In Thailand the God-like focus of state-sponsored idolatry is the royal family; in Vietnam it’s the dead guerilla communist hero who defeated the French first and the Americans after, Ho Chi Minh.
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/benbartee/2023/08/09/existential-angst-in-nam-50-years-late-n1717851
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