Hanoi's war on graft is uneven at best. In January, three people convicted of corruption at Tamexco, a trading company with party connections, were publicly executed before big crowds. But when allegations of questionable practices that led to a homicide swirled around a son of PM Phan Van Khai, no charges were laid. But we penalize those who get rich by misuse of state properties. It is a major problem.
Some reckon graft is worse elsewhere in Asia.
But the Vietnamese disease is pretty bad. This is a fact of the transitional phase of development in Vietnam. He has a point. Of course, he'll take it. He suggests it is not prevalent in the top echelons.