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- GRAPEVINE, Page 19Maybe We Won Hearts and Minds After All
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- By JANICE CASTRO
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- In Moscow they say you can always tell where the
- Vietnamese workers live because those are the buildings where
- the taxis line up. Hard-strapped Russians can't afford to take
- cabs. The collapse of the Soviet Union has unleashed a
- surprising entrepreneurial streak in the more than 32,000
- skilled Vietnamese laborers "stranded" there. More than 4,000
- Vietnamese residents of Moscow now boast net worths of more than
- $100,000. Some are investing their earnings in lavish houses and
- businesses back home. A Vietnamese commercial center has opened
- in town to provide office space and services for companies
- dealing in everything from rice and caviar to fashions. Quips
- a thriving entrepreneur: "Doing business in Russia now is very
- easy because the Russians know nothing about capitalism."
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