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Podcast: Asia Matters Podcast
Episode: What to Expect from Vietnam’s New Leaders
Description: After a year-long battle behind closed doors, Vietnam has a new political leadership. At its Congress, which finished on February 1st, the Communist Party selected a new Politburo to run the country for the next five years. In this episode of Asia Matters we find out why the Party thinks a 76-year-old man with serious health problems is the best person to lead this rapidly changing society.More than a third of the Politburo are now men with a background in the security services. What does this tell us about the Communist Party’s intentions? And how wil...