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The 11th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam was held last month in Hanoi.

Feb. 09, 2011

Vietnam’s Communist Party wrapped up its five-year Congress last month. The reshuffled leadership has serious issues to address, including rapid inflation, growing civil unrest and its complex relationships with China and the U.S. We’ll discuss modern day Vietnam with Edmund Malesky, a political scientist at the University of California-San Diego. Also, WBEZ’s Lynette Kalsnes reports on Cambodian-Americans in Chicago who work to ensure their cultural traditions remain alive. And on this week’s Global Notes, Jerome and Radio M host Tony Sarabia remember two Cambodian pop music stars who emerged before the Khmer Rouge came to power.

Cambodian arts nearly destroyed find new life in Chicago

Feb. 9, 2011
Cambodian-Americans in Chicago are determined to keep their art and culture alive in this new country. What makes their dedication so fierce is that a genocide nearly succeeded in wiping out all of the artists.Several men sit on a mat in a computer lab at the Cambodian Association of Illinois.

Vietnam's society and economy is at a crossroads

Feb. 9, 2011
In contrast to much of the developed world, Vietnam’s economy grows at seven percent a year. But those numbers weren’t cause for celebration at the Communist Party’s five-year Congress, when the nation’s one-party system chose its new leaders.

Global Notes: Remembering Cambodia's lost artists

Feb. 9, 2011
For a brief period before the Khmer Rouge came to power, Cambodia enjoyed an explosion of pop and rock music.