Tiêu Nguyễn Bảo Ngọc’s Release Tests Hà Nội’s Citizen Protection as Case Dominates News Last Week
Key Events Tiêu Nguyễn Bảo Ngọc Vows to Continue Gaza Mission After Israeli Detention; Tô Lâm to Visit Thailand as...
Red River Megaproject Tests Hà Nội’s “People-Centered” Development Pledge
Key Events A Megaproject Pits Development Rhetoric Against Residents’ Rights in Hà Nội; Tô Lâm Turns to Global Diplomacy to...
Tô Lâm Visits India After China Trip as Facebook Geoblocks Article on State Media Coverage of His Wife
Key Events Hà Nội Expands India Ties After China Visit, With BrahMos Deal in Focus; Facebook Geoblocks Article on Tô...
Jailed Vietnamese Journalist Phạm Đoan Trang Named Among World’s Most Urgent Press Freedom Cases; Việt Nam Ranked Last In Southeast Asia in Reporters Without Borders’ 2026 World Press Freedom Index
Key Events Phạm Đoan Trang Included in Global Press Freedom List; Việt Nam Falls to 174th in Global Press Freedom...
Việt Nam Tightens Restrictions on Lawyers as Police Seek Greater Impunity
Key Events Draft Penal Code Expands Police Powers, Limits Accountability; Penal Code Revision Raises Concerns Over Lawyers’ Independence; Draft Penal...
Tô Lâm Turns to Beijing: Rail Ambitions, Political Alignment, and a Quiet South China Sea
Key Events Party Chief Tô Lâm Deepens China Ties With Rail Deals, Strategic Shift; Việt Nam Signals Warmer Ties With...
Tô Lâm Becomes State President as Lê Minh Hưng Named Prime Minister and New Cabinet Takes Shape
Key Events Party Chief Tô Lâm Named State President in Power Consolidation; A Decade After Formosa Spill, Vietnamese Victims Still...
The National Assembly Will Elect the President and Prime Minister This Week for the Next Term
Key Events Việt Nam to Finalize President and Prime Minister Picks by April 8; Police Eye Harsher Penalties Under Revised...
Việt Nam Tightens Digital Control: Cybersecurity Decrees Fast-Tracked as Police Arrest Crypto Exchange Operators
Key Events Việt Nam Orders Police to Finalize Eight Cybersecurity Decrees by July 1; Police Arrest Operators of ONUS Exchange...
With No Opposition, The Communist Party of Vietnam Sweeps Nearly the Entire National Assembly; Tô Lâm Elected in Hà Nội
Key Events No Opposition, Near-Total “Victory”: Communist Party Dominates Vietnam’s National Assembly; Police Continue to Fine Social Media Users for...
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