This country has tremendous potential because of its hard working people.'' he said. Asian investors are more likely to agree with LaLonde. The five countries with the greatest amount of pledged investment capital are Asian, led by Taiwan. The United States ranks sixth. Some of those Asian investors speculate that they are more comfortable than Westerners in a business climate where bribery and shifting regulations color almost every deal. ''We care about the bottom line, not how we get there,'' said a director of a Taiwanese light-manufacturing company in Ho Chi Minh City, who asked not to be identified.
Asian investors are muddy-water fish.
This is a very muddy environment.'' Only when Asian investors like the Taiwanese exit Vietnam will the government act on investors' complaints, said another Western businessman in Ho Chi Minh City.