobyist knows the price for every legislator in the House of Representatives and Senate. Even our Federal Supreme Court Justices receives luxury vacations and gifts for them and their families from special interest groups and politically connected billionaires. Big Pharma co-opted the FDA years ago with revolving door practices of pharmaceutical execs who used to work as heads of the FDA and then go back to their executive position or lobby for them. Don't even get me started about big oil, the NRA, and the shenanigans in our banking systems and financial industries, to name a few. Remember too big to fail, too big to jail? It's a fact that almost every long-standing legislator miraculously becomes a millionaire by the end of their terms.

[@carlramirez6339]

I was in Vietnam in January 2024. Unlike other countries I've been to, no one there talked about present-day politics.

[@HeiZuKa]

Sadly because the current political situation is so fucked up, they have to use mass media propaganda to distract the people with Vietnam's glorious past since Viet patriotism is relatively high

[@msitahp3640]

@@HeiZuKa true. They do it everyday to "feed" people to distract them.

[@phudoanhnguyen]

Just being too busy to care about politics, because the avarage salary is just 4k dollars per year

[@ellynguyen3216]

If you want to talk about politics, you should go to Hanoi. Older people talk about politics right on the sidewalk. Young people talk about work and marriage because that will directly change their lives.

[@mysteriousboss977]

They don't talk about it due to fear of getting caught by the government, but head online and you'll see a different story

[@Cec9e13]

You have my utmost respect for getting through all those names.

[@Sabamika1]

I can sum up why this isn't a good thing in far less time. The Vietnamese Communist party rooting out corruption = they're doing away with political enemies by any means necessary. Communism and corruption are comfy bedfellows. They'd have to throw out the entire Communist party to get rid/lesson corruption. And they're not about to do that.

[@toomanymarys7355]

Thank you!!!

[@ucanhvungoc7133]

Nahhhh bro, corruption is fully legal in America under the name “lobbying”. Does this mean Capitalism is root for corruption? Deal with jt, corruption is a problem with every givernment, its just how they choose to manage or live with it

[@Sabamika1]

@rook513 Okay communist.

[@eakkkl8704]

But replace with what? You can't just throw away a legitimate government easily WITHOUT considerable successor. The current communist government currently still have large support from the people despite their incompetence. It is because of their effort to defend national sovereignty in the South china Sea. And oh boy, I don't want those losers who can't cope with their defeat over decades ago return to vietnam. The best solution is to just wait to see if the current government can solve the internal issues or just let it be. Overall, I do agree that removing the current communist system is a solution, but NOT in this time because we don't want another bloody civil war, don't we? A peaceful transition is the best outcome.

[@Sabamika1]

@@eakkkl8704 I don't think you read what I wrote fully. I said they weren't going to replace it. So apologies, but your entire reply is a moot point.

[@WalkaboutRojo]

Corruption has always been an issue, and it's an on going issue. I heard from some local officials that it's difficult to get anything done, papers signed, and approvals taken care of because people are scared of being associated with any of this.

[@lars4357]

Interesting video. 12:20 However, I am not sure if you can claim that Vietnam was at peace after 1975 (I am guessing that this was the moment that the reconstruction period started). Considering that Vietnam fought two wars against Cambodia and China between 1977-1991 during the so-called 'third indochina war'.

[@TheVivianable]

Yeap. Very accurate. Great job on the researching. Btw, you got the name tags mixed up between Ho Chi Minh and Gia Long.

[@boota2798]

I may have friends in Vietnam who's family's were on the losing side of the civil war. In the last 10 years they have been able to finally get approval to own their own small property. When I visited i was told "We have an official who lives next door, please just politely nod and do not enter into conversation unless spoken to, as if he is offended we will become homeless again".

[@hungha5574]

your friend is just paranoid.

[@bthsr7113]

The reliance upon corruption to make ends meet reminds me of pre police English courts.

[@CrazzyJokerr]

My sister worked 8 years in the banking industry, and she always says everybody scams there and takes their cut. It only becomes a problem when people get greedy

[@abcdefkkk123aa]

Chị gái mày là ai? Mà nói nhãm thế?

[@anhtrung8909]

For some words u kept the original meaning in Vietnamese, which sounds quite funny. But watching ur video from a well-researched, without censorship, propaganda. This really a valuable fogreiner's neutral POV to provide info to ppl in my country

[@riosasin3086]

I knew this would come, and i knew he missed pronouns in every Vietnamese name, don't worry Vietnamese is hard..P/s Why did you place the name of HoChiMinh in the image of Gia Long in 9:34?

[@riosasin3086]

the problem in cpv was a lot of inner fights different from multi-party a country it isn't public, the easiest way to bring down other factions in the party is to find proof of their member's corruption and public it in the media and as you see taking bribes is a culture in Vietnam and it's won't go anywhere no matter how much Vietnamese virtual signal how much we fight corruption, economy system change but the culture wasn't so much. As a Vietnamese, I was hoped some of them really fight for the future of the nation rather than a low-paid -without bribes- job but Vietnamese people only get a bonus from the conflict of cpv factions, that the reason why the big party officials want most royalty member for them but not for the country, the reason why they have parachute free jail when been call out, the reason why one man has 2 most powerful position of the nation, the reason only thing can reveal corruption of a party official is the party itself. There are no one leaves a bad mark we just see it unhindered

[@hydronpowers9014]

Whoa, I could see a series of corruption in various countries

[@HenryHoang-x]

I know someone that works in the central government, and he told me it’s a total shit show, it’s barely functioning.

[@Cumdown]

Enough about USA, lets talk about Vietnam

[@mysteriousboss977]

Tell us more pls

[@iepvienredstoneHuy007]

And we somehow still function as somewhat okay-ish nation. It is honestly both baffles and hilarious

[@dannyzero692]

@@iepvienredstoneHuy007 making things appear that things are ok is a specialty, I live in Vietnam and my dear god the every time a politician got in trouble the main roads are suddenly very colorful with patriotic flag waving and of course the news barely mention anything and switched to some motorbike accident or something along that line.

[@chrisoldnall2364]

I have been working and living in Vietnam for nearly 7 years, this video has been incredibly accurate

[@HaKhangPham-oo3ps]

Which country doesnt? At least Vietnam is fighting it not hiding it.

[@hanhthien2948]

yeah but this case is huge, this case is in the TOP 2 most corruption in Southeast Asia, TOP 1 is the case of currency manipulation of an entire country in Malaysia, Mr. Jho Low once made the richest billionaires in the world at that time such as Bill Gates, David Koch, Charles Koch, I'm shocked, because of Mr. Jho Low's tolerance and at that time the whole country of Malaysia had to respect the wife of the Malaysian Prime Minister because of the way she went shopping, normal rich people don't need to buy branded clothes. Look at the price, but she buys branded clothes = how to buy everything in the store without worrying about design or size.

[@justinhess2747]

That was an emotional rollercoaster.

[@orb.orbiter]

I think Indonesia's corruption problem is more mind-boggling especially the past leaders that looted that country

[@Reishystboi]

Im Vietnamese. In Vietnam there are corruptions in all levels of politic system, from small to big. Because the state employee works in five-year term, many have a "term" mindset. Some of them just take bribe money for allowing bad companies to violate rules, environment,... and when the term end they retire with their pocket full, waiting to move to foreign country for living (mostly USA and other Europe country).They leaves many problem down to later term thinking that next term's employee will do it. Aside from that there's also many normal people who willing to dump waste into the environment especially industrial waste, selling harmful, low quality product (food, clothes,..) to cosumers without considering other people's health. I think the reason of the corruption not because of low salary as some people mention, but because of Vietnamese's selfishness and laziness, most of Vietnamese just want to make money much and quick without using their brain and muscle power and the law system is too weak to prevent these people from doing so