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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