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Vietnam Briefing: 2021 Is Going To Be A Busy Year Of Elections
We release the Vietnam Briefing every Monday, Vietnam time, with an emphasis on politics and foreign affairs. The briefing today...
Vietnam Briefing: Military General Appointed To Lead Party’s Propaganda
It was a week of Tet (Lunar New Year), containing COVID-19, a new draft decree on personal data protection, and...
Vietnam Briefing: Tet, COVID-19, Journalists, And The South China Sea
COVID-19The COVID-19 situation continued to worsen throughout the Lunar New Year and serious measures have been put in place.Hanoi has...
Vietnam Briefing: VCP’s Leadership Formed Amidst COVID-19 Resurgence
We are happy to introduce our weekly Vietnam Briefing that will be published every Monday (Vietnam time). We will produce...
Vietnamese Stand-up Comedian Condemns National Newspaper For “Defamation and Humiliation”
One week ago, followers of Dua Leo – one of Vietnam’s most prominent stand-up comedians – weren’t expecting him to...
COVID-19: Why Vietnam’s Second Positive Wave Might Not Be Entirely Negative
After nearly 100 days of zero new confirmed cases in the local community, within the last 10 days, there has...
9th Annual Vietnam Advocacy Day
Vietnam Advocacy Day is an annual event, organized by Boat People SOS, where Vietnamese Americans across the United States come...
Vietnam Reports Zero COVID-19 Deaths – Drawing Praise and Scrutiny
With the government’s new decree against “fake news,” the official COVID-19 numbers are being questionedWhile the world death toll due...
Ranked 32nd Most Powerful Country in the World, Communist Vietnam Set to Assume Greater International Role in 2020
U.S. News and World Report ranked Communist Vietnam the 32nd most powerful country in the world in 2019, placing it...
On International Human Rights Day, Dissident Dao Quang Thuc Dies; Vietnam to Bury Body Behind Bars
Retired elementary school teacher Dao Quang Thuc passed away December 10 while serving time at Prison Camp #6, his son...
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