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A version of this blog was published on Thanh Nien Newspaper on February 1, 2013
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New Year’s resolution: Shine a light to reduce corruption in Vietnam
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| This traditional Vietnamese print depicts corruption in the form of rats bribing a cat in order to celebrate a wedding. |
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As Vietnam sits on the cusp of becoming a middle income country, reflections on achievements and emerging challenges is inevitable. Like a runner with tremendous stamina, Vietnam has made great strides in reducing poverty and in maintaining economic growth even through a global downturn. At the same time, we know that Vietnam continues to face formidable challenges, among them corruption.
How do you measure corruption?
A coworker recently emailed me an article about corruption in Vietnam. Both that article, which talks about the arrests of several journalists who had done extensive reporting on corruption, and some others I’ve read about anti