Vietnam Quotes

“The Communist Party leadership likes SOEs because they can implement its policies. The Party members who run them can be ordered to carry out Party policies. But many bosses like running SOEs because they provide plenty of opportunities for personal enrichment. Setting up a subsidiary company and appointing oneself to the board is an easy way to make money. Another is to set up a private company owned by a friend or relative and either sell its assets at cheap prices or award it lucrative contracts.”
― Bill Hayton, Vietnam: Rising Dragon

“purportedly free market, corrupt officials and state-owned companies looking to leverage their monopoly positions into profits.”
― Bill Hayton, Vietnam: Rising Dragon