In

unchaning a tiger

Nguyen Phu Trong, Vietnam's ailing paramount

leader

ailing (adj)

paramount (adj)- C2
should yield to pragmatic successor

pragmatic

dogmatic [disapproving]

successor (n)

Most ASIAN countries look on growing competition

between America and China with trepidation

trepidation (n)

its strategic location strəˈtiːdʒɪk

strategist (n)

court (v)
upgrade (v)
coast-guard vessels

an adroit balancing act

to gain both politically and economically

decouple (v)

de-risk

hunger for/ after sth

less pilfering of intellectual property

its Leninist ruling party ditched collectivism in the

mid-1980s
collectivism
Sino-American relations soured

sour (v)
textile (n)

high-tech products
now communist only in name ad opacity

obscurity (n)

plausibly aspires to make Vietnam a rich country by

2045
misstep

there are big risks to Vietnam's tigerish emergene

tigerish (adj)
its geopolitical sweet spot
take exception to
trade deficit

Its coastline and southern delta are vulnerable to

climate change

the beneficial demography underlying its growth is

weakening

For all its rulers' pragmatism, their resistance to

political reform is a growing handicap
disappear from public view
the effects of an anti-corruption drive

sack

in the hierachy ˈhaɪə.rɑː.ki

apparatchiks ˌæp.əˈrætʃ.ɪk
fret over

grind to halt
step aside = step down
select a pragmatic successor
 Out

unchain (v) ~ set free

the paramount leader who have been experiencing health

issues

(1) experiencing problem or difficulty

(2) unhealthy or weak, and not getting any better:

more important than anything elses

yield to(v) give up the control of sth to sb

dealing with problems in a sensible practical way instead

of strictly following a set of ideas (giải quyết vấn đề 1 cách
thực tế)

If you are a dogmatic person, you are certain that you are
right and that everyone else is wrong. (dựa theo giáo điều)

someone or something that comes after another person or

thing (người kế nhiệm)

look on: to watch something happening, without being

involved in it or trying to stop it

a feeling of anxiety or fear about something that is going to

happen

vị trí chiến lược

someone who is good at planning things, especially
military or political actions

to try to please someone because you want them to join

you
nâng cấp
vessel= a large boat or ship

adroit (adj) əˈdrɔɪt: clever and skilful, especially in the

way you use words and arguments

to separate from someone or something else; to separate

something from something else that it was joined to or part
of:

to make something safer by reducing the possibility that

something bad will happen and that money will be lost

want to do sth very much

ít đánh cắp sở hữu trí tuệ

ditch(v) to get rid of something or someone that is no

longer wanted
Chủ nghĩa tập thể
sino- (prefix) of or connected with China

if a relationship or someone’s attitude sours, or if

something sours it, it becomes unfriendly or unfavourable
a cloth made by hand or machine:

high-tech (adj) using the most advanced and developed

machines and methods:
opacity (n)əʊ'pæsəti: the quality that something has when
it is difficult to see through

the quality that something has when it is difficult to

understand

plausibly ˈplɔː.zə.bli: in a way that is likely to be true, or is

possible to believe:
aspire to do sth (v) hope to achieve sth
mistake

có những rủi ro lớn đối với sự nổi lên mạnh mẽ của

Vietnam
very determined and strong
sweet spot= advantage
object strongly to; be offended by.
thâm hụt thưong mại

be vulnerable to sth= easily suffer from

demography: Nhân khẩu học

handicap= difficulty
b
những tác động của chính sách chống tham nhũng

to remove someone from a job, usually because they have

done something wrong or badly

a system in which people or things are arranged according

to their importance (hệ thống cấp bậc)
thành viên của ban lãnh đạo Đảng Cộng Sản
to be nervous or worried:

if a country, organization, or process grinds to a halt, its

activity or the process gradually stops
to leave your job or official position, because you want to
or because you think you should
 Example

unchain workers from their desks

the country's ailing economy

He is visiting his ailing father

a paramount leader
There are many priorities, but reducing the budget deficit is
paramount/is of paramount importance
play a preponderant role in …......
The government's overriding concern
The military has promised to yield power.

In business, the pragmatic approach to problems is often more

successful than an idealistic one

Her staff find her bossy and dogmatic.

a worthy successor (=someone who is good and deserves to be

someone's successor)
choose/appoint a successor

With some trepidatin, I opened the test result.

Adams is being courted by a number of football clubs.
upgrade its tie with America

The successor became adroit at dealing with difficult questions

an adroit answer
adroit movement of the hand

America's effort to decouple its economy from China's is leading

foreign investors in China to move some of their operations
elsewhere

Vietnam is benefiting more from this form of de-risking than any

other Asian country

I 've nerver hungered for power

its hunger for foreign investment
He was caught pilfering (sweets) from the shop.

An unhappy childhood has soured her view of life.

the textile industry
There is little room for missteps

has tigerish spirit

Children are most vulnerable to abuse within their own home.

 Syn/ Opp/ Word family

~paramount= overriding[before
noun]=preponderant

pragmatic >< dogmatic

pragmatism-pragmatic-pragmatically

successor >< predecessor (người tiền

nhiệm)

strategy (n)-strategist (n)- strategic-

strategically (adv)
adroit = skillful

pilfer= steal

sour = worsen
opacity-opaque (adj)

opacity ~ obscurity

aspire to do sth= hope to do sth

make a misstep= make a mistake

trade deficit>< trade surplus

vulerable >< invulnerable

sack ~ dismiss, fire

"Unchaining a tiger"- The Economist Jan 27th
2024