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Vietnam Faces Political Entropy

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Feb 21, 2013
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The Vietnamese Communist Party, once credited for opening the country and joining the global economy, is in crisis. Its factional conflict, economic mismanagement and inattention to quality-of-life issues have eroded its claim to be "the force leading the state and society."

With the country's earlier blazing growth slowing to around 5 percent, the publ…

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