Adele Shevel writes
Among the foreign companies that are investing in Vietnam are some from the US. Memories of the war between the US and the Vietnamese — which define the world’s view of the country — are restricted to museums and tourist sites. There are no signs of the conflict in the cities, which seem to be expanding at a rate of knots. Nor is there animosity towards the Americans on the streets. The Vietnamese view seems to be that they want to make their country better and are willing to work with whoever is able and willing to help them... Among many of the youth there is open admiration for the US’s entrepreneurship and free market — even while they hold on to their own culture... In many ways, this environment seems a far cry from South Africa in particular and Africa in general, where the legacy of colonialism is still blamed for many of the economic and social ills with which many countries are battling.
Without undermining the need for corrective development programmes like black economic empowerment, perhaps South Africa could learn a valuable lesson from the speed with which the Vietnamese have moved beyond their past to concentrate on building their future.
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