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In 2021, Nguyễn Phú Trọng was re-elected as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam for a third
Knowing that a Party Congress matters because it shapes Việt Nam’s politics for the next five years is merely
“It is not because of institutional unification; this is a situational circumstance,” former General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng told Hà
In debates regarding human rights, the Vietnamese government has historically aligned itself with cultural relativism rather than universalism. [1] While
Across the blood-stained landscape of Myanmar, a carefully choreographed political theater is unfolding under the guise of the 2025-2026 general
On Jan. 7—less than a week into Việt Nam's new term on the United Nations Human Rights
A cursory examination of the fate of “socialist legality” (pháp chế xã hội chủ nghĩa) in Việt Nam reveals several
Key Events * State Media Silent as China Opens Commercial Centre on Disputed Hoàng Sa Islands; * Senior Officials Dominant in Upcoming
On Dec. 19, 2025, Hà Nội broke ground on the Olympic Sports Urban Area, a massive project spanning more than
In the final days of 2025, the prosecution of Nguyễn Thị Thu Hà, director of the unit behind the music
Recently, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has moved from the margins of creative life to occupy the artistic sphere at unprecedented speed.
On the afternoon of Dec. 3, 2025, the National Assembly passed the Law on the State of Emergency. [1] It
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