[killjoy]

Shanghai today is a hell lot more modern and worldly than Hanoi.

There is a big difference between Hanoi and Saigon. Saigon is thriving and western companies are everywhere. By the looks of things, Vietnam is going to be a major economic force in Asia.

[diesel00]

Saigon is thriving and western companies are everywhere. By the looks of things, Vietnam is going to be a major economic force in Asia.

I agree on that point. I just don't agree with some of the posters here who are jumping on the Vietnam bandwagon while dismissing China's much larger (and historical) economic changes. It's beyond ironic considering that Vietnam is using the exact Chinese model of economic development to achieve this, and some FReepers here are jumping up and down at the news and dreaming of containing China with Vietnam (a country 1/40 the size of China).