Tô Lâm’s Presidency: Việt Nam’s Strongman Era?
After a long period of speculation, on April 7, General Secretary Tô Lâm officially assumed the state presidency for the ...
After a long period of speculation, on April 7, General Secretary Tô Lâm officially assumed the state presidency for the ...
Việt Nam has joined the group of socialist countries where a single leader simultaneously holds the top party and state ...
The Latest: On May 13, 2026, the Ministry of Justice released a document titled “Compilation, Responses, and Explanations of Public ...
On May 4, 2025, the Politburo issued Resolution No. 68 regarding private-sector economic development. Analysts widely viewed this directive as ...
On April 6, 2026, former Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng sat in the front row of Diên Hồng Hall alongside ...
In the past few years, both the Vietnamese people and the Vietnamese government have increasingly called for “reconciliation,” especially around ...
As the former right-hand man to the late General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng during the eight-year “đốt lò” (“blazing furnace”) ...
In just the first year of his term as general secretary, Tô Lâm made official visits to 16 countries, surpassing ...
Just as Hà Nội completed a reshuffle of its political apparatus, Beijing was already waiting with 32 agreements ready for ...
Key Events Draft Penal Code Expands Police Powers, Limits Accountability; Penal Code Revision Raises Concerns Over Lawyers’ Independence; Draft Penal ...
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