Vietnamese female officers are high-profile and corrupt, arrogant and domineering.
Why is the military not usually involved in commercial activities? While allowing the military to generate revenue within the garrison can save military spending and keep the force running, it can pose a number of problems.
The military, as a political tool, can lead to some undesirable consequences if it has its own special interests. For example, if the army begins to pursue profits, then it will no longer be a tool to protect the interests of the country and the people, but may become a group of businessmen pursuing its own interests.
Therefore, we need to set some boundaries to ensure that the economic activities of the army are only for self-sufficiency, and not for profit.
In many countries, the military is seen as a symbol of dignity, justice and integrity, and soldiers eat national food, wear national clothes, and fight for the peace and tranquility of the country. Their honors and ranks are their most valuable assets.
However, in some countries, the military seems to be just theirs"Side hustles"In the world of flowers, it has its own industry. For example, the Indian Army has nearly 100 golf courses and numerous high-end business establishments; Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps has a significant presence in the oil, communications, and construction sectors; As a sub-important presence in the country, the Thai team controls important lifelines of the country, such as shipping, railways, entertainment industries and airport operations.
Especially in Vietnam, Asia, their military industry is even more impressive.
The Vietnamese army traditionally participated in the purchase and reselling of goods, an act that was not officially banned, but brought huge profits. Officers at all levels in the army are involved, and some even open restaurants and enterprises, a phenomenon that is described in Vietnamese folk as "generals managing enterprises, school officers opening restaurants, and soldiers entering factories."
Recently, a group of representatives of the Vietnamese army visited Russia ** circulated on the Internet, but the attention was not paid to their spirits, but to the LV women's bag in the hands of one of the female officers.
This ** has aroused heated discussions among Chinese netizens, and some people wonder: "Are luxury goods in Vietnam cheap?" "Although this kind of behavior is common in the Vietnamese military, it does not mean that it is also practiced elsewhere.
Although there may be preferential luxury goods in Vietnam compared to Hong Kong, Macao and mainland China, in any case, it is still puzzling for an ordinary Vietnamese female soldier to travel internationally with luxury goods far exceeding her income level.
According to the calculation of the normal income of Vietnamese female soldiers, an LV women's bag requires them to work for half a year without eating or drinking before they can buy it. The outflow of this ** has drawn widespread attention to the income of the Vietnamese army, which has led to speculation about whether the Vietnamese army is really very wealthy.
However, the analysis of big data does not provide enough evidence to support this speculation.
At first glance, Vietnam's purchase of Cheetah-class frigates from Russia seems to be intended to "deter" China. But when you look closely at the ** of the Vietnamese Navy, you will find the leather shoes on their feet.
Although the Vietnamese Navy was once the fourth largest in the world, it was not enough to support them to buy luxury brands at will. In fact, when the country was not enough to eat, the Vietnamese army had already begun to develop a side business.
These facts raise questions about the existence of the Vietnamese army: are they really the guardians of the state, or are they a burden to the state?
Prior to 1990, the Vietnamese military's business was secret, fragmented and fragmented. However, after the Soviet Union stopped providing $1 billion a year in military aid in 1990, the Vietnamese army was in a difficult situation.
Vietnam's domestic economy was on the verge of collapse due to years of war. It was around 1990 that the Soviet Union finally cut off economic aid to Vietnam, causing the Vietnamese military to complain.
Front-line combat units began to complain about the lack of food and the inability to complete combat missions. More and more army leaders have reported to the ** department that the soldiers are not well fed and clothed, how can they protect the country?
Obviously, hunger and frozen legs cannot win the battle. As a result, Vietnam's "People's Army Daily" and Vietnam's Ministry of National Defense's military-political theory journal "Quanfeng Defense Magazine" began to openly criticize Vietnam, with extremely sharp and bitter rhetoric, directly pointing at the unfair treatment of the army.
The contradictions between the Vietnamese military and ** have reached their peak.
In the past in Vietnam, joining the army seemed like a life-changing way for families who were living in hardship and were on the verge of starvation. They hope to win a better life for themselves and their families through the platform of the military.
However, the Vietnamese army at that time did not bring the gains they expected. The monthly salary of the officers is about 50,000 to 150,000 guilders, and even the first commander officers can barely pay the minimum food expenses.
Even slightly affluent soldiers may only be able to afford to eat themselves, but for those from poor backgrounds, they have little left to send home after paying the minimum food fee.
Therefore, despite the good intentions of joining the army, in Vietnam at that time, this choice did not bring about a substantial change.
At that time, the Vietnamese troops faced a serious problem of food **. Some soldiers even had to steal rice, oranges, and sugar cane from farmers to feed their hunger. They were very unhappy with this, believing that without Soviet assistance, their lives would be more difficult than during the War of Resistance Against America.
Their diet consists mainly of brown rice mixed with sand, which can choke on your teeth if you are not careful, and most of the dishes are expired canned salted fish.
In the course of routine inspection of military rations, it was found that for every 17 kilograms of military rations, there were 2 kilograms of impurities, such as small stones, sand, straw, etc., which were difficult to swallow. The Vietnamese military stipulates that infantry should consume at least 2,800 calories per person per day, but the actual intake of many soldiers is only 2,300 to 2,400 calories, especially in the northern regions, and the situation is even worse, and some troops can only maintain three meals a day, so they can only eat two meals a day.
Each person consumes less than four taels of vegetables per day. Chronic hunger and irregular eating caused many Vietnamese soldiers to suffer from malnutrition and even various diseases such as debilitating diseases, hepatitis, dentitis, edema, anemia, dysentery, etc., among which frailty, hepatitis and dental inflammation were more common.
In the 90s of the Vietnamese army, the equipment of military hospitals was outdated, the soldiers lacked medical treatment and medicine, and even some units broke out of dysentery for hundreds of people because of outdated medical facilities, and it was impossible to treat them, and finally 10,000 people were hospitalized due to dysentery in the troops in the northern border region, the mountainous area of the Western Plains, and the Cambodian battlefield.
At the same time, it is difficult to guarantee the minimum standard of living in the army, the housing problem has not been solved, and the sense of belonging of military personnel in the army is becoming weaker and weaker. After the Soviet Union cut off aid, more than 200 military enterprises that originally supplied military supplies were facing closure and production due to lack of funds, and the military supplies were seriously insufficient, and the soldiers could only wear torn cotton jackets and old military uniforms, and even because of the insufficient supply of oil, they could only steal oil.
In this case, where is the sense of belonging of the army?
Under strong pressure from the military, Vietnam finally withstood the pressure and decided to follow the trend of the world market economy and allow the military to set up and operate enterprises on its own.
With the encouragement of **, more than half of the members of the Vietnamese army have started to engage in productive activities, and 60,000 of them work full-time in enterprises. In just a few years, the military has established more than 300 self-operated enterprises.
Today, the Hanoi Air Defense Force is no longer driving American bombers, but is no different from any Vietnamese who are obsessed with commerce. The difference is that they hold the ** in one hand and look around vigilantly, while the other hand counts the banknotes and fiddles with satisfaction.
In 1992, two years after the military introduced the market, Vietnam's military-run enterprises began exporting media, rubber, coffee and manufactured goods. Although these ** are not entirely legal, as some Vietnamese military vessels have been intercepted in the northern waters while smuggling**.
The Chang Son Construction Corporation, a subsidiary of the Ministry of National Defense of Vietnam, not only undertook the construction of the Vietnam Peace Hydropower Station, but also continued to develop it. The 559th Army, which once played an important role in Vietnam's War of Resistance Against the United States, now has soldiers who are assembling television sets in South Korean multinational companies, while others are renovating and building international ports and Highway 5.
The army gradually grew into a group with 21 subsidiaries. Vietnam** and the military have tasted the benefits of doing business and have begun to actively build profit-oriented companies and enterprises, with a special focus on the entertainment and tourism industries.
The military industrial complex, which once produced munitions, bombs, and uniforms, is no longer satisfied with the needs of war, and they have begun to turn their attention to products in daily life, such as fashion, electric fans, bicycle parts, and so on.
At the same time, the Vietnamese military is also expanding its influence through cooperation with other countries, negotiation of clothing business, construction of large hotels, oil exploration and drilling platforms, etc.
Ironically, despite its claim to be the "fourth largest in the world," Vietnam's reputation is less about its achievements and more about its efforts to participate in globalization and diversification.
The military used to avoid the United States, but now they have expressed their desire to build a company using American equipment, and expressed their willingness to cooperate with the United States, and even hope that the American ** team will return.
"War is a thing of the past," they stressed. "Although no country or nation will always be hated or prejudiced, the scars of history cannot be easily forgotten.
The core idea of the new copy is that despite the pain of the past, we should learn to let go of hatred, look forward, and seek cooperation and peace.
With the development of the economy, the situation of the Vietnamese army has improved significantly, the soldiers are no longer plagued by dental diseases and dysentery, and the economic affluence has made them better protected.
However, the economic affluence also led officers to re-examine their responsibilities and beliefs, and no longer saw the defense of the country as the whole of life, but the pursuit of personal wealth and enjoyment.
Vietnamese soldiers were busy building golf courses, and their goal was to be as "good" as their superiors — after all, not every officer could run a restaurant, and the generals were too busy to see people and run businesses every day.
What is military affairs? It is nothing but the hand of the privileged class in another world. In 1995, when Vietnam's rice harvest was severely poor, it was repeatedly stressed that it should not export rice privately in order to ensure the basic needs of the country.
However, those armies who eat "stone rice" and "straw rice" use ** to smuggle rice. From top to bottom, no one pays attention to how to improve military training and strengthen the management of troops.
At the beginning of the 21st century, Vietnam's more developed cities, such as Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, had officers living a luxurious life, owning imported Nissan cars, enjoying good food, and numerous industries.
However, instead of accolades, these affluent lives have attracted criticism. Because the Vietnamese military began to get involved in the gray industry, especially in Ho Chi Minh City, the ** place was overflowing, making Vietnam almost a laughing stock of the international community.
According to statistics, until 2020, Vietnam ranked low on the global Corruption Perceptions Index score, and there has been no significant improvement for ten consecutive years. Although the number of countries and regions on the list has remained stable, the Vietnamese people are deeply dissatisfied with the fact that Vietnam, a country that has long flaunted its anti-corruption efforts, has not improved in the past decade.
In October 2021, Vietnam launched an unprecedented anti-corruption campaign determined to crack down on the misuse of state property. In April 2021, the Hanoi City People's Court sentenced member Vu Huan Huan to 11 years in prison and expelled from the party for "the crime of managing and using state property in violation of regulations and causing significant losses and waste."
In addition, seven generals were removed from all positions in the party, two generals were expelled from the party, and disciplinary action was taken against violators of the Vietnamese Coast Guard. Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Son, deputy secretary of the Party Committee and commander of the Vietnam Coast Guard Force, was dismissed from all positions within the party and was also held accountable for the violations of laws and regulations committed by his subordinate units.
Even the outgoing governor of Kyh Hoa Province, Le Derong, was tried on charges similar to Wu Huihuang's. What is even more shocking is that the two successive governors of Khanh Hoa Province in Vietnam have been suspected of illegal activities in the Jiulong Son Temple Ecological Project and the Vinh Trung Mountain and River Villa Project in the Jiuqu Shan area, which shows that corruption is still being passed on in Vietnam.
Vietnam's military business is serious, and the military** also serves as the chairman or CEO of various companies, which makes it very difficult to completely prevent corruption in the military.
Although Vietnam** has been pushing ahead with anti-corruption efforts, the military's large assets, including important commercial banks and telecommunications companies, make anti-corruption efforts a huge challenge.
How to fight corruption without leaving any blind spots is a long-term and arduous task for Vietnam.