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Vietnam 'changing fast'

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The Communist Party of Vietnam will today elect the country's new leadership as its five-yearly Congress comes to an end.

Alastair Leithead reports from Hanoi on how the one-party state has grappled with a fast growing, but wobbling economy, within this strange combination of a nominally Communist country, where capitalism is increasingly strong.


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