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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/10/AR2008081001054.html

Vietnamese women wed foreigners to help family

Phụ nữ Việt lấy chồng ngoại mong giúp gia đình

By BEN STOCKING
The Associated Press
Sunday, August 10, 2008; 1:19 PM

TAN LOC ISLAND, Vietnam (AP) ?" Nearly 70 young Vietnamese women swept past in groups of five, twirling and posing like fashion models, all competing for the hand of a Taiwanese man who had paid a matchmaking service about $6,000 for the privilege of marrying one of them.

Sporting jeans and a black T-shirt, 20-year-old Le Thi Ngoc Quyen paraded in front of the stranger, hoping he would select her

"I felt very nervous," she recalled recently as she described the scene. "But he chose me, and I agreed to marry him right away."

Like many women from the Mekong Delta island of Tan Loc, Quyen had concluded that finding a foreign husband was her best route out of poverty. Six years later, she has a beautiful daughter and no regrets.

From the delta in Vietnam''s south to small rural towns in the north, a growing number of young Vietnamese women are marrying foreigners, mostly from Taiwan and South Korea. They seek material comfort and, most important, a way to save their parents from destitution( cảnh nghèo túng) in old age, which many Vietnamese consider their greatest duty.

Quyen has not gotten rich ?" her husband earns a modest living as a construction worker ?" but the couple have paid off her father''s debts.

Young women have become Tan Loc''s most lucrative export. Roughly 1,500 village women from the island of 33,000 people have married foreigners in the past decade, leading some to call it Taiwan Island.

Women in Tan Loc and other delta towns began marrying foreigners in the 1990s, when Vietnam opened up economically and many Taiwanese and South Korean firms set up operations in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam''s southern business hub.

Poverty and the close proximity of foreign businessmen seem to be major reasons for the trend. The biggest complaints come from women''s groups, who consider it demeaning ( làm mất phẩm giá), and from young village men for whom the pool of potential brides is shrinking.

With money from foreign sons-in-law, many residents in Tan Loc have replaced their thatch-roof shacks( nhà tranh vách đất) with brick homes. They have also opened small restaurants and shops, creating jobs in a place where people have tra***ionally earned pennies a day picking rice and other crops in the blistering sun.( trong nắng nóng khắc nghiệt)

The luckier families received enough to build ponds for fish farming.
Western Union has opened a branch to handle the money sent by newlyweds

"At least 20 percent of the families on the island have been lifted out of poverty," said Phan An, a university professor who has done extensive research in Tan Loc. "There has been a significant economic impact."

Not all the marriages work out, of course.
Dam Psi Kin Sa went to Taiwan nine years ago, at the age of 20, and married a Taiwanese car wash owner more than twice her age who had been divorced three times. She met him through a matchmaking service.

Five years later, her husband demanded a divorce and locked her out of the house. Even though she had learned his language, Mandarin Chinese, the couple had trouble communicating. "We were angry at each other in a quiet way," she said in Taipei, where she has remained to be close to her daughter

Over the past year, one Vietnamese bride was beaten to death by her South Korean husband, another jumped out a 14th-story window and a third hanged herself on Valentine''s Day, leaving behind a diary full of misery.

"A marriage that is not based on love often brings problems," said Hoang Thi Thanh Ha of the Vietnam Women''s Union. "How can you live happily ever after when you met your husband three weeks before the wedding?"

Nevertheless, most young women in Tan Loc seem eager to marry a foreigner. Le Thanh Lang recently went to the town hall to get papers confirming she is single and eligible to marry

"Any country will do, I''ll take anyone who will accept me," she said, waving the papers. "I need to send money to my parents."

Besides the marriage broker''s fee, the groom gives about $300 to his bride''s family, Lang said. After that, if all goes well, her husband may send up to several thousand dollars a year to her family ?" depending on what he can afford.

Many Tan Loc families with married daughters abroad have big homes with color TVs, new furniture and karaoke machines.
Their neighbors live in huts.
Tran Thi Sach''s concrete home, with four large rooms and shiny green tile floors, is a mansion by island standards.

"Since my daughters got married, I''ve retired," said Sach, 59, who used to toil in( làm lụng cực khổ) the rice fields with her husband.

"We lived in a shack," she said. "We had to work no matter how hot it was, no matter how much it rained, from 5 in the morning until 5 in the afternoon. Sometimes we could only afford rice porridge."

When her daughter Tho first said she planned to go to a marriage broker, Sach objected. What if her in-laws abused her? Where would she turn for help?
Tho married six years ago, and her younger sister Loi two years later.
"Their husbands are gentle, handsome and hardworking," Sach said. "They are really fine men."
Next door, Nguyen Thi Chin lives in a two-room shack with the roof so leaky that when it rains she must move from spot to spot to avoid getting wet. Each of her seven children married a Vietnamese, all of them poor. At 70, she is still working, pulling mussels from the muck in the Mekong River.

"I could never have a house like that," Chin said, glancing next door. "It''s my destiny to be poor. If I had another daughter, I''d ask her to marry a foreigner."

More than 100,000 Vietnamese women have married Taiwanese men over the last 10 years and the numbers are rising, said Gow Wei Chiou of the Taiwan representative office in Hanoi. In the same period, roughly 28,000 Korean men married Vietnamese, according to the Vietnam Women''s Union.

As more Taiwanese and Korean women move to cities to work, many men in those countries, especially those from rural areas, face increasing difficulty finding wives, said Chiou.

"Taiwanese women want to get married when they are much older, and they are also very opinionated( cứng đầu)," said Lin Wen-jui, 39, who met his Vietnamese wife through a Taiwanese friend in Ho Chi Minh City. She has since taken a Taiwanese name, learned Mandarin and opened a restaurant.
The overseas marriage trend has been boosted by online matchmaking services such as the Singapore-based Mr. Cupid, which offers a "comprehensive Vietnamese marriage package" and five-day matchmaking tours. "No one ever came on our trip without finding their dream bride," the site boasts.

In 2002, not long after Quyen went through her paces for her Taiwanese future husband, the Vietnam government outlawed commercial matchmaking services. Vietnamese media were reporting the phenomenon in vivid detail, and authorities said they were concerned that the business could be a cover for trafficking women into prostitution.

"They take hundreds of women at a time to a hotel and line them up for the men," said Nguyen Thi Ngoc Hanh, vice chairwoman of the Ho Chi Minh City Women''s Union, a government agency that supports women. "It''s very disrespectful."

But although driven underground, the practice continues, abetted by village matchmakers and secluded meetings with suitors.

Half the brides in such marriages are under 21, half the grooms between 40 and 60.

"Sometimes the men ask them to pose naked," Nguyen said "It''s inhumane."

Quyen still has vivid memories of going to the matchmaker''s house in Ho Chi Minh City, a 120-mile bus ride and a world away from Tan Loc.

"I was scared," she said.

Quyen made the final five. Speaking through an interpreter, the man asked a few simple questions: How many brothers and sisters do you have? How far did you go in school?

They had dinner and Quyen agreed to marry him on the spot.
"My life in Taiwan is good," she said during a visit to Tan Loc. "My husband and his family treat me well."

Life is not so good, however, for the young men in Tan Loc who watch the exodus of marriage-aged women with despair.
"If all the girls leave," said Nguyen Hoang Mong, 19. "there won''t be anyone left for us. Marriage shouldn''t be about money. It should be about love."
Associated Press writers Vu Tien Hong in Hanoi and Debby Wu in Taipei contributed to this report.


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109 Cô hái xếp hàng lấy chồng ngoại:
http://www.vnexpress.net/GL/Xa-hoi/2007/04/3B9F53AA/

Nỗi đau của gia đình cô dâu Việt bị sát hại nơi xứ người

http://www.vnexpress.net/GL/Xa-hoi/2007/08/3B9F9292/

Hàng chục cô gái đẹp xếp hàng để người Hàn tuyển vợ

http://www.vnexpress.net/GL/Phap-luat/2007/05/3B9F66B5/

Thx Vn Bui. Rất helpful a ạ

Kiku search bài post lên nhá.
tin AFP
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jWCS0kC_gOriaRB9oIN_LPqeAXRA
Vietnam aiming for seven to eight pct growth: state media
HANOI (AFP) ?" The Vietnamese government has targeted economic growth of seven to eight percent in 2009 and aims to win its fight against soaring inflation, state media said Thursday.
Prime Minister *************** on Wednesday asked officials to draw up a plan to achieve the growth objective, and to bring inflation back to "single digits by the end of 2009," the Tin Tuc daily reported.
Inflation surged to an annual rate of 27 percent in July after rocketing food and fuel costs saddled Vietnam with one of Asia''s toughest battles against rising prices.
State-run oil firms hiked petrol prices by 31 percent in July, and thousands of workers staged a strike this month demanding higher wages to match the rising cost of living.
The government has said fighting inflation is its top priority. It has raised interest rates and taken other steps to limit cre*** growth, as well as lowering its 2008 economic growth target to seven percent from 8.5 percent.
Vietnam was once widely hailed as Asia''s next economic tiger, but has been battered by the surge in inflation, a ballooning trade gap, tumbling share prices and worries about the banking sector and its currency, the dong.
The Asian Development Bank has warned it must take decisive measures to avoid the kind of economic meltdown suffered by Thailand in 1997, which triggered the Asian financial crisis.

Được beep sửa chữa / chuyển vào 12:48 ngày 18/08/2008

hi guys, i think this topic is pretty helpful. Since my English getting poorer and poorer, so I hope that I can learn from you guys inhere to improve my english.
Today, i''''d like to post an article in financial industry to see how VN economy is going. This thread was a bit old but i hope that we can learn some financil grossary from here.
Inflation in Vietnam passes 27%
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7522804.stm
Vietnam has reported an inflation rate of 27.04% in July, the highest so far this year.
This is also the largest year-on-year increase since 1991, when the country was deep in economic turmoil (tình trạng rối loạn).
Yet experts warn the worst is still to come as this week?Ts hike in fuel prices takes its toll.
The Government Statistics Office said the consumer price index (CPI) for July alone had risen 1.13% on June''''s figure, slightly lower than in previous months.
However, prices are on the rise and August?Ts figures are expected to be much higher due to the impact of fuel prices.
Last Monday, Hanoi unexpectedly raised the petrol price by more than 30%, citing high costs in the world market. The decision was met by widespread public discontent.
Among the hardest hit are the poor and company workers, who have seen their wages melting fast in the heat of inflation.
But economists warn higher fuel costs will increase pressure on other commo***ies and services, thus making inflation rocket. Some estimate that the CPI increase for the whole year may exceed 30%.
They also warn public grievances may lead to social unrest, something the Hanoi government is extremely worried about.
Prime Minister *************** has ordered state companies to tighten their belts and cut back on their expenses as well as "unnecessary new investments".
He also promised a stricter monetary policy, making price control the "utmost priority" of his cabinet.
Mr Dung hopes to cut the inflation rate to a single digit in a year?Ts time. But in order to achieve that target, the Vietnamese government may have to sacrifice high economic growth rates.
The Asia Development Bank has recently reduced their growth forecast for Vietnam in 2008 to 6.5% from the previous 7%.
Được beep sửa chữa / chuyển vào 12:55 ngày 18/08/2008

Vụ quan chức Nhật đút lót cho quan chức Việt Nam ăn hối lộ, để thắng công trình Cầu Thủ Thiêm và các dự án thuộc PMU.
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/e***orial/20080805TDY04305.htm
Bribing foreign officials tarnishes national image
The Yomiuri Shimbun
It is unforgivable for companies to simply accept the notion that providing kickbacks in developing countries is just another "business practice." The first arrest in a bribery case in connection with Japan''s official development assistance projects should be a strong signal to Japanese companies to change their way of looking at things.
Pacific Consultants International''s accounting irregularities relating to Japanese projects to dispose of chemical weapons abandoned by the Imperial Japanese Army in China during World War II are now developing into an alleged violation of the Unfair Competition Prevention Law that prohibits bribing foreign government employees.
According to investigations by the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office, a former president of PCI and others are suspected of handing over 90 million yen in 2003 and 2006, at the request of the head of the office in charge of a construction project to build an east-to-west trunk road in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.
This was the second arrest linked to bribery of foreign government officials after the Fukuoka Local Public Prosecutors Office filed a summary indictment last year against two former executives of electrical and engineering company Kyudenko Co.''s local subsidiary in the Philippines who had provided sets of golf clubs to two high-ranking officials at the Philippines National Bureau of Investigation.
Japan is Vietnam''s largest donor country, providing about 100 billion yen in ODA last fiscal year
Taking from taxpayers
Tokyo-based PCI was previously found to have accounting irregularities of about 140 million yen that stemmed from padding expense claims for ODA projects in 16 countries, including Vietnam and Costa Rica, submitted to the Japan International Cooperation Agency. In Costa Rica, it was learned that PCI bribed influential local people.
Monday''s arrest may illuminate only some of the bribes paid by PCI in developing countries. We hope prosecutors will uncover the full scope of what PCI has done in winning bids.
In 1998, member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, including Japan, as well as some nonmember countries concluded a convention to prevent the bribing of government officials. Along with that, Japan prepared the necessary domestic legislation by revising the Unfair Competition Prevention Law.
In spite of that, bribery is rarely detected because it is difficult to gather the necessary information as well as to get cooperation from the foreign countries involved.
Case not pursued
In 2002, Mitsui & Co., a major trading company, was suspected of bribing a high-ranking Mongolian government official by providing 1.3 million yen in cash in connection with an ODA project in that nation. At the time, prosecutors considered filing charges against the trading company under the Unfair Competition Prevention Law, but in the end decided not to proceed with the case.
In contrast, bribery charges have been laid in about 100 cases in the United States since the OECD convention was enacted. Japan''s accomplishments in this area have been outshone by a considerable degree, so much so that the OECD repeatedly recommended improvements were needed. It has also sought to have Japan take a more active approach to filing charges.
It is almost impossible to eradicate corporate misconduct when government officials solicit bribes as in the PCI case, unless the recipient of the bribe is strictly punished in their own country.
Meanwhile, companies should be aware that complying with such demands will lead the international community to lose trust in Japan.
The government now is going to focus on ODA projects in Africa. To make good use of ODA as a valuable diplomatic tool, disciplined corporate behavior and strict oversight by the Foreign Ministry are indispensable.(From The Yomiuri Shimbun, Aug. 5, 2008)

http://www.forbes.com/markets/2008/08/20/vietnam-interbank-rate-markets-econ-cx_vk-0820markets05.html
Vietnam Struggles To Squelch Inflationary Spiral
HONG KONG - Striving to curb the countryâ?Ts inflation rate, currently at a 17-year high, Vietnam''s central bank raised the countryâ?Ts interbank lending rate to discourage excess short-term borrowing on Wednesday.
The interest rate on overnight loans between banks will be lifted to 15% per annum, from 10.8%, the State Bank of Vietnam stated. The new rate, aimed at raising lenders'' short-term borrowing costs, is applicable to loans settled via the interbank electronic payment system from Tuesday onward.
Vietnam''s lenders count on overnight loans to balance their ledgers with the State Bank of Vietnam, the country''s central bank. The interbank rate rocketed to a record of 40% in February, following a series of tightening measures to curb cre*** growth. The rate moved lower after the State Bank hiked its base rate in May and June, allowing banks to raise capital by offering higher rates on deposits.
Like other developing countries in Asia, the principal problem for Vietnam is tackling its runaway inflation. Despite Hanoiâ?Ts previous efforts, such as raising the benchmark interest rate three times this year, to control the rising price level, the country''s rate of price increases in July hit a 17-year high of 27.0%, sustaining their double-digit pace for a ninth consecutive month.
As in the case in China, food prices, which account for 42.8% of Vietnamâ?Ts CPI basket, were the main culprit in the deterioration of Vietnamese purchasing power. The more than 30% hike in gasoline/diesel prices in July also contributed to rising costs across the country.
Vietnam has cut its economic growth target to 7.0% for 2008. In a report released earlier this week, the Asian Development Bank reduced its own growth forecast for Vietnam this year to 6.5%, from an April projection of 7.0%, while revising its inflation estimate for the year to 19.4%, from 18.3% previously. (See "ADB Warns On Specter Of Inflation In Emerging Asia.")

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ed20080821a2.html
Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008
E***ORIAL
ODA and bribery
The special investigation squad of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office has arrested a former president of Pacific Consultants International, a Tokyo-based consultancy for overseas construction projects, and three others on suspicion of bribery in connection with a project in Vietnam financed by the Japanese government''s official development assistance (ODA).
This case, however, may represent only the tip of an iceberg. Suspicions have been raised over collusive ties between Japanese companies and the politicians and officials of countries that receive ODA for infrastructure construction.
( vụ việc này có thể chỉ là phần nổi của tảng băng chìm. Có nghi vấn về sự thông đồng giữa các công ty Nhật và các quan chức, chính trị gia ở các nc nhận ODA phát triển cơ sở hạ tầng)
PCI had won orders worth ¥3.1 billion for consultation services related to a road construction project carried out by the Ho Chi Minh City People''s Committee, or the city government, and financed by Japanese ODA in October 2001 and March 2003. The PCI former president, Mr. Masayoshi Taga, and three others are suspected of having given $600,000 (about ¥64 million) in December 2003 and $220,000 (about ¥26 million) in August 2006 to the bureau chief of the city government in charge of public works. The total amount of alleged bribes is 1,188 times Vietnam''s per capita gross national income of $690.
But investigators suspect that the $820,000 is only part of the amount that PCI provided to the Ho Chi Minh city official on four occasions from 2003 to 2006. It is also said the PCI side began giving bribes around October 2001.
( nhưng các điều tra viên nói rằng 820.000 $ này chỉ là 1 phần các khoản tiền mà PCI đút lót cho quan chức TP HCM từ năm 2003 đến năm 2006. Các điều tra viên cũng nói thêm rằng, PCI bắt đầu hối lộ từ khoảng tháng 10 năm 2001)
In 1998, the unfair competition prevention law incorporated a clause banning bribes to public servants of foreign countries. This is the first time the law has been invoked to make arrests in an overseas project financed by ODA. The public prosecutors office should be praised for having overcome obstacles in building a bribery case around a company''s activities abroad.
The government should press countries that receive Japanese ODA to build a mechanism to ensure the transparency of ODA-financed projects. At the same time, Japanese companies should discard the notion that bribes are a necessary cost of doing business in some parts of the world.

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