Water buffalo and Porsche Cayenne - Those who visit Vietnam discover a country full of contrasts. The water buffalo in the rice field is just as much a part of daily life as the Porsche Cayenne in the traffic chaos of Hanoi. Vietnam dreams of becoming a tiger economy and consults its ancestors to ensure success. A benevolent Uncle Ho still greets from the familiar agitprop posters, but the youth of the city prefer Bill Gates. For the first time, a generation is growing up in Vietnam that has not experienced war and does not want to be constantly reminded of it. The USA, once the enemy, has become Vietnam's most important trading partner. The US dollar has long been a parallel currency to the dong, and Coca-Cola is serious competition for green tea. The country has opened up and is searching for its path between a free market economy and an authoritarian one-party system. A tightrope act that requires balance.