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Vietnam begins Communist congress
The Mercury
|January 20, 2026
Vietnam's ruling Communist Party convened yesterday to begin their twice-a-decade congress, where leader To Lam is looking to tighten his grip on power less than two years after assuming the top role.
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The Southeast Asian nation of 100 million people is both a repressive one-party state and a regional economic bright spot, where the Communist Party has sought to deliver rapid growth to bolster its legitimacy.
This story is from the January 20, 2026 edition of The Mercury.
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