But if it wants to realise its dream, Vietnam must learn the right lessons from its own story so far, and from those neighbours who have got to where it wants to be.

但是要实现它的梦想，越南必须从他本国至今的历史和那些已经实现越南梦寐以求的目标的邻国身上汲取经验。

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The Dai now live in the borders of tropical Vietnam and Laos, but their legends tell of how their ancestors came here by following the rivers from mountain lands in the cold far north.

傣族人现在居住在与越南以及老挝接壤的热带地区，他们的传说讲述了先辈是怎样来到这儿的从寒冷而又遥远的北方山区顺流而下。

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So Iraq is still far from Vietnam, both as a military venture and as a political concern.

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Iraq is an isolated foe whose international support, claim to legitimacy and access to foreign supplies of war materiel is far different from that of North Vietnam.

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But it is still far from clear which route a liberalised Vietnam would choose.

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