Ministry of Transportation revokes licences of two private carriers

December, 08 2011 11:33:00

Hà Nội – The Ministry of Transport has decided to revoke the operating licences of private domestic carriers Indochina Airlines and Trãi Thiên Air Cargo.

Indochina Airlines had ceased flying on November 25, 2009 due to a series of difficulties including unresolved debts and a drop in customers.

Indochina Airlines was the first operational private airline in Viet Nam, originally licensed in May 2008. It began operations in November of the same year.

Meanwhile, Trãi Thiên Air Cargo had never started operating after receiving its license in June 2008 –.VNS

Shinhan Vietnam largest foreign bank after merger

This is a calculated move designed years ago and executed to perfection one can guess. Anybody else are doing the same? 

Wednesday, November 30,2011,21:01 (GMT+7)

By Hong Phuc – The Saigon Times Daily

HCMC – Shinhan Vietnam Bank has become the largest foreign bank in Vietnam after formally taking over Shinhan Vina Joint-Venture bank on Monday.

According to Vietcombank Securities Co. Ltd., the consultant for this merger, Shinhan Vietnam has new chartered capital of VND 4,575 trillion and total assets of VND18 trillion, and nine branches in Vietnam.

This is the first merger of two banks in Vietnam in line with Circular 04 issued by the State Bank of Vietnam in February last year on the M&A framework in the banking sector.

Any merger under the new regulation must go through a two-stage approval process – agreement in principle and final endorsement by the central bank.

The deal relating to Shinhan Bank, which was initiated in March, obtained the central bank’s preliminary blessing on September 8 and the final approval on November 11, said Vietcombank Securities.

Previously, the central bank had allowed Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank) to transfer its entire stake in Shinhan Vina Bank to South Korea’s Shinhan Financial Group and approved the merger of Shinhan Vietnam and Shinhan Vina.

Shinhan Vietnam took over all network, human resources, assets, obligations and rights of Shinhan Vina.

The joint-venture bank before being merged into Shinhan Vietnam was established in 1993 under the name of First Vina Bank with chartered capital of US$75 million, with Vietcombank holding a 50% stake and two South Korean partners Korea First Bank and Daewoo Securities with 40% and 10% respectively.

Shinhan Financial Group acquired all stakes of South Korean partners in 2001 and renamed the bank as Shinhan Vina.

Shinhan Vietnam Bank, set up in 2008 with charted capital of VND3 trillion, is one of the first five 100% foreign-invested banks licensed in Vietnam.

Dec 6, 2011 – Vietnam first forced banks merger – more expected to follow

Hanoi, Dec 6, 2011

The first banks forced merger with the Vietnam Central Bank comes to the rescue. One can expect more to follow suit. They handed out more licenses than the market can absorb and now the ordinary men and women have to share the burden, the rich few benefited from their greedy adventures. Life is not fair to the poor who are getting poorer for the rich and powerful few. When is it going to stop?

The three Ficombank, TinNghiaBank and Saigon SCB with total chartered capital of VND 10,600 billion and total assets listed as VND 154,000 billion agreed to merge together under the supervision of BIDV, who will represent the SBV with contribution to the merger.

BIDV will commit VND 5,000 billion credit to Ficombank. The three banks signed a consulting agreement with Australian Macquarie Capital with Lee George Lam, chairman of Macquarie Capital Indochina, to serve as Chairman of the Advisory Board. Macquarie Capital is trusted to advice the banks in drafting new biz strategy as well as finding new investors, to mobilize new cash and going IPO.

State Bank of Vietnam Governor Nguyen Van Binh spoke about the merger 

They are the first three banks agreed to merge. The merging trend will continue with other targets after the Government agreed in principle with the restructuring program for banks, which had been submitted for approval from the Polit Bureau next. From now until the end of the first quarter of 2012 SBV will complete the valuation and rating process for all banks to choose the right approach for each bank merger.

The basic financial data for the three banks:

Unit: Billion VND

	Tín Nghĩa		Sài Gòn		Đệ nhất
	9 months 2011	2010	9 months 2011	2010	9 months 2011	2010
Chartered Capital	3.399	3.399	4.185	4.185	3.000	3.000
Total asset value	58.940	46.414	78.014	60.183	17.100	7.649
Prior tax profit	579	378	530	544	219	141
Net profit	432	284	401	405
Deposit	35.029	25.546	40.900	35.121	8.800 (*)	5.360 (*)
Source: Finance reports third quarter 2011 (*): capital from businesses and public

More about this forced merger:

Tuoi tre online: First VietnameseBanksMerged 

VietnamNetNews: First Vietnamese banks merged in central bank’s restructuring 

Vietnam embarks on banking reform

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China’s Super-Rich Buy a Better Life Abroad – Vietnamese to follow suit soon?

Vietnamese millionairess are far behind Chinese rich ones in migrating to the rich western countries, but they are going to do the same in the next ten years. Their kids are studying in the US, UK and Australia and would love to extend their stay. The polluted air and water plus the chaotic traffic and more serious criminal acts may force those riches’ wife and kids to flee the country. The men would certainly staying behind until possible unrest break out in ten years time if this trend continues as it is today. 

Bloomberg GLOBAL ECONOMICS November 22, 2011, 11:20 PM EST

Education for the kids, clean air, and rule of law are luring wealthy families to emigrate

By Dexter Roberts and Jasmine Zhao

Self-made millionaire Li Weijie runs his own ski and golf resort outsideBeijingand considers himself a patriot: A lifesize statue of Mao Zedong on a four-meter base towers over the entrance to his resort. What would Chairman Mao say if he knew Li was the proud holder of a Canadian residency card? “I wanted access to the education system and health care of a developed country,” says Li, 43, whose other businesses include one ofBeijing’s largest private taxi companies, two car dealerships, and a real estate company. Li now has a $6 million house onVancouver’s Westside, known for its rich Chinese. His wife tools aroundVancouverin a black Maybach while his 20-year-old son drives a dark gray Maserati to classes at theUniversityofBritish Columbia. His wife and son live inCanadafull-time.

What began as a trickle a decade ago when Li moved his family toCanadahas become a flood asChina’s new rich seek foreign passports or residency permits (commonly known as green cards in theU.S.) largely from theU.S.,Canada,Australia,Singapore, andNew Zealand. More than 500,000 Chinese have investable assets of over 10 million yuan ($1.57 million), according to a joint survey released in April by China Merchants Bank and Bain & Co. The study says almost 60 percent are considering emigrating, have begun the process, or have emigrated.

In theU.S.so far this year almost 3,000 Chinese citizens have applied for investor visas, up from 270 in 2007. That’s 78 percent of the total applicant pool for this type of visa, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). TheU.S.investor visa, also known as the EB-5, requires a minimum investment of $500,000 by the applicant in a commercial project in theU.S.that employs at least 10 Americans within two years. If the Chinese applicants can’t generate those jobs, they and their family may have to leave theU.S.

The drive to emigrate makes for brisk business for people like Jason Zhang, a broker at Realty Direct Boston, a branch of a nationwide chain. Zhang’s office specializes in settling Chinese in theBostonarea. He says this year he has already helped dozens of Chinese families purchase homes and cars (the émigrés often pay in cash, he says) and find the right schools for their children, up from just two or three families in total a few years ago. Wealthy suburbs like Weston andLexingtonare top choices.

For the most part, China’s richest aren’t permanently fleeing their country, as some Russian oligarchs have. About 80 percent of the wealthy Chinese emigrating don’t plan on giving up their passports, according to an October survey by the Bank of China and Shanghai-based Hurun Report, which publishes an annual ranking of China’s richest people. Instead, the most common model is that of Li Weijie: Wife and child get foreign passports and live abroad, husband gets a residency permit but spends most of his time in China. “If you think of emigrating like Russians, it is because they are afraid and so are leaving their country,” says Hurun’s founder, Rupert Hoogewerf. “This is not true of the wealthy Chinese at all. They still have their businesses inChina and most of their assets are in yuan.”

So why are they looking at residency abroad? The top motive cited is to pursue better educational opportunities for their children, according to the Bank of China-Hurun and China Merchants-Bain surveys, as well as comments from émigrés. The feeling among rich Chinese is thatU.S. universities beat out their Chinese equivalents, and their children need to understand the world. Émigrés note that top Chinese leaders such as Xi Jinping, likelyChina’s next president, send their children abroad to study. Escaping dire air quality and food safety problems are also factors.

Moving a family abroad and obtaining foreign residency cards could also prove useful in case of sudden legal or policy shifts that hurt entrepreneurs, or if social unrest reaches a boiling point. So-called mass incidents—riots, strikes, and protests—doubled in five years, to 180,000 in 2010, Sun Liping, a professor at Beijing’s Tsinghua University, wrote in a Feb. 25 article in the Economic Observer. “Some people inChina are talking about class conflicts against rich people,” says Wang Xiaolu, deputy director of the National Economic Research Institute inBeijing. “Maybe some of those emigrating or getting residency are worrying about possible policy changes turningChina ‘left’ that will put them in danger.”

One émigré inBoston(who asked only that his last name, Yang, be used since he still owns a factory inChina) points out that the Chinese government spent more money on internal security (549 billion yuan) than on defense (534 billion yuan) in 2010. He says that if things got ugly, the rich would be targets not just for being rich but for their close connections with the government. Most ofChina’s wealthy have an “original sin,” or some illegality relating to earning their “first bucket of gold,” says Yang.

“Chinadevelops so fast, and the society is unstable,” says Shengxi “Tina” Tian, an attorney at MT Law, a firm based inBurlington,Mass., that helps wealthy Chinese emigrate to the U.S. Tian points out that the émigrés appreciate the rule of law in theU.S.,Canada, and elsewhere.

Some wealthy émigrés are nervous talking openly about why they have sought foreign residencies. “For us businessmen, we go wherever is safe,” says another recent émigré inBoston. “China’s political system and legal system make us feel insecure,” says the businessman, who still runs a furniture business inShanghaiand would not allow his or his company’s name to be used. He later refused to talk further and instead declared his devotion to the Party.

InChina, more than 800 licensed emigration service companies (and possibly hundreds more without proper government approvals) coach applicants for visa interviews, help them fill out forms, and identify possible overseas investments. Beijing-based Well Trend United, one ofChina’s oldest and largest emigration service companies, charges up to $30,000 per client. Well Trend, which has offices in 10 ofChina’s largest cities and more than 400 visa consultants and agents, says it has helped more than 10,000 Chinese get overseas visas since it opened in 1995. Business will remain strong for at least another decade, says founder Larry Wang. “It helps theU.S.get certain capital while Chinese can realize their dream of seeing the world. It’s supply and demand.”

A serious issue for both the Chinese applicants and their prospective host countries is the origin of their wealth. To ensure that those with criminal backgrounds aren’t let in, and to make sure they’re truly affluent, officials of theU.S.,Canada, and other countries want thorough documentation of their assets. That can be difficult. “Wealthy Chinese almost all have a history of evading taxes,” says Gao Tong, who emigrated to Boston six years ago and is now setting up his own immigration services company called Harmonia Capital USA, with his brother, a wealthy Shanghai businessman. “They fear getting caught if they have to report their income globally.”

Some middlemen collude with clients to forge documents, say Well Trend executives, since many émigrés don’t have papers to prove the origin of their finances, or they may have gotten rich through illicit means. “There are more than a few bad apples,” says Victor Lum, a vice-president at Well Trend and a former Canadian visa official. “USCIS takes allegations regarding EB-5 program malfeasance very seriously,” USCIS spokesman Christopher Bentley wrote in an e-mail.

Longer term, ifChina’s economy continues to grow, the emigration surge could abate. Ski resort entrepreneur Li says some of his friends are reconsidering plans to get foreign residency. In part that’s because of stricter rules inCanadaand elsewhere. And while rich Chinese still crave Canadian orU.S.degrees for their children, they may see less reason to emigrate. “When I first went to Canada, I thought China was very backward and it would take 50 years for us to catch up,” says Li. “After 10 years, we can all see that China will absolutely surpass the rest of the world.”

The bottom line: More than half a million Chinese are worth at least 10 million yuan. Many are seeking the insurance of a second home abroad.

Roberts is Bloomberg Businessweek‘s Asia News Editor and China bureau chief. Zhao is a reporter for Bloomberg News.

 

Vietnam deputy health minister – abusing power Thanh Nien

This is one of the hottest scandal of the year. It display how dirty some of the highest ranking official in the country are as they abuse their power and took bribe to approve drugs beyond the safety of the popolation.

SGK is accused of paying Deputy Health Minister about US$100 K three years ago for one of its drugs approval.

SGK had not taken any stance regarding the accusation as yet.

Vietnam deputy health minister denies power abuse accusations 

Last updated: 9/9/2011 17:35

http://www.thanhniennews.com/2010/Pages/20110909174820.aspx

 

Deputy health minister Cao Minh Quang

Vietnam’s deputy health minister Wednesday denied accusations that he abused power to force a pharmaceutical company to lend him VND1 billion (US$48,000).

Cao Minh Quang, deputy minister of the Ministry of Health, made the denial in an interview with the Tuoi Tre newspaper after several news sources reported that Nguyen Quoc Dung, director general of the BV Pharma Joint-Venture Company, had sent a letter to the health ministry containing the accusation of undue duress.

In a report published Wednesday, news website Dan Viet quoted Dung’s letter as saying Quang’s request for the loan had been made when Ngo Chi Dung, Quoc Dung’s predecessor, was at helm of the company in 2007.

Fearing that the official would abuse his power and cause trouble to the company, the former director general then called for a meeting and the board of directors then agreed to lend Quang VND1 billion under a written agreement, according to the news source.

However, in an interview with Tuoi Tre, Quang said because he had close ties with Chi Dung, he had borrowed money from him twice for a total of VND2 billion to deal with some family matters.

As of June 26, 2008, he had repaid his debt in full together with VND200 million in interest, the official stressed.

“If I had forced him to lend me money, there would have been no way that I would write and sign an agreement on the loan,” Quang said.

“I took a loan from an individual with a writing agreement and repaid both the debt and its interest in time, which was legal.”

Asked about Quoc Dung’s accusation that after he had repaid the loan, he had ordered an investigation into the company’s increasing imports of Pseudoephedrine hydrochloride, causing trouble, Quang said it was “unreasonable.”

According to Quang, he had only sent a letter to related agencies asking for an investigation into accusations that local drug dealers have been using Pseudoephedrine hydrochloride, which is used to produce common flu and allergy remedies, to illegally make methamphetamine.

“Now police, the Drug Administration of Vietnam and the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health are inspecting BV Pharma, not any other company. So, it needs to rethink its operations,” Quang said.

He also raised questions about the identity of persons or firms to whom BV Pharma had sold its flu remedies, because during initial inspections, many drug stores said they didn’t buy products from the company.

Meanwhile, Dung, the former director general, told the newspaper that while he lent Quang VND2 billion in 2007, half of it came from his company, because he then didn’t have enough money[R1] .

He had paid the money back to the company later, Dung said, adding that as of June, 2008, Quang had paid his debts with interest.

Asked if Quang had forced him to lend him money, Dung, who now operates the Eco drugstore chain, said it is such a “sensitive” matter that it’s difficult to tell right from wrong.

Late last month the health ministry banned further import of the substance after finding a dramatic increase in its imports by a number of pharmaceutical companies between late 2010 and August 2011.

In its report published on August 30, Tuoi Tre quoted an anonymous accusing letter as saying that while approving some companies’ bulky imports of the substance, the Drug Administration of Vietnam gave BV Pharma priority to import and directly purchase four tons of pseudoephedrine from local companies.

The administration also allowed the company to circulate its pseudoephedrine-contained products under 13 different kinds of packaging.

This made it easier for BV Pharma to transport the substance to criminals who would take it to places where they could make drugs from it, the newspaper quoted the letter as saying.

However, Nguyen Quoc Cuong, deputy director general of BV Pharma, earlier told Tuoi Tre that their drugs are mainly distributed by Vietnam Medical Products Import – Export Joint-stock Company (Vimedimex) and the military-owned Dong Hai Company.

The company bought four tons of pseudoephedrine within the first six months, aiming to produce between 60-70 million tablets this year which is almost the same as last year’s output, he said.

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 Health ministry to review accusations against official 

Last updated: 9/19/2011 17:00

Vietnam’s health ministry will look into recent accusations against a deputy minister, Saigon Giai Phong quoted the health minister as saying Sunday.

Deputy Minister Cao Minh Quang is now facing accusations that he had made false statement of his qualifications and age, and abused power to ask the local BV Pharma Joint-Venture Company to lend him VND1 billion (US$48,000).

According to Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien, the accusations related to Quang’s qualifications was filed by Ngo Minh Nho, a war veteran inHo Chi Minh City, at the central government police.

Saigon Giai Phong quoted Tien as saying that the police sent a response letter to Nho, but did not send it to the health ministry.

In a report on Friday, VnExpress news website quoted the police as saying that Sweden-based Uppsala University, where Quang claimed to have earn a doctorate degree, in fact only granted him a certificate for his research about natural drugs.

The certificate, granted in October 1994, was a requirement for one to attend a doctorate course under the school’s regulations, the website quoted Uppsala University as saying.

According to VnExpress, the education ministry’s department of examinations and education quality testing also denied accusations that a former deputy education minister had certified that Quang’sUppsala certification’s value was equal to a doctorate degree.

In the meantime, Tuoi Tre on Monday reported that concerned agencies are also clarifying accusations that Quang made inconsistent statements about his age – in some documentaries he said he was born in 1953, but in others he stated that he was born in 1956.

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Earlier this month, Nguyen Quoc Dung, director general of the BV Pharma Joint-Venture Company, had sent a letter to the health ministry, accusing Quang of abusing power to ask his company to lend him VND1 billion in 2007.

However, Quang later denied Dung’s accusations in an interview with Tuoi Tre, saying that he had paid up the debt in 2008.

Quang, who took office in 2007, received a warning once in 2009 from the Communist Party’s Central Inspection Committee for wrongly accusing USfirm Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) of unethical lobbying for cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil in 2008[R2] .

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  All is not well 

Last updated: 9/30/2011 9:00

Several scandals surface as turf war heats up between top health ministry officials
A woman buys medicine at a pharmacy inHanoi. A senior pharmaceutical official has been accused of giving favor to several firms for his own benefit.

Vietnam’s health sector has been shaken by developments over the last several weeks that have two of its top officials mired in accusations of major wrongdoings including academic fraud and shady approvals of drug imports.

Amidst rumors of a burgeoning turf war between the two, allegations have flown thick and fast about each other and an anti-corruption agency has entered the fray via public “denouncements” that have called for the removal of one official.

The two officials in question are Deputy Health Minister Cao Minh Quang and Drug Administration of Vietnam director Truong Quoc Cuong.

Local media have reported allegations that Quang had made a false statement in his CV in declaring that he has a doctor’s degree, and that he borrowed large sums of money from a local pharmaceutical firm in a shady deal.

Meanwhile, Cuong is accused of favoring a local firm in importing pseudoephedrine – a medical substance that can be used to make methamphetamine. In fact, he is reported to have favored several firms in their operations for his own benefit.

Denouncements

Last week, eight pharmaceutical firms have called for the removal of Cuong, accusing him of abusing his power to favor import applications made by some firms while rejecting others.

Senior officials – directors or deputy directors – of Imexpharm, Agimexpharm, S.Pharm, Minh Hai, Tipharco, Stada-Vietnam, Pymepharco and the Khanh Hoa Pharmaceutical Company have made the denouncements, Tuoi Trenewspaper reported on Monday.

They said Cuong had favored the BV Pharma Company in allowing it to import pseudoephedrine to make flu medicine. Cuong had approved the firm’s application to import the medical substance in just one or two days, while approvals for such substances usually take at least six months, they said.

In their denouncements, the eight firms said Cuong had also ignored a decision by the Health Ministry to halt the import of sabutramine following a warning from the World Health Organization that the substance could lead to harmful side effects on humans.

Tran Thi Dao, general director of Imexpharm, said they were denouncing Cuong because of “excessive sluggishness” that the medicine agency has displayed recently and were not making personal attacks.

“There has been no firm inVietnamthat has denounced the Drug Administration of Vietnam so far. We accept that we may have to… face any risks involved in when submitting the letters,” she said.

Cuong was also accused of approving the import of many medicines intoVietnamthat local companies could produce in the country.

The eight firms proposed to the Central Anti-Corruption Committee that Cuong be dismissed from his post.

The Central Anti-Corruption Committee has confirmed that they would meet with the Drug Administration of Vietnam, Health Ministry inspectors and the petitioning firms to verify accusations about the import of pseudoephedrine.

In another action, the Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on September 21 signed a decision on coordination between agencies in managing legal activities involving additives.

Deputy Minister targeted

Meanwhile, the accusations against Deputy Health Minister Cao Minh Quang have focused on a purportedly false CV and a loan of VND2 billion (US$96,000) he took from a former general director of a local pharmaceutical company.

On Monday (September 26), the Ministry of Education and Training announced results of their verification of Quang’s degree following several media reports in the local media, citing unknown sources, alleging Quang had made false declarations about his degree.

According to the ministry, Quang had obtained a “licentiatexemen” at theUppsalaUniversityinSweden. The license is an “Intermediate Degree” which is at a lower level than a doctoral degree, it said.

This contradicts a statement by the education ministry itself in 2000 when it said Quang’s degree fromUppsalaUniversitywas equal to a doctoral degree inVietnam.

Following rumors about loans that he took from BV Pharma’s former general director Ngo Chi Dung in 2007, Quang confirmed the information, saying he had repaid them with interest by the due date on June 2008.

“I also borrowed money from a colleague at that time and my wife repaid it later,” he said, rejecting accusations he had forced Dung to lend him money.

However, in a petition denouncing Quang, Dung said he was forced to lend Quang the amount, VTC News reported.

“It was when my company was suffering losses of dozens of billions of dong a year. When Quang asked to borrow VND1 billion, the general director [Dung] had to discuss it with the board because of fears he could take action that could affect the company’s activities,” the news website cited Dung’s petition as saying.

Quang borrowed money from Dung at an interest rate of 7.44 percent a year when banks’ average interest rates were between 12 and 13 percent, Tuoi Tre reported.

Who benefits?

A recent editorial in Thanh Nien argued that accusations against two senior health officials could actually lead to more transparent health agencies that could better manage medicine prices that have been a heavy burden for poor patients inVietnam.

“Are they positive denouncements to improve drug administration or some ploy for personal benefit,” it wondered, also remarking that the denouncing game between “two groups” is not likely to stop soon.

But any expectations that the scandal would lead to positive developments in the local medicine market in terms of lower prices have been belied. The market has actually acted in a contrary manner.

Following the pseudoephedrine scandal, the prices of many medicines with the substance have actually increased. Pseudoephedrine is commonly used as a nasal/sinus decongestant and stimulant or as a wakefulness-promoting agent.

A recent investigation by Tien Phong found a price increase among medicines for flu, rhinitis and sinusitis that contain pseudoephedrine.

The price of Actifed, for instance, increased from VND600 to VND4,400 per tablet and Woaheder from VND300 to VND4,500 per tablet.

The price of local medicines have increased to up to eight times their earlier prices, including Eruvipharm and Savipharmed of the Savipharm Company, Glomed’s Glotifed and Tien Giang Pharma Company’s Acdiral. Pharmacies will also have to order the drugs in advance to have medicines delivered, instead of buying them at any time from wholesalers, the paper reported.

Thanh Nien News

Deputy health minister’s ‘doctorate’ actually a pre-doctorate: ministry 

Last updated: 10/27/2011 16:30

http://www.thanhniennews.com/2010/Pages/20111027-Deputy-health-minister-found-making-false-claim-of-qualification.aspx

The Swedish “doctorate” a deputy health minister used to get his job is not a doctorate at all, Vietnamnet quoted the education ministry as saying Wednesday.

The degree Cao Minh Quang received from the Sweden-based UppsalaUniversityon October 26, 1994 was in fact an intermediate degree which is a pre-doctorate level degree, newspaper Tien Phong quoted the ministry’s quality control department as saying that day.

However, former deputy education minister Tran Van Nhung then certified that Quang’s certificate was equivalent to a doctorate degree, according to Vietnamnet.

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The department conducted checks on Quang’s qualification as per his request, after Ngo Minh Nho, a war veteran inHo Chi Minh City, filed accusations at the central government police, saying that Quang had made false statements about his qualifications, the newswire said.

Later police concluded the certificate was granted to him for his research about natural drugs between 1992 and 1994, and that under the school’s regulation the certificate was a requirement for one to attend a doctorate course.

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Accusations against Vietnam deputy health minister investigated 

Last updated: 11/18/2011 15:35

http://www.thanhniennews.com/2010/Pages/20111118-Accusations-against-deputy-health-minister-investigated.aspx

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has ordered the government inspectorate to investigate allegations that deputy health minister Cao Minh Quang has slanded a local drug company.

According to a letter sent to Dung, the Ho Chi Minh City-based BV Pharma Joint-Venture Co. claimed that Quang has falsely accused the company of illegally selling Pseudoephedrine hydrochloride. The substance is used to produce common flu and allergy remedies, but can also be used to make illegal methamphetamine.

Quang has also encouraged eight other drug dealers to make accusations related to the substance against BV Pharma, the company said. It urged government agencies to clarify the motivation of the official and the companies.

In September, the drug dealers filed accusations atVietnam’s anti-corruption agency, saying that BV Pharma was allowed to import a huge quality of Pseudoephedrine hydrochloride.

In its latest letter, BV Pharma also claimed that in his report to authorities, the deputy health minister falsely accused it of using corn starch to produce fake drugs, a report on Dan Viet, the news website of Vietnam Farmers’Union, said.

According to the report, BV Pharma asked the government to investigate many other “issues” related to Quang, such as abusing power to borrow money from the company, and faking a doctorate degree.

In September, BV Pharma sent a letter to the Ministry of Health, accusing Quang of abusing power by asking the company to lend him VND1 billion (US$48,000) in 2007.

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Meanwhile, a war veteran in HCMC asked the central government police to clarify Quang’s qualifications on suspicions that he had made false statements about his qualifications.

In fact, the education ministry last month concluded that his doctorate degree, which was earned at a Swedish university in 1996, was a pre-doctorate degree.

By M.N, Thanh Nien News

Accusations against deputy health minister being probed: party official 

Last updated: 11/25/2011 16:55

http://www.thanhniennews.com/2010/Pages/20111125-Vietnam-Party-investigates-accusations-against-deputy-health-minister.aspx

Internal inspectors of the Vietnamese Communist Party are investigating recent accusations against a deputy health minister, including that he falsely claimed to have a doctorate, the chief inspector said Thursday.

Ngo Van Du, head of the Party’s Central Inspectorate Committee, made the announcement one week after Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung ordered the government inspectorate to investigate accusations against Cao Minh Quang.

According to Du, the Secretariat of the Party’s Central Committee ordered the simultaneous investigation, because Quang is managed by the Secretariat.

The investigation is due to be completed within the year.

In September, a Vietnam War veteran inHo Chi Minh Cityasked the central government police to clarify Quang’s qualifications on suspicions that he had made false statements about his qualifications.

The education ministry last month concluded that Quang’s alleged doctorate degree, which was earned at a Swedish university in 1996, was actually a pre-doctorate degree.

Meanwhile, the HCMC-based BV Pharma Joint-venture Co. claimed that Quang has falsely accused the company of illegally selling Pseudoephedrine hydrochloride. The substance is used to produce common flu and allergy remedies, but can also be used to make illegal methamphetamine.

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It also accused Quang of abusing power by asking the company to lend him VND1 billion (US$48,000) in 2007.

In 2009, the deputy health minister received a warning from the Party’s inspectorate for several violations, including false accusations against the US-owned Merck Sharp and Dohme (MSD)Vietnam.

Quang had sent an English accusation letter to MSD’s chief executive officer and administrative president for the Asia-Pacific region to complain about the company’s unethical lobbying activities related to a vaccine against the human papilloma virus, according to the inspectorate report at that time.

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 [R1]The other half or exact 1.2 billion VND came from the account of SGK Vietnam, this bribery took place and SDK had not officially say a word despite all the media accusation. It is strange that this English version of the story on ThanhNien omit that part – Richard

 [R2]This was in connection of the money paid by SDK- see other post on our blog

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Lawmakers get report on Vinashin; shipbuilder sued in London

Last updated: 11/18/2011 9:00

 http://www.thanhniennews.com/2010/Pages/20111118-Lawmakers-get-report-on-Vinashin.aspx

The government says it has submitted a “detailed report” about Vinashin to lawmakers during the National Assembly’s ongoing session.

Meanwhile, it has been reported that one of its creditors has filed a lawsuit against the debt-ridden state-owned shipbuilder inLondon.

Finance Minister Vuong Dinh Hue told the media Wednesday (November 16) that the report submitted to the parliament contained evaluations and proposals relating to its financial problems. He did not elaborate further.

Vinashin, or Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group, nearly went bankrupt last year after piling up debts of US$4.5 billion.

According to a BBC report, the Commercial Court under the Court Queen’s Bench on November 1 received a lawsuit filed by Elliott VIN Netherlands BV against Vinashin and 21 of its Vietnamese subsidiaries.

The content of the lawsuit will be kept confidential until the defendants confirm that they are being sued, a source told the news site on November 10.

Observers said that the lawsuit could be about a loan of approximately $600 million in bonds that Vinashin had borrowed from the UK-based hedge fund Elliott Advisors, which was supposed to be paid back in 10 semi-annual installments until 2015.

But the group missed the first installment of $60 million on December 20, 2010.

The creditor said it would sue the shipbuilder, according to a Financial Times report on October 17, which cited the global debt news online publisher Debtwire.

The Elliott lawsuit, according to the Debtwire report, could put more pressure on the group’s restructuring efforts.

In June 2011, Elliott Advisors had asked other Vinashin creditors to join in the lawsuit but later changed its mind.

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Another Debtwire report in May said that while a London court order cannot be carried out in Vietnam, the foreign creditors can intervene in overseas loan transfers and make it impossible for Vinashin to do business abroad.

On November 14, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh said “Vinashin has to handle [its debt]. It borrowed the loans itself and will have to repay on its own.” The government will not pay that debt, he stressed.

Nguyen Duc Kien, deputy chairman of the National Assembly’s Economic Committee, said the case of Vinashin being sued is not surprising because disputes over debt are common when doing business.

He said the government is only responsible for $750 million in international bonds sold in New York to Vinashin investments.

He said the government has supported Vinashin’s restructuring process in allocating 30 percent of its debt to PetroVietnam and Vinalines.

“We will have to wait until the year end when Vinashin balances its profits and losses and negotiates with creditors. Besides, we have to evaluate a year of the restructuring for future steps,” he told VnExpress on November 16.

Relating to lawsuit in London, Kien said that Vinashin should negotiate with its creditors to find solutions.

In case its creditors do not agree on a solution, they should begin the legal process of filing for bankruptcy, he said.

At a recent seminar on restructuring state-owned enterprises held by the Academy of Finance on November 15, Vo Tri Thanh, vice director of the Central Institute for Economic Management said Elliott VIN has only nine percent of Vinashin’s total debt abroad of $600 million that it bought from other creditors.

However, Thanh said the lawsuit could affect obtaining future loans from abroad.

“The government did not secure the loan, but it should offer Vinashin loans to pay its debt,” he told the Sai Gon Tiep Thi newspaper.

Thanh said another possible solution was to negotiate and ask a new partner to buy the debt from the Dutch creditor.

Thanh Nien News (The story can be found in the November 18th issue of our print edition, Thanh Nien Weekly)

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Vietnam Inflation Slows, Central Bank Signals Rate-Cut Scope – Bloomberg

By Bloomberg News – Nov 24, 2011 6:16 PM GMT+0700

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-24/vietnam-inflation-slows-central-bank-signals-rate-cut-scope-1-.html

Vietnam’s inflation slowed for a third month in November, and the central bank signaled it may consider lowering interest rates.

Consumer prices rose 19.83 percent from a year earlier, after climbing 21.59 percent in October, the General Statistics Office said in Hanoi today. The State Bank of Vietnam has room to cut policy rates and lower the dong deposit rate cap if month-on-month inflation is less than 1 percent, Governor Nguyen Van Binh told lawmakers today. Pricesrose 0.39 percent in November from October.

Vietnam’s inflation remains the highest in a basket of 17 Asia-Pacific economies tracked by Bloomberg, compounding risks to economic growth from a trade deficit and a faltering global recovery. Neighbors Indonesia and Singapore have eased monetary policy in recent weeks to shield expansion, as the impact of Europe’s sovereign-debt crisis saps demand for Asian exports.

“The temptation to cut rates is always there when they see inflation falling but it’s still very high,” said Gareth Leather, an economist at Capital Economics Ltd. in London. “That might lead to more downward pressure on the currency. I think they’ve really got to stick it out on rates for at least another six months or so.”

Inflation Priority

The Vietnamese government prioritized the fight against inflation in February by ordering tighter monetary and fiscal policies to stabilize the economy. The State Bank of Vietnamraised itsrefinancing rate last month to 15 percent from 14 percent. Commercial lending rates in 2011 have climbed as high as 27 percent, according to the World Bank.

Cutting policy rates at this stage would be a “mistake,” Masato Miyazaki, a division chief in the International Monetary Fund’s Asia and Pacific department in Washington, said in a telephone interview this month during a visit toHanoi.

The benchmark VN Index (VNINDEX) of stocks slipped 1.8 percent today, its biggest decline in two months. The dong was unchanged at 21,009 against the dollar, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The stock index has declined about 21 percent this year, and the currency is down about 7.2 percent in the period.

Vietnam’s economic growth slowed in the first three quarters of 2011, expanding 5.76 percent, compared with 6.54 percent in the same period in 2010.

Slowing Sales

Some companies that depend on the Vietnamese market for sales are feeling the impact of slower economic growth. Vietnam Industrial Investments Ltd. (VII), an Australian-listed steelmaker, said it has sold half as many products this month as it had expected.

Prices in the category including construction-materials rose 0.12 percent in November from October, today’s inflation report showed.

“There’s oversupply in the market and not enough demand, and when that happens you can’t really increase prices,” Alan Young, chief operating officer of Vietnam Industrial, said in a telephone interview today fromHanoi.

Vietnamese exports rose to $8.6 billion in November from $8.39 billion last month, the Statistics Office said in a separate report today. Exports in the first 11 months of the year climbed 35 percent to $87.2 billion. The country posted a $700 million trade deficit in November.

“The bias now, particularly with the global economy slowing and the potential negative impact on key export markets, would be for policy makers to look for ways to ease pressure on businesses,” Ashok Bhundia, a fixed-income strategist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in Hong Kong, said before the release. “Inflation will remain high but the trajectory is improving, and that will give them some cover to hold or lower rates.”

Food Prices

Overall food prices increased 28.04 percent from a year earlier. The sub-component that includes rice prices climbed 22.82 percent from a year ago and 3.25 percent from a month earlier.

Farmers in Vietnamhave been hoarding rice, expecting prices to gain in part due to a Thai government price-guarantee program introduced last month, said Chookiat Ophaswongse, the Bangkok-based honorary president of the Thai Rice Exporters Association. Thailand’s worst floods in almost 70 years are also driving expectations of higher Vietnamese rice prices, he said.

Inflationary pressures may increase next year as power tariffs rise.Vietnammay raise electricity prices by about 4.6 percent from current levels in 2012, Minister of Finance Vuong Dinh Hue told the National Assembly inHanoitoday.

“Even though inflation has eased slightly, it’s still pretty crippling,” said Nick Axford, head of Asia Pacific research for property company CBRE Group Inc. (CBG) in Hong Kong. “At the same time the picture is getting bleaker in Europe, and the government in Vietnam is trying to protectgrowth, so they are caught between a rock and a hard place.”

–Jason Folkmanis in Ho Chi Minh City. With assistance from K. Oanh Ha inHanoi. Editors: Sunil Jagtiani, Shamim Adam

To contact Bloomberg News staff for this story: Jason Folkmanis in Ho Chi Minh Cityatfolkmanis@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Stephanie Phang at sphang@bloomberg.net

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Vietnam wants 15 large banks by 2015 to strengthen system – Bloomberg

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-25/vietnam-wants-15-large-lenders-by-2015-central-bank-says.html

An employee at Joint-Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam, or Vietcombank, counts dong bank notes inHanoi.

By Bloomberg News – Nov 25, 2011 10:23 AM GMT+0700

Vietnamplans to have 15 large commercial banks by 2015 as part of efforts to restructure the industry and respond to lenders facing “financial difficulties,” central bank Governor Nguyen Van Binh said.

The State Bank ofVietnamwill let big banks combine with small lenders through mergers and acquisitions, Binh told the National Assembly inHanoitoday. The 15 companies will account for 80 percent of the local banking industry, and two of them should meet international standards by 2015, Binh said.

Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong last month named financial services as one of three areas to focus improvements over the next five years to ease economic instability. The closing of small, under-capitalized banks that are undisciplined lenders and heavy users of interbank funding is “long overdue,” Credit Suisse Group AG (CSGN) said in August.

“There are points of weakness in the banking system which make it difficult for smaller, weaker banks to access liquidity,” said Ashok Bhundia, a fixed-income strategist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAC) inHong Kong. “Some smaller banks may have to be closed down.”

The bad-debt ratio atVietnam’s commercial banks is currently 3.3 percent and will increase to a range of 3.6 percent to 3.8 percent by the end of the year, Binh said.

Binh also said ministries are closely monitoring domestic and global markets to “timely” adjust interest rates. Inflation has been slowing, creating conditions for the State Bank ofVietnamto cut rates, the governor told lawmakers.

Vietnam’s credit growth is forecast at 13 percent this year, Binh said. He will target credit expansion of 15 percent to 17 percent in 2012.

–Jason Folkmanis in Ho Chi Minh City and Nguyen Kieu Giang inHanoi.

Editors: Russell Ward, James Gunsalus

To contact the reporters on this story: Jason Folkmanis inHo Chi Minh Cityat folkmanis@bloomberg.net; Nguyen Kieu Giang inHanoiat giang1@bloomberg.net

To contact the editors responsible for this story: Chitra Somayaji at csomayaji@bloomberg.net; K. Oanh Ha at oha3@bloomberg.net

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Tiêu chí đi du lịch của một người Việt yêu nước – Vietinfo

Chân núi Liang-bang. Ảnh: Dương Minh Long

Nói đến yêu nước Việt thì Dân Việt mình yêu nước Việt quá rồi / Tinh thần yêu nước là yêu hạng nặng / Yêu hạng hai là dân mình không chịu / Bàn cãi làm gì để rồi lại thành ra có khi không yêu nước / Có khi lại đánh nhau chửi nhau để tranh việc ai yêu nước hơn ai / Đã yêu nước không ai đi bàn chuyện giàu nghèo hơn thua.

 Bạn yêu nước “giàu” thì đã “làm giàu” trên đất nước nghèo rồi.

Bạn yêu nước “nghèo” thì đã bị “bạn giàu” làm cho nước nghèo rồi, thành thử giàu – nghèo là yêu nước như nhau.

Nhưng, lấy cái tính đếm của bà hàng xén mà nhấm nước bọt đếm mấy đầu ngón tay – rồi lại đưa móng tay cáu bẩn lên miệng rồi đếm, ấy là Dân Việt mình chia yêu nước ra từng giai đoạn:

– Lúc đói ăn: cả hai miền ào ào lao lên phá kho thóc Nhật Pháp để lấy cái ăn (Một: lòng yêu nước để lấy cái ăn)

– Rồi đến lúc nói không ai nghe, mình quyền rơm vạ đá, phải có ai nghe mình chứ, không ai nghe mình tức là mình chẳng có quyền ở đất nước của mình, vậy là bàn đi tính lại cả nước lại ào ào xông lên giành lấy cái quyền (Hai: lòng yêu nước giành lấy chính quyền 45)

– Rồi lại đến lúc: đất của tôi, quê của tôi, nhà của tôi lại cả vợ cũng của tôi, ông này xí xọn buồn cười… Ông ở đâu đến đây… Ông làm cái gì ở đất nước tôi… Tây này Tây kia tôi không biết, thôi ông đi chỗ khác chơi cho chúng tôi nhờ… Thế là lòng yêu nước Dân Việt lại đằng đãng 9 năm làm một vành hoa đỏ Điện Biên (Ba: lòng yêu nước về giải phóng Thủ Đô yêu dấu)

– Quay đi quay lại chưa kịp chửa đẻ gì… ô hóa ra nước mình lại bị chia hai. Mệ kiếp! Thế nước mình vẫn chưa xong à? Bọn này láo nhẩy? Mày ở đâu nhảy vào đây, ông nại – nấy  – gậy Trường Sơn đập chết mày bây giờ… Lòng yêu nước – nại họp, cả nước chỉ có bo bo nhồi vào “lòng” yêu nước, biết bao nhiêu những con tàu chở lòng yêu nước xinh búng ra sữa tuổi đôi mươi lao vào góp với “cái lai quần cũng đánh” của lòng yêu nước Miền Nam. Nhà của tao, này thì không sổ đỏ sổ hồng mày cũng phải trả lại cho tao! Này hàng dừa, này Vàm Cỏ, này rừng cao su kể cả mày đang làm bâu – xit hay làm dự án vớ vẩn mày cũng phải trả lại cho tao! Mày thích thách đố không, tao sẵn sàng chết cả chục triệu con tao để đánh nhau với mày, mày là thằng “usd rẻ tiền” chứ là cái thằng gì… Thế là lòng yêu nước trỗi lên khắp các vùng miền. Đạn cứ là bay như bươm bướm. Pháo cứ đẹp như là pháo hoa. Lòng yêu nước bươn bả đào hầm, lòng yêu nước xẻ dọc xẻ ngang… Đường ra trận mùa này đẹp như hoa ong rừng… Thế rồi gom đi gom lại cũng thành một khối máu xương hùng vĩ Dân Việt (Bốn: lòng yêu nước để giải phóng Hòn Ngọc Viễn Đông Saigon)

– Rồi lại quay đi quay lại, rồi lại kịp đẻ một lứa chưa kịp đi học vỡ lòng… Vụ yêu nước này thì căng. Lòng yêu nước lúc ấy kiệt sức và đói lắm rồi, ai lại đi lấy lòng yêu nước lúc rũ đói này phang nhau với anh bạn… Lòng yêu nước của Dân Việt mình càng lúc đói, lúc gian nan khổ ải lại càng đúc thành một khối thép hiên ngang. Này thì bạn bè giả này… Này thì hàng xóm đểu này… Thế rồi quay đi quay lại cũng xong vụ yêu nước này (Năm: lòng yêu nước xử lý bài học vành đai)

Đấy, nó là như thế đấy… Cách tính của mụ hàng xén tính đếm nó chỉ tạm chia lòng yêu nước ra Một Hai Ba… như thế…

Vậy bây giờ, thời của mạng, thời của Phây mình đi yêu nước kiểu gì.

Ăn phở xong, má đùi còn ngầu mỡ trên mặt, hành còn dính răng, xỉa tăm deco thời trang mặt bự nghênh ngang giữa phố (nào… tè vào cây cổ thụ ngàn năm cái nào…) rồi lại be bét kéo vào quán café sang trọng để tính mưu yêu nước.

Thật tình, bảo mình trẻ thì không phải trẻ, nói mình già đố đứa nào nói mình già!

Thời buổi bây giờ 20 đã là già khú đế, 50 chả khác thằng trẻ ranh.

Đúng là cả một thế hệ không biết phải tính toán yêu nước theo cái cách nào?

Từ này nghe quen quen.

Máu Việt mình chảy lúc nào chả tuần hoàn cái từ này.

Máu chảy nghe mướt và im quá, khi thấy yêu nước bị rêu rao be bét đâm ra thành từ lạ.

Lạ đến nỗi không biết cái lòng “yêu nước” ấy nó bò lổm ngổm ở đâu ra.

Hay là bị xúi dại khoe khoang lòng “yêu nước”.

Lòng Yêu Nước thật đâm sinh nghi cái anh “yêu nước giả”

Cứ tự nhiên trong máu Việt đã hiển nhiên là Yêu Nước rồi, làm gì mà phải đồm độp vỗ đùi đây “yêu nước” hơn ai.

Đêm không ngủ karaoke.

Ngày ăn chay thịt lợn hóa chất.

Tinh thần xăm trổ nạp thông tin cướp giết hiếp.

Tình yêu trả hàng kim tiêm bao cao su.

Vật vã mãi thế rồi cũng nghĩ ra được một số tiêu chí đi Du Lịch Yêu Nước trong thời: @, blog và em Phây Xe Púk. Tinh thần này chỉ dành cho dân Yêu Nước chính cống – Không yêu nước kiểu mạo danh – Và cái chính là chuyến đi có từng nào xài từng đó, yêu Quê Hương thật giản dị vốn như máu Việt từng giây đổ về tim:

1. Bạn yêu nước: xin đừng đi vào các ngày nghỉ cuối tuần (đông – bẩn – kẹt người – kẹt xe không nhìn thấy nơi cuối tuần là gì / đừng chờ được nghỉ mới đi thăm đất nước / với lại tranh thủ đi nhanh đi không thì vẻ đẹp đất nước chẳng còn gì)

2. Bạn yêu nước: xin đừng hăm hở nhao đi thăm di tích nổi tiếng (càng nổi tiếng càng nham nhở màu mè – rác rưởi – ô uế – thất vọng ê chề di tích xếp hạng / hãy đi vào các ngày không lễ, không nhân tiện, càng vào ngày mưa gió càng tốt, nên đi lúc trái gió, trái mùa sẽ nhận được trọn vẹn sự yên tĩnh tìm hiểu và khám phá đất nước)

3. Bạn yêu nước: xin đừng nhanh chân lao đi lễ hội (càng lễ hội xin càng tránh xa – giẫm – đạp – có thể chết bất cứ lúc nào / và thực tình lễ hội nhìn nhem nhuốc – ô tạp – lam nham – phết màu giấy bià – nội dung không đầu không cuối)

4. Bạn yêu nước: xin đừng mang theo ba lô Chửi Đảng, thức ăn còn chả đủ ăn, máy ảnh ống kính kềnh càng, quần áo còn chả có chỗ để mang, vác cái ba lô Chửi Đảng đi theo làm gì cho nhọc thêm. Vì thực tình ngắm nghía phong cảnh Tổ Quốc với lại ăn uống về nguồn, trăm thứ bà rằn đặc sản pha cái món Chửi Đảng nó không ra cái tinh thần ăn uống du lịch hưởng thụ thiên nhiên. Con cái thì còn nhỏ, nó có biết Đảng là gì đâu mà cứ nhét vào tai vào mồm nó đủ thứ bệnh hoạn. Đảng là Đảng nào. Đảng trong từ điển cũng có diễn giải Đảng này Đảng kia. Nhưng ba lô Chửi Đảng thì cần làm gì cho chuyến đi du lịch. Đảng có cho mình xe để mình chạy đâu. Có cho khách sạn 5 sao để mình chơi đâu. Miếng ăn của Đảng thì có biết đâu. Đảng là hình ảnh gì đó rất xa vời với không khí ngắm cảnh của mình. Mình là dân phượt chính cống. Mình mải miết đi chơi. Mình cần giữ trái tim đầy cảm xúc để yêu mến thiên nhiên đất nước. Mình cần gì cái tài sản ba lô Chửi Đảng mang theo cho chật hành trang. Cứ để các bác có chức có quyền dùng ba lô Chửi Đảng. Mình là dân đen biết cái gì mà chửi. Thì cứ cho là Đảng là cái Đảng của người ta, thì đã là của người ta thì liên quan gì đến mình, liên quan gì đến vụ du lịch của gia đình mình. Nếu mình có xin Đảng, họ còn chả cho huống chi lại còn đi Chửi Đảng – anh không nói vợ ngu em ạ (có khi chồng ngu hơn), mình tiết kiệm chỉ có ngần ấy tiền, lựa cơm gắp mắm mà chi tiêu cho cả chuyến đi, sao cho cả nhà mình vui, hạnh phúc, chứ vướng cái ba lô ấy anh ôm em không đẫy tình được! Chuyến du lịch đời mình lại thành dở dang.

5. Bạn yêu nước: Xin đừng mang theo áo mưa Tự Do Ngôn Luận làm hành trang lúc rời khỏi nhà. Giờ hiện đại, có ô, có xe ai còn đi mặc áo mưa không trời! Nhà mình 4 người 6 ô, che còn chả hết rước thêm cái áo mưa Tự Do Ngôn Luận vào người làm gì cho hôi hám cả đồ hiệu mình đang mặc. Tự Do thì ai chả biết. Tự Do mà đi với Ngôn Luận thì ngày nào mà mình không tự do ngôn luận. Lạ nhỉ. Sáng chưa kịp đánh răng thì em đã nói yêu anh. 7g30 thì đã chào thủ trưởng, chưa đến 8g đã chửi thủ trưởng. Chỉ tý nữa là té cơ quan ra đầu hè tán gái, tay sách cặp dự án miệng thia lia trên trời dưới biển. Tý lại chạy vào quán bia chửi đổng từ cấp vụ cấp tướng đến cấp nước. Ai chả thấy rõ anh đang ngôn luận, không tự do đấy là gì. Nhưng khốn nạn, anh lại đang muốn chỉ có mình anh mới là Tự Do Ngôn Luận. Anh muốn làm ông Vương. Anh muốn đổi tên thành Vương Ngôn Luận (tên húy là Tự Do) thì anh mới chịu. Anh mà lên làm Vương chắc là anh bóp sặc máu tuần hoàn thằng Vương Ngôn Luận nhỏ và bé họng hơn anh. Người ta đọc tim đen giả cầy hô hào của anh nên họ bóp anh trước, họ bóp cái tên huý hay dùng ở vỉa hè của anh để giúp anh đỡ mất thời gian đổi họ tên cho mệt.

Em à, mình là dân đi du lịch hạng sang. Với lại, anh con nhà lính nhưng tính nhà quan, áo mưa là anh không dùng, cứ ô đắt tiền của Louis Vuitton, của Hermes, của Chanel, Burberry anh chơi, dùng gì cái áo mưa Tự Do Ngôn Luận cho bết dính vào tay chân hả em. Tội gì. Đừng vứt lên xe cái loại nhựa phế thải lùng nhùng rẻ tiền em nhé!

6. Bạn yêu nước: Xin đừng mang theo món Cơm Nắm Dân Chủ khi đi xa. Ai đời giờ này còn mang theo cơm nắm… Xưa lắm em. Quán xá ê hề.

Ăn tươi nuốt sống con gì cũng có.

Cái món Cơm Nắm Dân Chủ chấm chấm nhai nhai trệu trạo nhớ thời khổ đau thiếu thốn cho vui, chứ em bắt cả nhà ăn uống mấy tuần du hý thì có mà nôn từ sáng đến tối cái món Cơm Nắm Dân Chủ.

Con cái thì không bàn, đến anh đây bạc từng này đầu còn không hiểu cái món Cơm Nắm Dân Chủ nó ra cái muối vừng thế nào?

Tra từ điển thì cũng có hiểu rằng thì nó là dân chủ – tức là Cơm do Dân Nắm ra làm Chủ/hay nghĩa bóng nghĩa đen Dân làm Chủ Cơm Nắm của mình.

Ơ hay, thế mình không làm chủ mình đây, đứa nào làm chủ cho mình.

Nói cho nhanh là chả đứa nào nó làm cho mình, đứa nào nó cũng lo Cơm Chủ Nắm nhà nó.

Thiết gì.

Xin em đừng tha vào xe của anh cái món Cơm Nắm giời ơi – nửa đường đã chảy nhão thiu thối, nửa đường đã xóc lộn đầu đuôi, nói gì cái lúc đến nơi hả em!

Anh không chê không quên cái món ăn nghèo… nhưng em yêu, thú thật là nó bốc mùi đến như thế, cơm chín đầy đường anh còn chả thiết, em tiếc gì mà bắt anh nhai!

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Quan trọng gì.

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Đi du hý cái đã, yêu nước về dọn dẹp tính sau. Rau cỏ mắm muối gạo tương cà gói cho gọn đừng nhây ra sàn xe em nhé (nhớ mang theo bao cao su loại xịn không thì lại chửa đẻ cả nước… quay đi quay lại hơn trăm triệu dân lấy gì ăn lấy gì ở – hơn nửa thế kỷ nghèo đói vẫn y nguyên – với lại mắt em đừng có mà long lanh lên như thế, làm tình nó vừa vừa thôi còn để lấy sức mà nhìn ra thế giới cập cái nhật hầm bà lằng, giữ cho tôn nghiêm Ông Chúa, Ông Phật… chứ cứ be bét thế này quay sang chả bằng Em Lào…)

Nào xong chưa, mặc cả giá nó từ từ thôi… không thì “ông” lại tăng giá bây giờ…

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