Cleaning House In The Communist Party Of Vietnam Ahead Of Tet – Analysis

By Zachary Abuza

It’s a tradition in Vietnam to clean one’s house thoroughly ahead of the long Lunar New Year holiday, which falls on Feb. 10 this year, for fear of sweeping away any good luck that Tet may bring. 

That goes for the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), which just forced a Politburo member, the third in 13...