Nguyen Van Linh, the Communist Party leader of Vietnam, for example, said last month that his country needed lessons from capitalism.

The reformers were led by 71-year-old Nguyen Van Linh, who became the party's new general secretary.

Nguyen Van Linh called Vietnam "a backward agricultural country."

The party is scheduled to hold its first congress since 1986 in May, when the General Secretary, Nguyen Van Linh, has said he will resign.

The change is a tribute to Nguyen Van Linh, appointed the party leader 16 months ago.

"The party's general secretary, Nguyen Van Linh, offered me a house of the kind reserved for ministers if I would remain silent," she said.

But Vietnam's Communist Party leader, Nguyen Van Linh, has been here - for two hours and eight minutes.

The top includes a new party general secretary, Nguyen Van Linh.

The party General Secretary, Nguyen Van Linh, has begun the reforms but lacks the time and strength to see them through.

The new openness is not merely tactical, but a tribute to Nguyen Van Linh, appointed the party's General Secretary 16 months ago.