Vietnam's doors, it seems, are not going to open any wider.
That is one clear message from the sweeping policy blueprint published on Tuesday to guide the Communist Party's upcoming congress.
As Vietnamese and foreign analysts digest the 57-page tome, many are struck by how widely its tone and intent seems to vary page to page.
In it, Vietnam embraces continued robust growth, private enterprise and new and open ties with the outside world.
Yet the same document also hangs tough, warning of greater state economic management and the evils of 'money cults', talking of 'peaceful evolution' and 'degenerate' party members abusing democracy. Wholesale capitalism and political pluralism are openly lamented. Real policy reforms seem thin on the ground.
It is not just that Vietnam wants the best of both worlds. It is that many key issues remain undecided ahead of the congress, the first in five years.
The internal debate is deep and complex, party sources warn, fuelled by a solid economic boom making Vietnam one of the world's fastest growing countries.