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On Jan. 11, 2026, police in Nghệ An Province searched the home of Hồ Thị Hải, 45, in Quỳnh Mai
The slogan “Ý Đảng, Lòng Dân (the Party’s will aligns with the people’s aspirations)” is meaningless unless tested
In the final days of 2025, the prosecution of Nguyễn Thị Thu Hà, director of the unit behind the music
Since former Minister of Public Security Tô Lâm became General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam in August
Việt Nam witnessed a series of dramatic developments in 2025. In the spirit of “looking back at the past to
Key Events * Court Upholds 11-Year Sentence Against Trịnh Bá Phương on Dec. 27; * Việt Nam Tests Power Consolidation With Tô
In contrast to the turbulence of 2024—defined by the death of former General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng and unprecedented
Discussing the reach of the Ministry of Public Security’s power might seem like a tired topic to some. Yet,
Key Events * Last-Minute Speaker Purge Mars International Vietnam Studies Conference; * New Seat Plan Boosts Central, Military and Police Power in
The Vietnamese government has long been implementing a national project to digitize and store citizens’ data for administrative purposes. The
Bảo Khánh wrote this article in Vietnamese and published it in Luật Khoa Magazine on April 29, 2025. Đàm Vĩnh
Huỳnh Kha wrote this Vietnamese article, published in Luat Khoa Magazine on Mar. 5, 2025. Thúc Kháng translated it into
To keen observers, Vietnam has all characteristics of a typical police state: its citizens’ daily life is closely monitored [1]
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