Journalist Thúc Kháng argued in a recent article in The Vietnamese Magazine that the root of the conflict between citizens...
Less than a year after the June 2025 amendments, the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) has once again replaced the...
Historically, the state's most powerful tools for maintaining social order have been arrest, detention, prosecution, trial, and imprisonment. Common legal...
On May 4, 2025, the Politburo issued Resolution No. 68 regarding private-sector economic development. Analysts widely viewed this directive as...
As the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) drafts a new decree to penalize those who mobilize business boycotts, the Consumer...
Việt Nam’s land acquisition mechanism suffers from three bottlenecks, as previously established: ambiguous purposes for land recovery, opaque processes that...
While governments worldwide routinely acquire land to expand infrastructure, develop urban areas, and execute public projects, the resolution of disputes...
During his inaugural speech on April 6, National Assembly Chairman Trần Thanh Mẫn affirmed that the 16th National Assembly is...
The familiar broadcast, “This is the Voice of Việt Nam, broadcasting from Hà Nội, capital of the Socialist Republic of...
The Ministry of Public Security's (MPS) recent lawmaking efforts are increasingly resembling a farce. It recently proposed penalizing individuals who...
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