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…
“We will verify the information that you asked.” That was the answer of the spokeswoman Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ms. Le Thi Thu Hang, at an online press conference on the afternoon of February 4 about a question related…
International integration and cooperation are the goals of the Vietnamese government in recent years. International integration is the process by which states with qualified national and territorial status recognized by the world conduct relationships with other countries and international organizations…
Before being arrested by the coup forces, Aung San Suu Kyi acted as the State Counsellor of the government led by the majority of the National League for Democracy. I suddenly recalled back in 2009, when I had just arrived…
In Vietnam over the past years, the Hanoi government has increased its repression of dissident voices, vigorously arresting and sentencing harshly opposing voices who openly and bluntly criticize the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and its government. The regime has…
Platform 91 – means to maintain power The 13th National Congress of the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) is taking place from January 25, 2021. The important event every four years of the party seems to have little real…
After China enacted a law allowing the country’s Coast Guard to open fire on foreign ships, the two researchers told VOA that Vietnam would soon raise their objection as well as coordinate with many countries to deal with China in…
What the US-Vietnam bilateral relationship will be and what can be expected when President Joe Biden took office? At a discussion on Thursday roundtable on January 21, 2021, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jonathan London, an American scholar from Leiden University in…
After an exciting event at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, the Resolution on human rights for Vietnam was passed at 4:30 p.m. on January 21. Most of the Congressmen representing the countries of Western Europe, Northern Europe, and Eastern…
More than a dozen days before the 13th National Congress of the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) opened, Vietnam’s Defense Ministry and Ministry of Information and Communications on January 13 strengthened their cooperation with the stated goal of ensuring…