
“…years of political instability, including two military coups, have hampered the country’s economic potential…Vietnam, on the other hand, reported a record number of foreign investment in 2015 and the fastest growth rate in five years at 6.68 percent.”
This is what the Human Rights Watch website has:
“Vietnam’s human rights record remains dire in all key areas. A one-party communist state suppresses virtually all forms of political dissent, using a broad array of repressive measures. Freedom of expression, association and assembly are tightly controlled.
“The police routinely use torture and beatings to extract confessions and punish detainees…State-run drug rehabilitation centres exploit detainees as forced labourers making goods for local markets and export…”
Would people rather support Thailand, with its problems and a two per cent plus growth rate, or in the other country described?
Investors should be advised that there is a big, big difference between capitalist Thailand and a one-party communist state that uses forced labour to compete.
Guy Baker
Bangkok