Word: vietnam
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...ambivalent about April 30. Though the economy is expanding at an annual rate of 8%, there is much uncertainty about China's growing assertiveness in the region, about the aging communist leadership's reluctance to step aside and about whether prosperity is eroding the socialist values on which modern Vietnam was founded. In Hanoi, where the anniversary celebrations will be more muted, Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet, 74, last week talked about such concerns with a group of Time editors led by managing editor James R. Gaines. Excerpts from the interview...
TIME: Isn't it ironic that one of the U.S. motives in the war--containing China--is still an issue for Vietnam...
...over China in the border war, but not because of our comparative advantage in military force. We won the war because we had the right to defend our country. I would like to emphasize our consistent policy of creating peace and stability not only in Vietnam but also in other countries in the region. We have consistently asserted our sovereignty and our jurisdiction over the Spratly and Paracel islands since we do have the evidence and grounds for that. All the parties concerned-Vietnam, China, the Philippines, Malaysia, Taiwan and Brunei-should together negotiate to find a solution...
...TIME: Is Vietnam stuck in a "twilight zone" between a command economy and a market economy...
TIME: What about the opposition to reform in Vietnam...