Việt Nam National Assembly: The Shift From Legal Closed-Door Sessions to ‘Private Meetings’
While “private meetings” and “closed-door meetings” both effectively serve as “confidential sessions” held away from the press and public observers, ...
While “private meetings” and “closed-door meetings” both effectively serve as “confidential sessions” held away from the press and public observers, ...
A review of the elected deputies for the 16th National Assembly this year reveals a striking absence: there is not ...
Although the press is restricted from reporting, the public is unable to observe, and deputies do not always attend in ...
At least five former top leaders of the Communist Party were absent from the first session of the National Assembly ...
Exactly ten years after his removal from office, former Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng returned to the front row of ...
Việt Nam’s National Assembly is expected to re-elect Trần Thanh Mẫn as chairman during the first session of its 16th ...
Việt Nam’s incoming 16th National Assembly has drawn scrutiny for restricting public access to its election process and scheduling oath-taking ...
The term "ambush" is often associated with the battlefield, conjuring images of smoke, weapons, and sudden attacks where one side ...
Although the allocated budget for the 2026 election is reportedly 2,700 billion đồng (approximately $108 million USD)—an increase of roughly ...
During a conversation regarding elections in Việt Nam, an American friend was particularly intrigued to learn that the official voter ...
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