Comments on: Vietnamese Government loses $8,000,000 to Football Bets

By: chingkulingkang

chingkulingkang — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 10:30:17 +0000

Total losers

By: Linzy

Linzy — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 06:47:10 +0000

Totally expected. The Vietnamese government is so corrupted over there. The economy is doing poorly compared to other countries and you have people with “bought” degrees holding high positions in the government like chairman of commerce and they never read a single textbook in that field in their life!
And these kind of people are running a country!
The rich kids of these officials get to go into all the good schools and colleges because they can “afford it” and the people’s taxes go to pay their study abroad tuition (because damn well they’re not getting no financial aid in the US).
All the poor, smart kids can’t even get into good colleges there without paying a high “application fee” (equivalent to tuition) to the interviewer to ensure acceptance. It’s really sad. Instead of gambling, they could use government money to fund their people’s education so they can get good jobs and open big companies and bring money to the country. Simple economics.

By: arizona

arizona — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 23:52:54 +0000

You are right sir. I was using the Vietnam Dong for the conversion. to USD

By: Casual Adventurer

Casual Adventurer — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 03:35:00 +0000

The ones who get caught are the stupid crooks…… Never underestimate how clever some of these people can be, but please don’t assume they represent the whole community.

I work on and manage aid and development projects in Vietnam. Managing corruption, catching the criminals and making sure the $Dollars$ go where they are supposed to is a never ending job for International organisations and good, hard working Vietnamese alike.

All this is compounded by impossibly low salaries for Government officials, the naivety of international organisations and the clever dedication of the criminals.

But don’t be too harsh on Vietnam. I have worked on Projects where poor farmers contribute their own funds to improve their communities. They don’t want charity, just someone to show them how to access opportunities. Their efforts are what makes this land inspirational.

By: Vince

Vince — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 02:05:37 +0000

Get your fact straight before you post. UKÂ£ 4 000 000 is equivalent to 8.19400 million U.S. dollars!

Source:
http://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&channel=s&hl=en&q=%C2%A34%2C000%2C000+to+usd&btnG=Google+Search

Compare this figure to how much a single Vietnamese makes in a year: GDP – per capita (PPP) $3,100

Source: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/vm.html#Econ

It’s even more ridiculous to see the money he spent on gambling when the money is suppose to use for aid purpose!

I’m a Vietnamese myself living in the U.S (family left after the fall of Saigon) and it doesn’t surprise me a bit to see this kind of story comes to light. It’s funny I see more and more children of these crooks being sent to U.S for study abroad. You have to wonder where the money come from. Oh and not to mention they call people like me “traitor” but welcome the $$$ coming in the country.

Thanks weirdasiannews for this nice article.