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The Vietnamese government has close ties to China right? For example, they are pivoting their high speed rail network to interconnect to China’s high speed rail
by SilverElfin 10mo ago
The Vietnamese government has close ties to China right? For example, they are pivoting their high speed rail network to interconnect to China’s high speed rail (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%E2%80%93South_express_railway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%E2%80%93South_express_ra...). Between this and the change to not allow banking apps on rooted phones (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46555963 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46555963), I wonder if they’re being fed a playbook and tools for control of the citizenry by the CCP.
- alephnerd 10mo agoNope. This is domestically led. Unlike China, VN's head of state is a MPS careerist, and much of the leadership spent their formative years in East Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Romania from 1988-93. After the Viet A scandal and SaltBae-gate, the MPS became much more interested in online presence management. Additionally, VN's internal security apparatus tends to procure from Western (French, Israeli) or Indian vendors because of the ongoing standoff with China over Hoang Sa/Parcel Islands [0], with a significant portion of military leadership having served during the Sino-Vietnamese War and the subsequent dirty war that continued into 1991. > the change to not allow banking apps on rooted phones As I mentioned in that thread, all of this is part of the VNeID rollout, which is targeted to be completed by 2030 [1]. [0] - https://vietnamlawmagazine.vn/any-foreign-activities-in-hoang-sa-without-vietnams-permission-are-illegal-spokesperson-76374.html https://vietnamlawmagazine.vn/any-foreign-activities-in-hoan... [1] - https://tuoitre.vn/thieu-tuong-nguyen-ngoc-cuong-nang-cap-vneid-thanh-sieu-nen-tang-so-diem-truy-cap-duy-nhat-20251220151845288.htm https://tuoitre.vn/thieu-tuong-nguyen-ngoc-cuong-nang-cap-vn...