Vietnam re-elects Communist Party leader Trong after secretive congress
‘BLAZING FURNACE’: A third term in the top job is seen as a major boost to Nguyen Phu Trong’s anti-corruption campaign, which has swept through the state apparatus
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Communist Party of Vietnam General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong was re-elected yesterday a victory that makes him the most powerful leader in decades but his win was overshadowed by a serious COVID-19 outbreak in the country.
Trong, a 76-year-old pro-China conservative who is rumored to be in poor health, was given the nod after a week of closed-door talks at the twice-a-decade party congress. It would be his third term in office a feat unprecedented in Vietnam’s modern era.
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Two years ago, Joanne Su was anxious about turning 30 years old.
She worked for a foreign trade company in China s southern metropolis of Guangzhou, earned a decent income and spent her weekends hanging out with friends. But to Su and her parents, there was one problem she was single. Back then, I felt like 30 years old was such an important threshold. When it loomed closer, I came under tremendous pressure to find the right person to marry both from my parents and myself, she said.
In just six years, the number of Chinese people getting married for the first time has fallen by a crushing 41% partly due to changing attitudes to marriage, especially among women.
Convincing vaccine fence sitters crucial to COVID herd immunity
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In this life-or-death battle against coronavirus, convincing millions of Australians still sitting on the fence about the vaccine to get the jab will be critical to the success of the countryâs immunisation strategy.
Distinctly separate from anti-vaxxers and conspiracy theorists, the estimated 3.2 million vaccine-hesitant Australians are often naturally cautious but generally vaccinate their children and are largely receptive to public-health guidance.
Claire Thwaites is 22-weeks pregnant and hesitant to take the COVID-19 vaccine due to the lack of testing on pregnant women.
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