Dien Luong is an associate fellow with the media, technology and society program of the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore and a doctoral student in communications and media at the University of Michigan.
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German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visits a university in Ho Chi Minh City on Jan. 24: (Bernd von Jutrczenka/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images)
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