I think that Sanaphai said correct and not over. You should accept the true, Vietnam and China are very fast of development even western countries and Financial Institution such: IMF, World Bank and ADB also accepted. Did you see Hochimin City, Hanoi, Haifong and so on are totally different from 20 years ago, Ofcause it cannot compare to USA or EUROPE.
Nothing is free. To say otherwise is pure naivety or propaganda. Laos had helped Vietnam win the war with the Americans by allowing the Vietnamese to use Lao land against Lao objection to invade South Vietnam. As a consequence, Laos was bombed worse than any country in the world. Both the US and Vietnam should pay for the historic damage. Vietnam has been slowly doing that. Now the US has to do the same thing. Clinto has begun the process.
Good!!! the Vietnamese are paying for the damage they had caused to Laos, which lead to their reunification 37 years ago. The US should show the same gesture.