Should government encourage foreign companies ???

ĐỀ 7/1/2012

Some people believe that government should encourage foreign companies and factories so that they can develop the economy. Others argue that government should keep foreign factories out and help companies in their countries. Discuss

Essay 1

AGREE

-         Foster the mutual understanding between nations

-         Positive cultural aspects : punctuality, seriousness in working, pressure dealing, environment-friendly working ambience

-         Enhance their professional ways of working , absorb cutting-edge technological innovations to develop their economies

DISAGREE

-         Put their cultural identity in danger

-         Pollution à waste of money to construct industrial zones and people suffer diseases

-         Domestic citizens consume global products à endanger the economy

The appearance of international companies in my country in recent years has become more apparent. Some people fear that this trend can adversely affect the destiny of local companies while others subscribe to the belief that more opportunities for our growth are well seen. My writing will discuss both opinions.

Cultural concerns are firstly raised in this issue. Those pessimistic believe that as a consequence of consuming foreign products for a long time and working with them, local citizens are gradually putting their cultural identity in danger. No sooner have several international companies along with the frequent organization of festivals appeared and taken root in Vietnam does a part of our young population become fans of their cultures, desiring to live and study there by seeking scholarships or work training courses at all cost. Even worse, to reduce pollution cost in their own nations, rich ones are ready to pour a greater amount of money into the construction of a series of industrial zones in developing countries, which darkens the sky here and results in an increase in number of people suffering respiration-related diseases. Both cultural and environmental damages are, thus, likely to be seen in this scenario, but those in favor of this trend have their reasons for the belief that the mutual understanding between nations is definitely fostered. It is also true that by virtue of cooperating with international organizations can people in the third-world be imbued with positive cultural aspects from punctuality, seriousness in working to pressure dealing. Also, the technological innovations applied in industrial zones are partly conducive to the creation of a more environment-friendly working ambience, not as serious as argued by critics.

Admittedly, opponents also have their reason in arguing that with foreign companies being established in developing nations, cheap labor and natural resources are easily accessible, benefiting them greatly and depleting the sources of the later. To specify, if rich nations erect such industrial factories in their own places, they are supposed to pay a ten-time higher salary level for an expert, heightening their price and forfeiting competitive edge in the world’s market while labor in the third-world is available. By this way, the foreign factories can expand their market with their lower priced products and more local citizens becoming their available target customers at the same time. For these reasons, antis insist on the disappearance of these companies and urge government to build domestic ones instead. However, only by dint of the existence of international organizations does the rate of unemployment in less developed nations see a significant fall. Another advantage is that only after working with foreign experts can local people enhance their professional ways of working and absorb cutting-edge technological innovations to develop their economies. Also, that domestic citizens consume global products does not necessarily endanger their economies, and in fact, internal companies, because of suffering the smaller market share, should drive themselves to keep pace with the former by upgrading their products to satisfy internal customers. In some countries, for instance, where governments endeavor to push foreign-based entrepreneurs out of their boundary, internal industries apparently enjoy significant protectionism, but in the long run, grow increasing dependent on authorities. In particular, in the world of globalization, the creation of a level playing field for both internal and external businesses totally makes sense. Economically, in other words, foreign companies, domestic ones and citizens do gain benefits, as claimed by advocates of this tendency.

-         Apparent /ə'pærənt/ (adj) rõ ràng, hiển nhiên = evident  = obvious
= patent /'peitənt/ = visible /'vizəbl / = definite

-         Mutual / 'mju:tjuəl/ (adj) chung, qua lại, lẫn nhau

-         Punctuality /,pʌɳktju'æliti/ (n) tính đúng giờ (không chậm trễ) -  (adj)punctual

-         Deplete /di’pli:t/ (v) làm suy yếu, xả hết ra, rút hết ra, làm rỗng không

-         Erect /i’rekt/ (v) thành lập, thiết lập = set up = form = found = establish

-         Forfeit (v) bị mất, bị thiệt, bị tước  (n) tiền phạt, tiền bồi thường, vật bị mất
(n) sự bị mất, bị thiệt   = forfeiture (n)

-         Endeavour = endeavor /in'devə/ (v)(n) cố gắng, nỗ lực = effort (n) = try (v) = attempt (v)(n)

-         Entrepreneur /,ɔntrəprə'nə:/ (n) người chủ hãng buôn, nhà doanh nghiệp

-         Advocate /’ædvəkeit/ (n) : luật sư, người bào chữa, người ủng hộ, tán thành

-         Keep pace with (v) bắt kịp = catch

Essay 2 (THE SAME TOPIC)

International companies have been mushrooming in my country, Vietnam recently. Optimists believe in the future of our better economy with more jobs created by these factories while others visualize the picture of long-term economic dependence as a result of this scenario. My essay will do an autopsy on both ideas.

First, is it claimed that the birth of more foreign-based companies means more jobs generated for local people in developing countries while developed countries are able to make use of low-priced labor and available natural resources. To specify, outsourcing is a common trend in today’s world when most of parts in a product are totally produced and assembled in developing countries where labor is redundant, pushing the price of products to the minimum level, benefiting both foreign producers and the world’s buyers. In other words, economic pluses are noticeable in this trend, yet there are more pains than gains as argued by antis. The fact is that not until cheaper products flood in the internal market by dint of cheap labor than such global factories actually expand their market and even swallow the local ones which are still in the embryonic stages of growth. To illustrate also, Vietnamese people are, at present, fans of international brand items than the domestic ones, deriving from the proliferation of reputed companies from Canon, Unilever to Coca-cola, and for this reason, the local ones are always placed on the verge of soon collapse.

Second, the advancement in labor skill and absorption of good cultural aspects are undeniable benefits of the existence of foreign organizations. By having a chance to work, cooperate with international friends, people in less rich nations fathom the key to enhance their labor expertise, producing better items and developing their own countries whereas several cultural habits are inculcated such as seriousness in working, punctuality and professionalism. In turn, international friends come to appreciate the quintessence of our local areas and perhaps fall in love with people here, heightening the mutual understanding between nations and flattening the world. That sounds too idealistic, though. Opponents insist on the view that the cultures of host countries are actually put in jeopardy. As a result of using their celebrated brands of foreign factories frequently, local people are subconsciously assimilated. To make the matter worse, emissions which emanate from foreign factories where are often designed to create chemicals and technological items often darken the sky of people in local people, leading to an ever-increasing rate of pollution and endangering their health. According to statistics, birth defects and other respiration-related diseases in the third-world are well seen in zones which are home to hundreds of industrial international firms. Therefore, it is believed that it would better for governments to urge these companies out of their nations and create the best condition for their fledging internal ones.

In conclusion, both sides are equally validated from their economic, cultural and environmental perspectives

-         Mushroom (v) (n) nấm,  mọc nhanh như nấm

-         Visualize (v) hình dung, mường tượng

-         Autopsy /'ɔ:təpsi/ (n) sự mổ xẻ phân tích

-         Outsourcing (n) gia công

-         Assemble (v) lắp ráp

-         Swallow (n)(v) nuốt

-         Embryonic /embri’ɔnik/ (adj) : thời kỳ phôi thai, thời kỳ đầu của sự phát triển – embryonic stages of growth

-         Proliferation / prə,li’fəreiʃn / (n) sự sinh sôi nảy nở, sự gia tăng nhanh

-         Verge (n) bờ, ven – on the verge : sắp, gần – on the verge of soon collapse

-         Absorb (v) hấp thu – (n) absorption

-         Fathom / 'fæðəm / (n)sải (đơn vị đo chiều sâu, = 1,82m)

(v) đo chiều sâu bằng sải, (nghĩa bóng) tìm hiểu, thăm dò

-         Inculcate (v) ghi nhớ, khắc sâu + on/in/upon

-         Quintessence /kwin’tesns/ (n) tinh hoa, tinh túy, tinh chất

-         Idealistic (adj) duy tâm

-         Celebrated /’selibreitid/ (adj) nổi tiếng = famous = well-known = illutrious = noted = renowned = reputed /ri’pju:tid/

-         Subconscious (adj) (thuộc) tiềm thức – (n) subconsciousness

-         Assimilate (v) tiêu hóa, đồng hóa

-         Emission /i'miʃn/ (n) sự phát ra, phóng ra, tỏa ra,  bốc hơi, phát hành

-         Emanate /’eməneit/ + from : (v) phát ra, tỏa ra, bắt nguồn

-         Fledge (v) nuôi cho đủ lông đủ cánh

-         Validate (v) làm cho có hiệu lực, công nhận có giá trị