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It's a dream that suits the bustling she city she lives in – now a sprawling metropolis of 10 million people, the Vietnamese capital has the same choking traffic, glass-clad skyscrapers, five-star hotels, restaurants and seedy massage parlours as any Asian mega city.

In pitches to clients, the company claims it has a five-star satisfaction rating.

“When you look at Carson’s story,” Collins said, “it’s not where you start, it’s where you finish. You know, you don’t have to be a five-star, you don’t have to be the guy that’s in lights. Hard work, it does pay off, and character pays off even more, so I think he’s a testament to hard work, faith and determination and character.”

“Particularly if he hasn't divested, even a guy with apparently more than a billion dollars investments across a wide area of business sectors who is in position to influence sectoral policy and the president's broad economic policy — I think he gets a five-star rating for conflicts of interest.”

The arrival of five-star freshman Alijah Arenas should only raise that ceiling.