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Commentary: The following case illustrates the perfect example of Vietnam being ruled by the “jungle law,” the authorities have been ignoring the court’s orders for the past 25 years to settle a simple civil debt. There is no check and balance in the governance of Vietnamese State. . The executive branch can do whatever it pleases. in the quest for getting back what is due to him are truly a In this case, the commune authorities are definitely either incompetent or ruthless because they were unwilling to pay a debt of $0.15 in 1986, which is now worth of $728 plus interest accrued over the past 25 years. May justice prevail!
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59-year-old Nguyen Van Tuan, of Phu Phong Commune, Tien Giang Province, showed Tuoi Tre a small bundle of papers and documents related to the case and said with a sigh: “The money was the result of the sweat of my wife and me, so I would definitely try to reclaim it at any cost.”
“Moreover, as the debtor is the commune authorities, I have even more motives to pursue it to the end, since any administrative agency, above anyone else, must take a lead in law and justice enforcement,” he added.
In 1980, Tuan was head of the commune military unit while his wife ran a small grocery. Five years later, as the authorities requested all individual traders to join in a trade cooperative by contributing capital to it.
In June 1985,
Six months later, which was equivalent to VND20,000 before September 14, 1985, when the dong was revalued at the rate of 10 to 1. In June 1986, which managed the cooperative, . Tuan later filed a complaint with the Chau The cooperative then appealed against the judgment, saying that it was under liquidation process because of loss and the commune people’s committee would take control of all of its assets. 
Nguyen Van Tuan said, “I cannot imagine I have had to suffer so much hardship in getting back my money”
to Tuan, but the authorities did not comply with the court’s verdict.
On September 6, 2007, , but the committee has since paid nothing to Tuan.
Talking with Tuoi Tre, Vo Van Tuan, chairman of the commune People’s Committee, confirmed the debt but said it could not settle it because of budget difficulties.
Asked why such a small case has not been resolved for a long time and outlived 4-5 terms of commune chairmanship, Tuan said, “We do not know clearly about it as it occurred so long ago. We need to review the case first.”
Meanwhile, Tuan asks the committee to pay him 1,700 kg of paddy, as ruled by the provincial court. he said.
In addition, .
“In 1986, with the amount of VND3,200 I could buy two or three thousand square meters of land. But now, the value of 1,700 kg of paddy is equal to a few square meters. I neither understand why the local government has not paid its debt nor imagine I have had to suffer so much hardship in getting back my money,” Tuan said.
Via Tuoi Tre: Man spends 25 years fighting for a $0.15 debt
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