Michael Sullivan
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504 appearances
84 recordings
2 series
first heard Jun 2025
last heard 13 Sep
Michael Sullivan’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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For NPR News, I'm Michael Sullivan in Chiang Rai.
The former Minister of Public Security had been party chief since mid-2024, after the death of then-General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, and had been the chief enforcer of the massive anti-corruption campaign that began under the former chief.
The economic reforms Tho Lam's enacted since 2024 have helped spur Vietnam's rapid economic growth, and he's promised even more, even as he appears to be trying to add the role of president to his portfolio.
The dual role would be broadly similar to that of China's Xi Jinping in the one-party state, where power has traditionally been split between the party general secretary and the president, prime minister, and head of the National Assembly.
For NPR News, I'm Michael Sullivan in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
The current general secretary, To Lam, is expected to keep his post and try to seek that of president as well, a controversial dual role similar to that of Xi Jinping in neighboring China.
In this carefully choreographed Congress, nearly 1,600 delegates will choose the roughly 200-member Central Committee, which in turn appoints the Politburo and the new leadership.
Beyond that, the Congress will also try to determine how the one-party state will thrive in a fragmenting global economy amid increasing competition between its trading partners, China and the U.S.
The ruling Communist Party has already set a goal of becoming a high-income economy within two decades.
For NPR News, I'm Michael Sullivan in Chiang Rai.
Thai officials say the train was carrying nearly 200 people when the accident occurred in Nakhon Ratchasima province as the train traveled from the capital, Bangkok, to Ubon Ratchathani.
The crane was being used to build a high-speed rail line above the existing one when it fell onto the moving train.
causing it to derail and catch fire.
Images shared by the authorities show overturned carriages and firefighters extinguishing the blaze shortly after the incident.
It's not yet clear how the accident occurred.
Thailand's transport minister has ordered an investigation.
For NPR News, I'm Michael Sullivan in Chiang Rai, Thailand.
More than 700,000 Rohingya were forced to flee to neighboring Bangladesh amid widespread reports of killing, rape, and arson, with entire villages being burned to the ground.
A UN fact-finding mission concluded the Myanmar military's actions had included genocidal acts.
The predominantly Muslim West African country of Gambia filed a formal case against Myanmar at the court in 2019, where Myanmar's then de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi told the court the facts presented by Gambia were incomplete and misleading.
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