What u saw it's the West media reported 20 years ago China or the worst undeveloped area inside China.
Why China developing much stronger & better than Vietnam, coz Chinese work harder from generations to generations. 2/3 years of ancient China Dynasty, Chinese were RICH. Even in China worse time as a developing nation, still did better than VN.
No Free Lunch, Only Work Harder !
2014.03 China has 3.95 trillion U.S Dollar foreign currency reserve, China owned World 1/3 foreign currency reserve.
央行:截至2014年3月底我国外汇储备余额3.95万亿美元 占世界1/3