One of the challenges facing Vietnam's new top leader To Lam is the slowing pace of transactions within business and government, which can be attributed to fear over a sweeping anti-graft campaign that has ensnared thousands, analyst Carl Thayer tells AFP. "Decision-making has slowed in Vietnam because people are afraid that they might cross the line and get them involved in accusations of corruption," says Thayer, a Southeast Asia specialist at the University of New South Wales. SOUNDBITES