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…
Three important factors in coping with the institutional crisis are the capacity of the state, the role of the leader, and the society’s belief in the regime, of which the last factor is the biggest challenge for the Party. The…
Arbitrary arrests and prosecutions of human rights defenders sharply increased in Vietnam in 2020, while the number of prisoners of conscience reaches a record high with at least 173 people in custody, high most since Amnesty International began making reports…
Mr. Pham Minh Chinh, the only candidate to be nominated for the head of government, received more than 96% of the vote. He replaced Mr. Nguyen Xuan Phuc, who was previously sworn to become the new state president. This affirmation…
Since the beginning of March 2021, China’s maritime militia has concentrated its ships near all disputed islands controlled by the Philippines and sought to threaten its coastal neighbors, especially Vietnam and the Philippines. and Malaysia, to assert claims over islands…
“Multiple conspiracies” is probably a prominent identity in Pham Minh Chinh, who will sit as Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on April 5, although there are some objections from old senior officials of the ruling Communist Party…
On April 1, Amnesty International condemned Vietnam’s suppression of independent candidates Le Trong Hung and Tran Quoc Khanh and at the same time called on Hanoi to allow criticism in the upcoming National Assembly elections scheduled on May 23. “The…
Once, when I went to Korea, a Korean legislator told me: “Talking about economic development, you are behind us no less than 30 years to us. But talking about unification, we don’t know how long we will be behind you.”…
Many members of the National Assembly of Vietnam in recent days have made many comments related to the current judiciary. A typical example is a speech of delegate Truong Trong Nghia of the Ho Chi Minh City parliament delegation during…
On March 30, Saigon-based civil society organization Le Hieu Dang Club sent an open letter to the 14th National Assembly with the proposal of judicial reform and land ownership policy. Why is it necessary to have these reforms? A letter…
On the morning of March 31, Mr. Vuong Dinh Hue officially became the new Chairman of Vietnam’s highest legislative body National Assembly to replace Ms. Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan who retired at her 66-year age. Accordingly, the National Assembly’s members…
Defend the Defenders, Press Release, April 1, 2021 For immediate release According to Defend the Defenders’ statistics, as of March 31, 2021, Vietnam’s communist regime is holding at least 255 prisoners of conscience in prisons or other forms of detention.…
Without or without integrity, especially in the drafting and verifying process of a law project will create many legal documents “shortcomings.” This is the opinion of Standing Member of the National Defense – Security Committee Nguyen Mai Bo, An Giang…
On March 29, Hanoi police officially announced on their electronic portal about the arrest of Mr. Le Trong Hung on March 27, with the alleged ” Making, storing, spreading information, materials, items for the purpose of opposing the State of…
Perhaps Mr. Pham Minh Chinh, who is expected to become Vietnam’s next prime minister, wants to learn how Mr. Nguyen Phu Trong can seize power and accumulate powers. Pro-China was the first step as well as a pivotal method throughout…
The Investigation Security Agency under the Hanoi City Police Department, arrested Mr. Le Trong Hung on the morning of March 27, 2021, after he submitted a petition to the authorities to protect him during his campaign to run for a…
State President Nguyen Phu Trong has just reported to Vietnam’s highest legislative body National Assembly (NA) on the summary of his work for the 2016-2021 term. Accordingly, in the past five years, the state president signed the decision to promote…
Although still affirming to promote the development of renewable energy and gradually reduce the proportion of coal-fired power according to the general trend of the world, the draft of the power sector development planning for the 2021-2045 period of Vietnam’s…
The Higher People’s Court held the appeal hearing of political dissident Tran Duc Thach on March 24 in Vinh City, Nghe An province, according to the state-controlled newspapers such as An Nhan Dan, Nguoi Lao Dong, and Dan Tri newspapers.…
Who will succeed Mr. Vuong Dinh Hue, the incumnent Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee, when Mr. Hue has been introduced to become the National Assembly (NA)’s chairman? The answer is “secret” and the Party has a plan! Cadres work…
Most of the corruption and bribery cases involving foreigners in Vietnam have been discovered and publicized by foreign agencies and organizations. From the case of Australian company Securency bribing State Bank of Vietnam (SBV)’s officials to win a contract to…
On March 18, the Vietnam Fatherland Front held a second consultation conference to prepare a preliminary list of officials from central agencies to run for the National Assembly (NA) of the 15th tenure and named the candidates for the three…
