I&#x27;ve been in and out of Vietnam since the 90s. It takes a long long time to bring up the working class. You could substitute your statement for Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand; all of which have had democracies for a long time. All corrupt without exception.<p>And Vietnam doesn&#x27;t have a centralized economy any more. And neither does China. Your rants sound like the standard rants of everyone who wants to be willfully ignorant of development in these countries. &quot;They aren&#x27;t progressing because their stats are false. Why? Because I said so!&quot;. Nevermind the rise in real wages and standards of living.