Vietnam

[UPDATE] Vietnam’s Leader Dies

End of reformist crusade?

Jul 19

China Closes Eyes to Vietnam’s Spratlys Land Reclamation

However, Vietnam won’t risk challenging China at sea

Jul 15

Vietnam’s Shrinking Public Space

Security Ministry increasingly in charge

Jun 6

Police General Rising to Top Amid Viet Party Chaos

Foreign investors likely to be frustrated as government returns to “better red than rich” philosophy

May 23

Viet Communist Party Eats its Own

Party faction relentlessly sidelines erstwhile leaders

May 4

New Viet Bribery Scandal Widens

Major infrastructure build-out provides ample opportunity for grease

Apr 25 •

Our Correspondent

Viet Scandals Keep Coming

This time it could be chairman of the National Assembly

Apr 17 •

Our Correspondent

Vietnam’s Biggest Graft Case Spreads Abroad

Government in hunt for Truong My Lan’s overseas assets

Apr 17

Major Corruption Trial Shakes Ho Chi Minh City

More fuel for Trong’s ‘Fiery Furnace’

Mar 22

Flak for China’s Latest Tonkin Gulf Baseline

However, the baseline won’t likely escalate tensions

Mar 19

Viets and Japan Upgrade Relations on Mutual Goals

No need for inconvenient concerns over human rights

Dec 12, 2023

Hazards of Being Greenish in Vietnam’s Red Mediascape

Popular publication got too uppity for the party

Nov 8, 2023

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