Vietnam: Extraordinary National Assembly session and policy corruption

Vietnam’s highest legislative body National Assembly (NA) has just finished its extraordinary session on January 11. It is called “extraordinary” because the rubber-stamped parliament meets twice a year, spring and autumn, around May and October. The content of this meeting…
Vietnam’s economy in 2021 increases only 2.58%

On December 29, the Vietnamese government announced that the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2021 increase only by 2.58%, lower than the 2.91% rate of 2020 and also the lowest increase in the past decade. The General Statistics Office…