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Transparency, Theater, and Duplicity in Việt Nam’s General Elections

By Aerolyne Reed5 min read
General Secretary Tô Lâm attends the opening ceremony of Election Day at Polling Station No. 02, Ba Đình Ward, Hà Nội. Photo: Việt Nam Government Press/Nhật Bắc. Graphic: ĐVH/The Vietnamese Magazine.

The Communist Party of Việt Nam (CPV) excels at staging spectacular administrative productions. 

For weeks, state media outlets have described the recently concluded March 15 general elections as a “national festival” and a triumph of the people’s will, boasting an almost comical 99.64% voter turnout. 

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Aerolyne Reed

Aerolyne Reed is a writer and she does not consider herself as anyone special. She thinks she is just another sound, lost in a multitude of voices, just another soul adrift in the aetherial sea.

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