Opinion-Section

Vietnam is welcoming the 2022 Lunar New Year this week. Also known as Tet, this special occasion is widely embraced...

“Your Vietnamese will improve if you keep practising,” my Vietnamese tutor says, his stringy grey hair like vermicelli strands combed...

Vietnamese writers and journalists, like Pham Doan Trang, have always been portrayed by the Vietnamese state as being “phản động”...

Sad Days for VietnamIt has been a sad time for Vietnamese civil society since the Formosa disaster and the protests...

Vietnamese social media was flooded last weekend with images and footage of Minister of Public Security, To Lam and his...

This year as the world triumphs the importance of free speech with the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to...

President Joe Biden has repeatedly emphasised “soft power” in his foreign policy speeches. Will this policy work in Vietnam? And...

As I am writing this beginning line, my mind is flooded with memories of Pham Doan Trang. I also realize...

In the past month, newly-elected Vietnamese leaders have been seen “touring” Western countries, from Europe to the Americas. From the...

A discussion with some students in my Theory on State and Law class back in 2020 led me to a...