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Vietnam's Intriguing Political Structure

Professor Dwight H. Perkins, Harold Hitchings Burbank Research Professor of Political Economy, Harvard University

25-Mar-24 09:30

Vietnam's Intriguing Political Structure

On today’s Pressing Matters, Professor Dwight H. Perkins from Harvard University sheds some light on Vietnam’s political power structures and how it impacts the economic and foreign policy trajectory of the country. We have this timely conversation, following the sudden resignation of its President Vo Van Thuong who resigned from the post which he has held for less than a year.

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Produced by: Philip See

Presented by: Philip See


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