CommentVietnam's 'mediation diplomacy' faces key test in Myanmar crisis
Hanoi has failed to respond meaningfully to military coup and suppression
The ongoing crisis in Myanmar is shaping up as a key test of Vietnam’s mediation diplomacy. (Source photo by Reuters)
TORU TAKAHASHI, Editor-in-Chief, Editorial Headquarters for Asia
BANGKOK -- Vietnam has managed to bring the new coronavirus under control and engineer a respectable 2.9% economic growth for 2020 despite the pandemic. The National Assembly, or parliament, chose the Southeast Asian nation's new leadership for the next five years during a session that ended on April 8.