Vietnam's military told to get out of business
DPA
Hanoi - The Vietnamese military has been told it must get out of the business of running private companies, a senior communist party official said Tuesday.
The communist party has ordered the army and the Ministry of Public Security to transfer corporations under their control to the state, said Dao Duy Quat, the vice chairman of the Commission on Ideological and Cultural Affairs.
'This move will help the party and the military to better concentrate on their work, and also help the enterprises to operate more effectively in the market economy,' said Quat.
Military-run businesses are found throughout Asia, and are a way for many countries to pay for a standing army.
Vietnam's military first went into business at the end of the war with the US in 1975, when the country was on the brink of economic collapse.
Today, Vietnam's People's Army is involved in numerous highly profitable enterprises, ranging from industrial to agriculture production.
One of the military's most successful companies is Viettel, the third-largest telephone network and Internet service provider in the country. Last year, Viettel was given permission to expand its operations into Cambodia.
Le Kha Phieu, the former secretary general of the Communist Party Central Committee, applauded the move.
'This will help create a better business climate,' Phieu said in a recent interview with the online news service, VietnamNet Bridge. 'Only by doing so can we create the most favourable conditions for healthy competition. Enterprises cannot fairly compete with each other if they are in different positions.'
The decision, handed down during the Central Party Committee's fourth plenary ending January 24, does not automatically mean the companies will suddenly be privatized.
'These enterprises will still either be state-owned companies or will be privatized, with many of them having the government being the controlling shareholder,' said Quat.
The transfer of companies is expected to begin this year.
The communist party has ordered the army and the Ministry of Public Security to transfer corporations under their control to the state, said Dao Duy Quat, the vice chairman of the Commission on Ideological and Cultural Affairs.
'This move will help the party and the military to better concentrate on their work, and also help the enterprises to operate more effectively in the market economy,' said Quat.
Military-run businesses are found throughout Asia, and are a way for many countries to pay for a standing army.
Vietnam's military first went into business at the end of the war with the US in 1975, when the country was on the brink of economic collapse.
Today, Vietnam's People's Army is involved in numerous highly profitable enterprises, ranging from industrial to agriculture production.
One of the military's most successful companies is Viettel, the third-largest telephone network and Internet service provider in the country. Last year, Viettel was given permission to expand its operations into Cambodia.
Le Kha Phieu, the former secretary general of the Communist Party Central Committee, applauded the move.
'This will help create a better business climate,' Phieu said in a recent interview with the online news service, VietnamNet Bridge. 'Only by doing so can we create the most favourable conditions for healthy competition. Enterprises cannot fairly compete with each other if they are in different positions.'
The decision, handed down during the Central Party Committee's fourth plenary ending January 24, does not automatically mean the companies will suddenly be privatized.
'These enterprises will still either be state-owned companies or will be privatized, with many of them having the government being the controlling shareholder,' said Quat.
The transfer of companies is expected to begin this year.
23 comments:
Dear KI Media,
If you could obtain copies of the 73-point of political settlement in 2004 and post them here?
Khmer and English versions.
Thanks.
Under Paris peace agreement, all vietnamese troops and their military experts must move out from Cambodia. Why until now Sok Kong who was the most senior military expert of vietnam is still allowed to exploite in Cambodia in all level of gaining Cambodian resourses and revenue?
He exploited Cambodia tourist industry by set up Absara authority, taking all Cambodia state entreprise properties ( hotel and lands), Cambodia harbour, Cambodia petrol exploration etc.. and etc... > Where is the dummy King doing ? Is it not still an invasion by vietnam?
The agreement talks about
Millitary personnels with guns,
grenades,..., and amunitions.
As for Sok Kong, he's a khmer
citizen and a very big investor
and enterpreneur, that is all.
And to answer the topic question,
we will follow anything that will
get our people out of poverty.
Any more question?
Hello poster 9:26,
I am 6:21AM. I have many meals with Sok Kong recently. His wife is a truely vietnam from Vietnam. He is also a vietnamese born in Prey Veng but was assigned by Vietcong to control Cambodia military and economy to make sure than Cambodia cannot be return to her glorious again. Please go and Sok Kong Himself, what he is doing in Cambodia?
As long as Hun Sen is still in power the poverty will remain and more land will lose to Yuan.
Sok Kong's business practices are that he has the monopoly to most lucrative government contracts: military, police and civil service (medicine, petrol supply, tourism sites, etc.). He charges two to three times the market prices, and the government is naturally unable to pay its debts to him. As a down payment, the government offered him more business concessions, such as control of Siem Reap temples, and premium state properties (oil terminal, state lands, etc). He can practically phone Hun Sen, say what he wants and he gets it.
In most democratic countries, such a monopoly would raise questions that demand responsible answers (not just "have no report", "don't know yet", "will investigate without any deadline", "too busy to respond", "unavailable for comments", "phone switched off", or "deny, deny"). In Cambodia, both executive and legislative branches keep quiet because many top leaders are on his payroll. Of course, he creates job opportunities for ordinary Cambodians, so are many other Chinese Cambodian businessmen, but where have all the excessive profits gone?
There is little doubt that Sok Kong (probably not his real name) is still associated with the VN military, perhaps one of the business arms of the VN military in Cambodia. Isn't that why the Viets can do whatever they want in Cambodia? On the surface, it may be all sweety and juicy for some gullible people, but underneath the surface there may be a trojan horse or a virus waiting for the right time to strike.
Post10:06, when a person born
anywhere in Cambodia, he is a
Cambodian Citizen, okay.
As to who he's married to is none
of my bussiness. I don't know
what you are trying to say or
prove here with those informations?
Can you be more direct about it?
Post10:55, your theory
of "monopoly" aint all truth.
What is the sense of having
bussiness if no one can't afford
your product?
I don't see it as my worse night
mare. Bussiness will provided jobs
and I want it to stay. Moreover,
we need a lot more bussinesses
yet, and if you have any
consideration for the jobless
who desperately need jobs, you will
not detered any jobs from them.
Is that hard to comprehend?
Wrong post10:06, there are plenty
of reports that declared poverty
have been reduced in Cambodia. And
the effect will followed an
exponential function. Hence, it
will become more apparent after
2010, not right now, okay?
Outsiders know all about it about Sok Kong, Sokimex,.. belong to Yuan Army. The Yuan created KR and led to destroy everything, so the Yuan created their own records their own Khmers like they created Sok Kong, Hoc Lundy, as for an example. Hun Sen joins the Yuan and helps them to destroy Cambodia even more. Many CPP's supporters are too naive and easily tricked by these concealing Yuan army but and many CPP's supporter are concealing Yuan army. Those fake Khmers using many strategies to divide Khmers and to put Khmers against Khmers, calling Khmers "Ethiopian" forgetting that their actions and racism will disparage their Yuan community.
No Body believe them anymore, no body. Not what I knew about.
The US and other countries knew all about it, but if Hun Sen and his camrades want for Cambodia, then fine with them.
Hun Sen is a leading Cambodia to an end of Khmer Nation.
Very sad indeed.
We don't care who own Sokimex.
We want jobs and we want all
companies here.
Now what word don't you understand?
Stop acting too desparate. All the billion USD helped from foreigners could help Khmers to start to rebuild the country, but those money didn't go to rebuild the country but go to the thugs like you, but then come back and pretended to cry wolf "we want jobs".
You sound like one of the concealing Yuan Army like Sok kong who robbed Khmers and pretend to say "we help Khmers".
Sure you don't care who is Sokimex? Because the partner is Mrs DO MOI (special Yuan agent and her whole family members), Hun Sen's wife (new name Bunrani)
What billion USD?
We got 600 millions USD from
international aids and some loose
changes here and there and about
400 millions USD of tax revenue,
an that pretty much it.
What do you want from that?
Do you think the UN experts work
cheap? From the 600 millions
that we got, I say about 200
millions go back to their stupid
experts who take forever to
complete any project ...
And currently there are many
countries that don't have Khmer
Embassy....
Try to work out the math yourself,
dude before you spray shits all
over khmer people, alright.
Are you Khmer or one of the concealing Yuan Army like Sok Kong?
If you are Khmer then you can do it instead of this Yuan Sok Kong.
I told you once before in KI that
I will invest and bring jobs to Cambodia only Hun Sen stops acting stupid and childish. He trusts Yuan more than Khmers. Hun Sen is crazy based on what he is doing. He is only good in killing his own people. Hun Sen is crazy & an idot because many people like you love to flatter him. Some body needs to tell to wake up to see the reality. He goes around looking like a monkey begging for money and getting fake degrees, this is too stupid. Those people who gave him fake degrees just want to use him because Hun Sen is easy for them to use. What kind a leader is this? Do you see how an uneductaed and brutal run the country? He is wrecking the whole nation.
I can help to build a nuclear power plant so Khmers don't need the thieves Yuan's electricity, but it requires a lot of work and take care. Besides your guys are too lazy to do anything but talking and shooting each other like in animal kingdom. Cambodia is known as a state of gangsters and the land of corruption wherever you go people will tell you exactly just that.
You are too good with your big stupid mouth posting too many junks threatening people with racism remarks while you are below the toilet.
Don't you ever under estimate some of these invisible posters, my friend. If you want to talk like a gangster then keep doing we keep watching.
FYI, Moi28, Sok Kong is a khmer
citizen more than you can ever
be. Whether his ethic background
is Yuon, Chen, Barang,..., I don't
care.
No, you can't do anything for
us without the blessing from our
PM. Just don't deter jobs from
the needies.
And what is with the double-
standard on PM Hun Sen Education
and Qualification. Keep in mind
that your California governor
ain't no cup of tea either, and
stop trying to lie to khmer people
either.
Give it a rest, dude, you have
not telling us anything real,
just things from your ideal
world that can only exist in
heaven. We are not dead yet,
so we have no use for any of
your heavenly idea, okay?
Post@3:33PM, ...
Most of your counter-arguments contains the phrase "I don't care as long as ..." or something similar. Doesn't that tell other readers anything? As long as you can get scraps and left-over from those business barons with a questionable background, you are completely satisfied. The baron you are protecting has taken so much from Cambodia and given back only a small portion of it. A true Khmer compatriot would have thought twice before raping Cambodia of its national resources. Of course, you don't care about that!
Cambodia receives multi-lateral aid around US$600M a year. It also receives bi-lateral aid from other countries, such as Japan, China and France. Tax revenue could have been better. For quite a number of years now, it is accumulated in billions of dollars. So, it's not further from the truth.
However, the research undertaken by international organisations seemed to suggest that the gap between the rich and the poor is getting wider. More and more people are losing their lands and properties, thus their livelihood, and some of them ended up working as labourers at one of Sok Kong's enterprises. It's not an ideal world, but it could have been much better, realistically.
Yeah, post4:03, that is exactly
what I mean by "I don't care..."
And I do want those leftover craps
that no one else want. I am sure
a lot our beggars will appreciated
that.
As for the aids, cut the craps with
rherorics, just we me your best
total estimate. I can't understand
your wild cards. If it is billions,
tell me how many billions and
if it it 5 years tell me "5 years."
don't play the stupid game with me
with "number of years" crap,
alright, that is if you want to
learn something realistic from
this discussion.
As for the gap between the rich
and the poor I don't care about
that either, so long most of the
poor life style improved, that is
all that I can asked for.
We have seen how your backstabers
SISOWATT Sarimatakis superior
leaderships in action, but
unfortunately, we don't have
anything good to say about their
vision and achievement for
Cambodia, okay? If you do know
something, please share it with
us. We would love to hear and
learn something about them.
4:32 PM. Are you really Khmer who does really care for Khmers or are you Yuan waiting for the right time to wrap Hun Sen in your lunch bag then toss him to the Mekong River after the concealing Yuan Army totally openly take Cambodia?
If you are Khmer and do really love/care for Khmers and you still worship Hun Sen because you are being fed by this thug Hun Sen, then nothing anyone can help.
Read your comments again:
[[[Anonymous said...
FYI, Moi28, Sok Kong is a khmer
citizen more than you can ever
be. Whether his ethic background
is Yuon, Chen, Barang,..., I don't
care.
//Sok Kong is Khmer but he was born into an ethnic Yuan and he is working for the Yuan Army. You cannot compare Sok Kong with us Barang. Sok Kon serves the interest of Yuan Governmnet, he is one of the sleeping force. If you are Khmer, you and other Khmers can take over his job instead of Sok Kong.
>No, you can't do anything for
us without the blessing from our
PM. Just don't deter jobs from
the needies.
//Here you come back again with the same nonesense. Whenever anyone cares and wants to help, you are too fast accusing him/her of trying to deter jobs. You don't know who I am or what I do.
>And what is with the double-
standard on PM Hun Sen Education
and Qualification. Keep in mind
that your California governor
ain't no cup of tea either, and
stop trying to lie to khmer people
either.
//What is your problem? Why is this a doubled standard telling the truth that Hun Sen is no good for Cambodia? HE is wrecking Cambodia and everyone can see it. Is it because you and some of you are being fed by Hun Sen to keep him in power, isn't it?
>Give it a rest, dude, you have
not telling us anything real,
just things from your ideal
world that can only exist in
heaven. We are not dead yet,
so we have no use for any of
your heavenly idea, okay?
//Wow, you already thought you know who I am, and believing that Hun Sen is the only man who could save Cambodia, you are dead wrong.
If you are Khmer, you are scared to speak up because you will be shot by Hun Sen thugs I can understand that. But to say what I just told you is not real, I have no other things to say. If you are in Washington DC, or Maryland or New Jersey, drop me a line.
You may be able to see in your own eyes what I told you. I only try to help. But I won't bring jobs to Cambodia until Hun Sen understands the reality of this world technology. Too many brown-nosers like you around Hun Sen, that is why this thug always staying a blind man.
FYI Hun Manet was allowed to attend West Point b/c we wanted to help new generation like him to not becoming a dictator like his step father, Hun Sen.
Well good luck my friend, and weren't you the one who told me you are a scientist with a winning award, etc..? If you are then I congrat you. If you have questions and wish to drop me a line then drop it at
http://groups.google.com/group/camdisc/topics?gvc=1
Fine, keep your stupid hitech idea
out of cambodia because right now
we want to move out of poverty
our own way, that is step-by-step,
not leaping over a million steps
to try to catch Japan or the US,
and fall on our face like we
did in 1975 when we were leaded
by your stupid backstabers SISOWATT
Sarimatakis people et al. .
Vietnam is doing all they can setting up rules, regulations, passes new laws with anticipation to compete with members of WTO. Cambodia, already a member of WTO, what have the government done in this scenario besides playing evil politics?
Call it whatever you want, but the
government has created hundreds of
thousands jobs, upkeeping with
infrastructure to support new
bussinesses, kept irrigation going,
Fighting deadly H5N1 bird flu
virus, ..., and the list go on
and on for the good and safety of
the people.
Hun Sen's supporters many are Yuan sleeping force. Just read the way these thugs write, very irrational & very brutal. Many are communists still. They are inside the ring of the mafia.
Oh, stop crying. just go suck on
a lolly pop, that should make you
feel better.
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