IBON Foundation May Want To Have An Economic Debate With The University Of Economics-Ho Chi Minh City

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I was running out of ideas until I realized IBON Foundation may reek its ugly head again. Right now, I do believe that IBON Foundation is really a CPP-NPA legal front. The usual argument may be Singapore only opened up to foreign investors due to lack of natural resources. However, what's ignored is that the CPP-NPA still sticks to the teachings of the late Joma Sison. They still have their POOR CORRELATION between foreign investments and unemployment. IBON, a closet communist think-tank needs to face off against OPEN COMMIES from the University of Economics-Ho Chi Minh City (UEH). 

I browsed through IBON Foundation's posts on foreign investment. Is it me or does the IBON Foundation engage in INTELLECTUAL DISHONESTY? If they want to prove their claims right then they need to prove their claims to Vietnam. Not only that, but they also have this STUPID CLAIM for one:

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They claim that the late Emperor Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr. was a neoliberal? Like WUT? Marcos Sr. was anything but that. Economic protectionism was rampant during the Marcos Years. They are trying to say that most Southeast Asian nations were protectionist and trying to self-industrialize? At that time, the late Deng Xiaoping introduced Socialism with Chinese Characteristics. I prefer to call it Communism with Chinese Characteristics. Those clowns need to have a formal debate with the best professors of the UEH. That's especially true that Vietnam has a very low unemployment rate vs. the Philippines.

It would be important to  note Ho Chi Minh's foreign policy:

Opening the door, integration for development

During his journey to seek a right revolutionary path for Vietnam, President Ho Chi Minh formed the thought on the issue of opening the door for integration.

In an article published on the L’Humanite newspaper on August 2, 1919, he wrote that in terms of principles, common progress depended on the development of internationalism and civilisation could only be beneficial when international relations were expanded and enhanced.

After the success of the 1945 August Revolution, President Ho Chi Minh considered the expansion of international relations and sending of personnel to other countries to learn advanced sciences and technologies necessary for the socioeconomic development in Việt Nam.

In his letter sent to then US Secretary of State James Byrnes on November 1, 1945, the Vietnamese leader put forth the initiative of building people-to-people diplomacy to start cooperative ties between the peoples of the Vietnam and the US.

His strategic thought on an open economy was mentioned most fully and clearly in the “Appeal to the United Nations” issued in December 1946. In this letter, he stated that with democratic countries, Vietnam was ready to carry out the open door and cooperation policy in all fields:

a. Vietnam would create favorable conditions for investment from foreign companies into all of its industries.

b. Vietnam was ready to expand ports, airports and roads for international trade and transit.

c. Vietnam accepted to take part in all international economic cooperation organisations under the leadership of the United Nations.

d. Vietnam was ready to sign special security agreements and conventions related to the use of some of its naval and air force bases with naval and ground forces within the framework of the UN. 

Throughout the revolution, those viewpoints reflected the President’s far-sighted vision.

Unlike the CPP-NPA - Ho not only fought with his comrades (and the guy deserves more praise than Joma) but also learned the power of the free market. 1986 became the turning point when the late Do Muoi. Do Muoi didn't possess the "I hate Singapore!" attitude that Migraine International most likely has. Instead, Do Muoi talked with the late Lee Kuan Yew about what COMMUNIST Vietnam could learn from DEMOCRATIC Singapore.

It would be interesting if the IBON Foundation could face off against the faculty of UEH. I think a good portion of UEH commie professors may now be having the latest iPhone 15. The difference is members of IBON probably bought it at a higher price due to shipping. Meanwhile, the UEH professors may have bought theirs at a lower price due to the units being LOCALLY PRODUCED in Vietnam.

It'd be a very fun debate to see IBON's economists face off against UEH economists. Maybe, we might see the Ho Chi Minh Youth League (who all wear the same shades of blue as Kayabangan Partylist) cheer them on. It'd be interesting if Kayabangan Partylist would back IBON up - only to face off against the Ho Chi Minh Youth League. The debate can either be at the UEH or at the University of the Philippines-Diliman. I think it has to happen in the two places. It's so both IBON and the UEH economists can see the situation better in both countries.