The Vietnamese leaders have just promised to submit to the 15th National Assembly to “promptly” revise the 2013 Land Law, a controversial law in the communist country that considers land to be owned by the state. On the morning of…
Yesterday, on May 5, 2021, a series of domestic newspapers reported on the prosecution of Mr. Nguyen Bao Tien, a collaborator of Liberal Publishing House. We would like to report in full the process of Tien participating in publishing books…
The police of Phu Yen province has just announced that Nguyen Bao Tien, a driver, has been detained and accused of “conducting anti-state propaganda” for “distributing” banned books which are printed by the unsanctioned Liberal Publishing House. A statement allegedly…
Consumers Tran Van Hoang is Vietnamese citizens. Under Vietnamese law, people have the right to do what the law does not prohibit. For ages, there is no law forbidding consumers to question the product, so what right does VinFast force…
The trial panel of the People’s Court of Hoa Binh province on May 5 sentenced human rights defenders Mr. Trinh Ba Tu and his mother Can Thi Theu to 8 years in prison and three years of probation on the…
It is not clear from what time in Vietnam when a customer denounces or points out faults of a product, he or she may face criminal charges as the producer asks police and court to punish. The producer or the…
Vietnam prepares to elect the country’s highest legislative body National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels on May 23. During this time, state media agencies have stepped up propaganda and rejected what they called “online misleading rhetoric” about voting.…
Candidate Luong The Huy has just created a shock (big or small, but it’s really a shock) in the election process of the Vietnamese highest legislative body National Assembly in Vietnam. He is a Saigonese, currently working and living in…
What is this time talking about “strategic trust” between China and Vietnam, if not flashy lies? Leaders of two “fake” communist countries are racing to play a cheap play. The conflict was at its height but the lines were all…
One day after China’s Defense Minister Wei Fenghe had a meeting with Vietnamese General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on March 27, the Chinese media reported that Mr. Phuc affirmed: “would not follow another country…
In an effort to prevent the Covid-19 epidemic, Vietnamese border forces in a number of provinces such as An Giang, Dong Thap, Kien Giang, and Dac Nong pushed and prevented dozens of Vietnamese from attempting to illegally returned from Cambodia…
“The victory of the historic Dien Bien Phu campaign was the culmination of the strategic East-Spring offensive 1953-1954 led by the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV)’s Central Committee and its Politburo – headed by President Ho Chi Minh- Commander-in-chief of…
After the 12th National Congress of the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) in 2016, the “totalitarian” function of the party is being strengthened and has a clear trend. How does this change affect Vietnam’s commitment to “continue reform.” “Totalitarian…
New Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son has just had a phone call with his Chinese counterpart Vuong Nghi, in which the two sides affirmed to maintain comprehensive strategic cooperation as well as held the “straightforward” exchange on maritime issues.…
Last week, Vietnam deployed destroyer 016 Quang Trung and anti-submarine helicopters to an area near the Truong Sa (Spratlys) in the East Sea (South China Sea) for conducting live drills, according to VnExpress on April 7. Vietnam’s drills in the…
The Diplomat on April 15 had an article titled “Vietnam’s Great Debate over Democracy.” The content mentioned that the Vietnamese Government needs to carry out the second political reform so the country can resolve internal ideological conflicts and make a…
A legal expert told RFA that recent arrests and interrogations of the self-nominated candidates for Vietnam’s National Assembly are raising concerns among those who want to have their voices in the country’s parliament or the People’s Councils in provinces and…
Companies providing human resource solutions all expressed optimism about the labor situation in Vietnam. On April 14, the job recruitment service company Michael Page Vietnam announced a report on Human Resource Trends in 2021, saying that Vietnam’s labor market is…
The “red line” was outlined by the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) to warn its officials, especially in high positions like the Prime Minister, of punishments if there are signs of “self-evolving and self-shifting of ideology” to challenge the absolute…
Political power in Vietnam is based on the ruling party and the distribution of power (and interests) between senior leaders in the secret room. So there are many conspiracy theories from side to side, man and woman, … Moreover, the…
As the starting point of the Covid-19 pandemic, China is stepping up the provision of the coronavirus vaccine as a foreign policy to increase its influence around the world, especially in Southeast Asia. But Vietnam is trying to resist Beijing’s…
Reply to BBC News Vietnamese Assoc. Professor PhD. Vu Minh Khuong, from the National University of Singapore (NUS) said that the four highest positions of Vietnamese politics (the new four pillars) are likely to stand side by side. According to…
Vietnamese political observers continue to be concerned about who has just become Vietnam’s new government leader, and challenges await the new cabinet. On Tuesday, April 6, 2021, from Singapore, political researcher Le Hong Hiep told the BBC that Pham Minh…
Vietnam’s top-level leadership which has just been “released” is a sign that the Communist Party overwhelms the government faction. On Monday, the Vietnamese National Assembly conducted a formal vote to elect Pham Minh Chinh, a former head of security intelligence…
A democracy activist, human rights activist and charity fundraiser in Hanoi, Nguyen Thuy Hanh, has just been arrested, her relatives and activists from Vietnam told BBC News Vietnamese on April 7. The event took place during the week that Vietnam…
