Right Men For The Job?

July 2006 | Political Outlook

BMI View: As Vietnam's new, younger and supposedly more reform minded leadership comes to power, all eyes seem to be on the issue of corruption, which dogged the 10th Communist Party Congress. The high profile of recent scandals should not, however, distract from the other challenges facing the government. For Vietnam to continue its impressive recent economic development it is essential that the diffusion of Southern commercialism into the North is effectively managed. The country's growing international profile will also require the government to improve its blemished record on human

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