It adopted a bona fide structural adjustment program that called for the decollectivization of agriculture, sharp devaluations of the Vietnamese dong, and a suspension of price supports for the staples of Vietnamese life. The economic miracle spreads. So have the disparities within the urban areas themselves. Like the Saigon of old, the political and economic gap between the tiny urban elite that cater to the foreign moneybags and the rest of the population keeps growing. Yet the only anti-poverty policies that Vietnam can adopt are those that remain true to the fundamentals of the neoliberal model.
Egalitarian measures are out of the question.
So are the ideals that once animated such a goal. Like in America. It really does no good to dwell on the past. We need to encourage investment from America. Twenty years after the fall of Saigon, it's a time to recall that the North won the military battle.