Politics
The Sword and Shield of the Party: How the Stasi Helped Build Vietnam’s Public Security Forces
To keen observers, Vietnam has all characteristics of a typical police state: its citizens’ daily life is closely monitored by...
5 Influential Political Figures in Vietnam in 2022
The year 2022 is probably the first of the post-COVID time. Five figures have colored Vietnam’s political landscape over these...
The Dangerous Rise Of Vietnam’s Jingoistic “Little Pinks”
The emergence of diehard Vietnamese patriotsWhen Chau Bui, an influential Vietnamese actress and model, expressed her condolences upon the death...
Three Years After Dong Tam, What Do We Remember?
On January 9, 2020, the Vietnamese government deployed 3,000 police officers to Dong Tam commune and, as they alleged, to...
Art Censorship and Historical Memories in Authoritarian Vietnam
In early October, Vietnam's Ministry of Information and Communications ordered Netflix's Korean series “Little Women” removed from the platform for...
The Securocratic Turn In The Vietnamese Government
During a state diplomatic trip to attend the ASEAN-US Special Summit in May 2022, a three-minute behind-the-scenes video of high-ranking...
Vietnam’s COVID-19 Prevention Policy: A Tale Of Two Corruption Scandals
When the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged the most developed healthcare systems and economies in the world, Vietnam’s reliance on mass testing,...
Article 331 Of The Vietnam Penal Code Is Completely Redundant
One may say that many things are faulty in Vietnam’s Penal Code, but Article 331 particularly stands out.It is entirely...
Reunification Without Reconciliation: A Glimpse Into The Social Conflicts And Integration Process In Postwar Vietnam
As April comes to a close, public discussions on the fall of Saigon and the new government’s integration policy that...
Crony Capitalism And Its Ties With The Vietnamese State
What is Crony Capitalism?Crony capitalism is a concept familiar to most political science and legal researchers.The term is a combination...
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