Tag: Vietnam politics
Vo Van Thuong confirmed as new Vietnam president
In his first statement as president, Thuong said he would be "determined in the fight against corruption and negative phenomena”
Vietnam president resigns amid major anti-graft purge
The sudden departure is a highly unusual move in communist Vietnam, where political changes are normally carefully orchestrated
From war to peace: Vietnam’s rubber sandals march on
The Vietnamese first began making rubber sandals in the late 1940s, during the First Indochina War against the French