If you want to understand why Vietnam is mired in economic instability, I'd urge you not to read this story on the state-owned Voice of Vietnam news website.
The story - an interview with a national assembly member headlined: "Why are gold and USD strictly controlled?" - meanders around the subject, adding new layers of confusion with each paragraph.
Perhaps it's just a bad translation - I know official Vietnamese can be very tough to render into crisp English.
After circling round and round, the report climaxes with a richly and - I suspect - accidentally ironic ending, which merits full quotation:
The story - an interview with a national assembly member headlined: "Why are gold and USD strictly controlled?" - meanders around the subject, adding new layers of confusion with each paragraph.
Perhaps it's just a bad translation - I know official Vietnamese can be very tough to render into crisp English.
After circling round and round, the report climaxes with a richly and - I suspect - accidentally ironic ending, which merits full quotation:
Dr Kien: The bottom line is that people have lost their trust in the value of the domestic currency due to one-sided information in the media.
Reporter: Thank you.