On July 20, the Internet was flooded with images of Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Nguyen Van Hung, who was sent by the Vietnamese Government to Noi Bai airport to welcome Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to visit Vietnam. It is worth mentioning that the red carpet spread out to welcome guests was occupied by the Vietnamese minister who pushed the guest to the sidelines.
According to the etiquette of welcoming heads of state, the red carpet is for guests. The occupation of the red carpet used to invite guests, does not show that the host’s position is higher than the guest, but only speaks of the low culture of the person who is assigned to pick up the guests. Mr. Nguyen Van Hung’s actions smeared the image of the Communist government in the eyes of the Vietnamese people and international friends.
Under the rule of the Communist Party, the Vietnamese suffered from “noble” disease severely. This culture is reflected in the people who often exclaim “too proud” of Vietnam. They take unreal values to be proud of. This is the mentality of weakness, the mentality of feeling lost to friends, so they take whatever they can, to make “proud” things.
People with high level of culture never try to do anything to make themselves more important. For example, the Minister of Culture of Vietnam, tries to occupy the red carpet to prove himself more important than the visiting Prime Minister. However, the act of trying to grab that carpet proved that the Minister was in a very weak mood in person. It was he who tried to pretend that he was of high value, but on the contrary, he was despised, even reviled by society, because of his uncultured behavior with guests.
A man of vision is a person who by nature must have humility. At the same time, the image of the Minister of Culture of Vietnam occupying the red carpet, is the image of Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen giving up the red carpet of honor to two Taiwanese pilots who have just completed their return flight and bowing to them.
People with a respectful personality, even though the pilot is a person of a much lower rank than the President, they deserve her respect, even if she is their President.
Ms. Tsai Ing-wen ‘s behavior also shows that a person with a personality that acknowledges the value of others does not depend on social class. The pilot standing on the red carpet, simply because the pilot has completed his mission, deserves to be respected. Ms. Tsai Ing-wen’s doing so does not mean that her personality is degraded, but on the contrary, she is recognized by society.
Recently, social networks also waved with a photo of the Vietnamese women’s football team being “blocked” by officials, before the start of the World Cup. This image caused a storm on social media, because it showed the arrogant nature of Communist officials. The ceremony was for the girls’ players and members of the coaching staff. They are the main characters and the ones who must do their best, to bring glory to the country, not the officials. And then, most newspapers removed this picture.
The nature of this regime is greedy, they set up a huge propaganda machine, to paint the false names they create. They paint the leaders with the image of saints, when in reality they are not saints. They are ordinary people and also abused their power to cause countless deaths during the Land Reform campaign and in the 1954-1975 fraternal war.
The story about the photo of the official taking the girls soccer players’ positions has just subsided, but now, the image of the Minister of Culture occupies the red carpet used to welcome guests. The essence is the nature, no matter how they hide it, they can only hide it for a short time, and then emerge again.
Thoibao.de (Translated)
