Chapter 13Vietnam
Hanoi
The Hilton Hotel in the very centre of Hanoi is surrounded by traditional Vietnamese buildings. Set amongst crowded streets from the bygone age of colonial Vietnam, it creates a fusion of the old and new. Inside the hotel the very latest gadgets are there for all to see and use, and yet, in the old streets, busy vendors ply the same trades as their forefathers. Zheng had flown in for a meeting from his base near Ho Chi Minh City and was greeted at the door by Jacques Savior the European President of ZTW, a suave Frenchman who had effectively transformed the company into a respected trading entity.
The meeting of ZTW’s Board of Directors had just ended, Zheng hadn’t been involved; he just pulled strings from behind the scenes. A metals mining and trading corporati
