Vietnam Briefing
Việt Nam Launches New Governance Structure, Inks Trade Agreement with U.S.
Key Events Bumpy Start for Việt Nam’s New Governance Model Amid Tech Failures and Staff DiscontentUnprecedented Trade Pact: Việt Nam Grants...
Việt Nam Slashes Use of Death Penalty: Eight Crimes Removed, Including Corruption and Drug Offenses
Key Events Việt Nam Abolishes Death Penalty for Corruption Amid Wave of High-Profile TrialsChinese Survey Ship Operates Near Việt Nam Coast...
Việt Nam Has a New Constitution; 120,000 Households to Be Relocated for the Country’s Ambitious High-Speed Rail Project
Key Events Việt Nam’s National Assembly Passes Constitutional Amendment in Just 43 DaysNew Decree in Việt Nam Hands Legal Licensing to...
One Country, Fewer Provinces: Việt Nam’s Parliament Approves Major Merger
Key Events Việt Nam’s National Assembly Approves Historic Resolution on Provincial and Municipal MergersViệt Nam Abolishes Lump-Sum Tax Scheme, Small Businesses...
Communist Party of Việt Nam Restructures Internal Organization Ahead of 2026 National Congress
Key Events New Party Rules Signal Strategic Shift of the Communist Party of Việt Nam (CPV)Việt Nam Cracks Down on Counterfeit...
Tô Lâm on the Cover, but Not on the Stands: Việt Nam Bans Issue of The Economist
Key Events Việt Nam Bans Economist Print Edition Featuring To Lam on the CoverInternational Coalition Renews Call for Release of Imprisoned...
Việt Nam Considers Major Penal Code Reform: Death Penalty to Be Lifted for Eight Crimes
Key EventsViệt Nam Proposes Abolishing the Death Penalty for Eight CrimesViệt Nam Moves to Block Telegram, Citing National Security ThreatsTrump...
Vietnam’s National Assembly Debates Reforms to Constitution and Local Governance
Key Events Vietnamese Lawmakers Debate Constitutional Amendments and Government RestructuringVingroup's Bold Rail Proposal: 5-Year Build, 0% Loan, and Exclusive Real Estate...
Jailed Land Rights Activist Faces New Charges for Anti-State Notes in Prison
Key EventsVietnamese Activist Trịnh Bá Phương Faces New Charges for Prison Protest with Anti-Communist SloganRSF Calls on U.S. to Press...
50 Years on, Việt Nam Celebrates End of War with Military Display and Political Shift While Overseas Communities Around the World Remember Black April
Key EventsViệt Nam Marks 50 Years Since War's End with Grand Celebrations and Calls for UnityWorldwide Vietnamese Communities Mark Black...
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