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Free Trade Agreement
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Vietnam BriefingMembers
HCMC’s Party Congress Signals Consolidation of Power Under Tô Lâm
Key Events HCMC Finalizes Key Party Positions Before National Congress; Vietnam Airlines Confirms Massive Data Breach Affecting 7.3 Million Customers; Việt Nam Faces Major Export Losses as Philippines Prolongs Rice…
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Vietnam BriefingMembers
Communist Party of Việt Nam Plans to Expand Politburo Ahead of 14th National Congress; Hà Nội Pushes for Continued Talks to Finalize U.S. Trade Deal
Key Events Politburo Set to Grow as Party Prepares for 14th Congress; Vietnamese Businesses Brace for 20% U.S. Tariff; Hà Nội Seeks Further Talks to Complete U.S. Trade Negotiations; Hải…
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PoliticsMembers
U.S.-Việt Nam Trade Deal: What Happened and What to Expect
By August 1, the United States is expected to announce multiple trade agreements, including with Việt Nam. Here is the rundown of what happened and what to expect ahead of…
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EconomyMembers
U.S. Imposes 20% Tariffs: The Reality Behind the “Made in Việt Nam” Label
Thiên Lương wrote this article in Vietnamese and published it in Luật Khoa Magazine on July 19, 2025. Đàm Vĩnh Hằng translated it into English for The Vietnamese Magazine. Tariff…
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EconomyMembers
A Diplomatic Tightrope: Tariff Tensions Between Washington and Việt Nam
Thiên Lương and Hiếu Mạnh wrote this article in Vietnamese, originally published in Luật Khoa Magazine on July 1, 2025. Đàm Vĩnh Hằng translated it into English for The Vietnamese…
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OpinionMembers
With Economic Development Comes Greater Government Oppression: Why the EU Must Reconsider Its Free Trade Deal with Vietnam
On the same day in 2020 that Vietnam chaired its first Security Council meeting in New York, just a few hours earlier and some 8000 miles away near its capital,…
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NewsMembers
Facilitator in EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement Fails to Disclose Links to Vietnamese Communist Party, Possibly Violating Code of Conduct
Member of European Parliament (MEP) Jan Zahradil, who is currently the rapporteur (or facilitator) for a free trade agreement (EVFTA) and an investment protection agreement (IPA) between the European Union…
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Human RightsMembers
EU Parliament’s Members Ask Vietnam To Release Activist Hoang Duc Binh, Reiterate Human Rights Benchmark for EV-FTA
February 1, 2019, a group of nine EU Parliament’s members from different political parties, jointly sent a letter to Vietnam’s President Nguyen Phu Trong, asking for the unconditional release of…
