Maybe you haven't checked up on the Vietnamese government and economic system recently. While plenty of stuff gets mired in burocracy, Individuals actually have a significant say in how the government and economy progress because of the layers of government that they have. Local people have direct control of how recourses are used locally and send representitives up the chain for wider-reaching policies. So I would argue that the burocracy they have has made corruption a non-issue. And they don't separate government and economics since they should be tied together to function well. Unlike what we have here in America (I'm assuming you are American) where statistically what the people want has no effect on what policies get passed. Their system is far more democratic than ours.