SEOUL • When North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho visited Hanoi last November, talk was rife that he was sent there to study Vietnam's "doi moi" economic reforms so that North Korea could emulate the country's success in mixing communism and economic prosperity.
Vietnam has been touted by the United States as a role model for the North if it gives up nuclear weapons and establishes diplomatic and economic ties with the US.
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