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Subject
Vietnam's handling of COVID-19.
Significance
The ruling Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) has considerably relaxed the country's COVID-19 lockdown, within just three weeks of imposing it. Vietnam is the most populous country to have reported no deaths from the disease, although its strikingly low number of confirmed cases may reflect limited testing.
Impacts
Vietnam will try to present its apparent success in managing the pandemic as a vindication of its one-party system.
Hanoi will likely announce more packages of economic support for businesses and vulnerable individuals.
Vietnam will have less scope to export to Europe and the United States, where recovery from the pandemic looks set to be slower.
Keywords:
Vietnam,
AP,
Indonesia,
Malaysia,
Philippines,
Singapore,
Thailand,
economy,
politics,
social,
foreign trade,
government,
health,
party,
finance,
growth,
infrastructure
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2020
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