Vietnam Briefing
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...
Handshake or Cold Shoulder? U.S. Deepens Trade Talks but Skips Key Vietnam Ceremony
Key EventsU.S. and Việt Nam Initiate Trade Talks to Avert Tariff EscalationU.S. Opts Out of Việt Nam’s Historic CelebrationViệt Nam...
Việt Nam Balances Powers as Xi Jinping Courts Hà Nội Amid Tariff Tensions
Key EventsUnspoken Messages Behind Xi Jinping’s Visit to Việt Nam and Meeting with Tô LâmViệt Nam Moves to Expand Control...
Concerns Mount Over Alleged Chinese Involvement in Death of Tibetan Leader
Key EventsDeath of Prominent Tibetan Lama in Vietnam Sparks Calls for Transparency U.S. and Vietnam Initiate Trade Talks as 46% Tariff...
Vietnamese Politburo Member Engages in Unprecedented Dialogue with Dissidents and Intellectuals; Vietnam and U.S. Navigate New Tariff Challenges
Key EventsCommunist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Official Holds Dialogue with Resigned Party Members and Dissidents, Intellectuals and Artists Vietnam Faces Economic...
USCIRF Calls for Vietnam to Be Designated as ‘Country of Particular Concern’ Over Religious Repression
Key EventsVietnam's Crackdown on Religious Communities Prompts U.S. Commission's AlarmFormer Political Prisoner Vũ Quang Thuận Alleges Unauthorized Police Surveillance in...
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