An anti-graft drive brings down Vietnam’s president
The crackdown on corruption is also a serious reform effort
Vietnam’s communists showed a flair for emergency logistics in the 1960s by shipping arms by bicycle along the Ho Chi Minh trail. When covid-19 struck in 2020, their successors lived up to that billing. As borders closed, tens of thousands of Vietnamese citizens were stranded abroad. Vietnam’s government promptly chartered almost 800 flights to bring them home.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “Cleaning the house”
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