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Carlyle Thayer

Vietnam President To Lam is not the ‘new Xi Jinping’

July 6, 2026June 19, 2026 by Carlyle Thayer

Xi | Lam | Beijing | Summit

His authority ‘remains constrained by collective leadership and Communist Party consensus’

Categories Commentary Tags China Comparison, East Asia Forum, geopolitics, News, The Long Read, To Lam, Vietnam Politics Leave a comment

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