Why has Vietnam’s president been toppled after just a year? | Inside Story
Vietnam’s president is being forced out after only a year in office.
Vo Van Thuong is the latest high-profile figure to be toppled in a country important to both China and the West.
So why has he gone?
And what are the international implications?
Presenter: Rob Matheson
Guests:
Hai Hong Nguyen – senior lecturer at VinUniversity in Hanoi and a widely-published political scientist.
Carlyle Thayer is a Professor Emeritus at the University of New South Wales – Canberra, and a veteran Southeast Asia regional specialist.
Nguyen Khac Giang, Visiting Fellow at ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, a think-tank in Singapore focusing on Southeast Asia.
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