To Lam's U.S. trip shows the status quo in Vietnam is still working

Booming trade and pragmatic diplomacy signal further economic growth despite political changes

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U.S. President Joe Biden, right, meets with Vietnam's President and ruling Communist Party chief To Lam on the sidelines of the United National General Assembly in New York on Sept. 25. © Reuters

Sam Korsmoe is an American writer who has lived and worked in Vietnam for nearly 20 years, and co-author of "Vietnam: Asia's Rising Star." With Sam Van, he is working on his fourth book, a series of profiles of Vietnamese and foreign entrepreneurs who have leveraged success from the Doi Moi (economic renovation) policies of the late 1980s.

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