The new Global Democracy Index 2021, released by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), continues to classify Vietnam as a group of “authoritarian” countries in the context of worldwide democracy being reversed and dictatorships restored over the past year. Vietnam ranks…
Vietnam’s National Assembly in the 2021-2026 term will strive to have 25-50 independent legislators, that is they are not members of the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV). Mr. Tran Van Tuy, head of the Delegate Working Committee under the…
“The national strategy to attract and appreciate talents” announced by Vietnam’s Ministry of Home Affairs has just been published by the media saying that a new good institution ensures a sustainable foothold for talented people. Professor Nguyen Dinh Cong, former…
Before the 12th Congress of the Communist Party (January 2016) the situation of “economic and institutional instability” led many observers to believe that the Party’s rulership was not stable, and the Party was concerned about a moral recession and lifestyles…
Speaking at the group discussion at the November 10’s afternoon on documents submitted to the 13th party’s National Congress, legislator Dao Thanh Hai, deputy director of the Hanoi Department of Police, said after a series of incidents over time, many…
Finally, the Central Inspection Commission of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV)’s Central Committee also proposed to exclude Ms. Ho Thi Kim Thoa from the party for her mistakes in the management and use of the land parcels in Hai…
Over the past few weeks, social networks have been flooded with comments and pictures of the two US presidential candidates. One Republican is incumbent President Donald Trump and another is former Vice President Joe Biden. Meanwhile, the information about the…
Thai youth and protesters in Hong Kong The state media of Vietnam proved not inferior to international news agencies in the speed of updating information related to the protests of tens of thousands of Thai people and young people, which…
by Pham Doan Trang & Will Nguyen, September 2020 Summary: On January 9, 2020, between 1 and 3 AM, thousands of police from special task, riot, criminal, and investigative units cordon off Dong Tam in coordination with local ground forces…
Vietnam is now one of Israel’s largest markets for weapons and surveillance technology. But those defense exports are used by Hanoi’s repressive communist regime to silence its own population Vietnam’s dictatorship has lasted for decades. Its longevity and repression mean…
