Vietnam arrests point to greater malaise

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August 24, 2012 4:53 pm

By Ben Bland in Jakarta

On Tuesday afternoon, 72-year-old retiree Trinh Van Yen rode his bicycle to the bank through a heavy Hanoi rainstorm.

“My son just called and told me that, whatever the weather is, I have to go to the bank and withdraw all my money,” he said.

The lender in question was Asia Commercial Bank, one of Vietnam’s biggest non-state banks.

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