HANOI: Vietnam began a crucial political transition Thursday as the five-yearly Communist Party congress convened to pick new leaders, who will face challenges from a maritime standoff with China to much needed economic reform.
The meeting will take place largely behind closed doors, with a changing of the guard expected for the top brass of the party that has ruled Vietnam since the end of war in 1975.
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