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Albanese will find the region’s most enigmatic player in Vietnam
The country has unique standing in Asia: the country watched most closely by Beijing and Washington to see which way it is tilting.
John McCarthyFormer Australian ambassadorWhen Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arrives in Vietnam, he will engage the most enigmatic national leadership – and certainly the most skilled in the art of political calibration – of the major countries in Asia. This visit counts.
Vietnam’s population is about 100 million. Its per capita GDP is greater than that of the Philippines and just below Indonesia’s. It is probably the fastest-growing economy in the region.
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