It is late May in steaming Ho Chi Minh City, and that means frequent intense afternoon thunderstorms. The energy unleashed in these slashing downpours has something in common with the pace of Vietnam's economic development in recent years: both are breathtaking.
5 月下旬，燠熱的胡志明市常會在下午來一陣生猛有力的雷陣雨，那股傾洩而下的氣勢彷彿越南近年快速發展的經濟，令人屏息。