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Secretive Vietnam Congress To Begin Under Cloud Of Repression
01/25/21 AT 3:54 PM
Vietnam s secretive, twice-a-decade political transition begins Tuesday, with the Communist Party poised to select its future leaders who will have to contend with an increasingly assertive China and ramped-up trade tensions with the United States.
The country s party general secretary, as well as three other key leadership pillars , are up for grabs at the congress in Hanoi, which takes place largely behind closed doors, and runs until February 2.
The run-up to the congress has been marked by a relentless crackdown on dissent, according to rights groups, which say repression has escalated under the current leadership.
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Ab de Jong new academic director of LIAS: ‘Feels like home’
Ab de Jong, professor of Comparative Religion, was appointed as the new the academic director of the Leiden Institute for Area Studies (LIAS) with effect from 1 September. We asked him about his plans for the future of the LIAS.
A familiar place
Within the Faculty of Humanities, LIAS is home to both area studies and religious studies. For de Jong, who is familiar with both fields of study, LIAS feels like home. ‘I study religion and my specialist fields are Iran and Central Asia. But I’m interested in all religions and areas that are the topic of study at LIAS.’