"Nguyen Phu Trong is widely respected for his personal character and integrity," Brantly Womack, a senior fellow at the Miller Center at the University of Virginia, told The Paper. "But he must deal with the tension between the effective leadership of the (Communist Party of Vietnam) Central Committee and the centripetal tendency of reform and opening up. The anti-corruption campaign 'melting pot' since 2017 is his most important political move."
Brantly Womack
