Why are people so poor in vietnam?

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Do their communist government do anything to help?

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You wonder why Vietnam is still poor? Thanks to all the bombs that dropped on our head for decades. If we didn't have to fight the French, Japanese, Chinese and the lastest American, we probably are rich long time ago.
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Vietmame economy

GDP $168 billion
GDP - Real Growth Rate 4.70%
GDP - Per Capita (PPP) $2,100
GDP - Composition by Sector 25% from agriculture; 35% from industry; 40% from services
Inflation Rate - CPI -.30%
Unemployment Rate 25%
Budget $5,300,000,000 revenues; $5,600,000,000 expenditures
Industrial Production Growth Rate 10.40%
Electricity Production 25.77 billion kWh
Exports - Total Value $15.10 billion
Imports - Total Value $15.30 billion
Debt - External $13.20 billion
Economic Aid $2.10 billion

Thailand Economy

GDP $410 billion
GDP - Real Growth Rate 1.40%
GDP - Per Capita (PPP) $6,600
GDP - Composition by Sector 11% from agriculture; 40% from industry; 49% from services
Inflation Rate - CPI 1.60%
Unemployment Rate 3.9%
Budget $19,000,000,000 revenues; $21,000,000,000 expenditures
Industrial Production Growth Rate 3.00%
Electricity Production 94.31 billion kWh
Exports - Total Value $65.30 billion
Imports - Total Value $62.30 billion
Debt - External $69.40 billion
Economic Aid $.13 billion

When was Thailand fought in a war ?. Their GDP real grow rate only 1.40% compares to Vietnam GDP grow rate is 4.70%. Vietnam Industrial Production Growth Rate is 10.40% whereas the Industrial Production Growth Rate for Thailand is 3.00%. I think Vietnam is not doing so badly.
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can u ask it in a way that is less offensive?
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People are poor here in the states and do our government help no, it's the same everywhere.
Because there always have the war.
If there is no production, it does no good to have a communist government. You must make money before you can tax it and redistribute it, since there is very little production there is very little tax revenue to let the government help the people. Without capitalism there is no incentive to work hard and make money. Why would someone work themselves to death to have the govenment tax away 40-65% of their earnings?
To see a comparison of countries go to cia.gov and look at their world fact book.