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How poor is Vietnam compared to the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia?

与菲律宾、泰国、印度尼西亚和马来西亚相比，越南有多穷?

In many ways, Vietnam is the richest country I have ever lived in. What it lacks in money it makes up for in the content of its citizen’s character. Saigon, for example, is a city
of about 10 million, it covers over 2,000 sq km. Unlike where I used to live, California,Saigon has no homeless people sleeping in tents, or doing drugs. There are no mass
shootings, even crime is a single-digit fraction of what goes on in most US cities.Virtually all of Vietnam’s people work, live in clean homes, and can afford to live without food stamps or government handouts. Most of the people are nicely dressed, havepersonal transportation and even many children have cell phones. Many of the people are
very well-educated and speak English, they are polite and kind. But the place where onenotices the richness of the country most is in the loving consideration that pervades
society. You don’t have to be here very long to come to understand that people reallycare for the welfare of one another. When there is a traffic accident people rush to show
their compassion. They show concern for damage or injury rather than break into anargument over fault, as is the custom in America, and most of the other countries I have
lived in.

在很多方面，越南是我生活过的国家当中最富有的。它在金钱上的匮乏，然而却在公民品格上得到了弥补。例如，西贡是一个约有1000万人口的城市，面积超过2000平方公里。不像我曾经生活过的加州，西贡没有无家可归的流浪汉睡在帐篷里，也没有吸毒，没有大规模枪击事件，甚至犯罪率也只是美国大多数城市的个位数。几乎所有的越南人民都有工作，他们住在干净的房子里，没有食品券或政府救济也能生活下去。大多数人都穿着漂亮，有私人交通工具，甚至很多孩子都有自己的手机。许多人都受过良好的教育，会说英语，他们很有礼貌，非常善良。而且人们很能注意到这个国家最精彩的是在社会上普遍存在的爱的关注。你不需要在这里呆很长时间就会明白，人们真的关心彼此的福利。当发生交通事故时，人们争先恐后地表达同情。他们关心的是损失或伤害，而不是像美国和我住过的其他大多数国家的习俗那样，为过失而争吵不休。

The first time I saw this, I was reminded of an accident I witnessed on a small highway inCalifornia a few years ago. The car I was following had a blowout of its right front tire.The car went off the road then swerved back on and rolled over several times, finallycoming to rest on its top. The driver was an older woman with two of her grandchildren, allthree were bruised and bloody, and one of the girls had a broken arm. Thankfully the verynext car that came along was a doctor. Sadly, however, he refused to even get out of thecar. He mumbled something about lawyers and insurance. We were out of cell range, and theonly assistance this doctor would give was a promise to phone the police when he had a cellsignal. We waited for over forty minutes for the police and an EMS ambulance to arrive. Theway I see the world, in all the really important ways Vietnam is a far richer country thaneven the United States.

第一次看到这个，我想起了几年前在加州小公路上目睹的一起交通事故。我前面的那辆车右前胎爆胎
了。汽车冲出了马路，然后突然转向，最后侧翻。司机是一位老妇人，带着她的两个孙子辈孩子，三个人都有淤青和血，其中一个女孩的手臂骨折了。幸运的是，后面车辆的司机正好是医生。然而，可悲的是，他甚至拒绝下车，他只是嘀咕了几句关于律师和保险的话。当时我们的手机都没有了信号，而这位医生唯一能提供的帮助就是当他有手机信号时给警察打电话。我们等了四十多分钟才等来警察和一辆紧急医疗救护车。在我看来，在这些关键领域，越南比美国都富裕得多。