Vietnam must act boldly to avoid getting trumped by the trade war

Time to tackle corruption, control banking and diversify export-led economy

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Nguyen Xuan Phuc's team is reeling, unsure what Washington might do next. © AP

Trade wars, as Donald Trump likes to say, are "good and easy to win." Yet things can quickly get challenging for those trying to manage the U.S. president's assault on global markets.

Just ask officials in Hanoi, who now find themselves on the receiving end of Trump's wrath.

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