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This picture taken on January 24, 2016 shows workers repainting a large statue of the late president Ho Chi Minh, founder of today's communist Vietnam, at a public park in the southern city of Can Tho. Vietnam began a crucial political transition on January 21 as the five-yearly Communist Party congress convened to pick new leaders amid a bitter factional fight, the outcome of which could set the pace of key economic reforms. AFP PHOTO / AFP / STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)

This picture taken on January 24, 2016 shows workers repainting a large statue of the late president Ho Chi Minh, founder of today's communist Vietnam, at a public park in the southern city of Can Tho. Vietnam began a crucial political transition on January 21 as the five-yearly Communist Party congress convened to pick new leaders amid a bitter factional fight, the outcome of which could set the pace of key economic reforms. AFP PHOTO / AFP / STR (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)
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