Dr Nguyen Khac Giang is Visiting Fellow at the Vietnam Studies Programme of ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. He was previously Research Fellow at the Vietnam Center for Economic and Strategic Studies.
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Articles by Nguyen Khac Giang (42)
Vietnam’s Post-War Generation Takes the Helm
Nguyen Khac Giang
For the first time, the next echelon of Vietnam’s top leaders have not been marked by the experience of the Vietnam War. They have to prove that they would be able to govern and produce the needed outcomes.
The Risk of Vietnam’s Local Leadership Carousel
Nguyen Khac Giang|Le Hong Hiep
Vietnam’s efforts to eradicate ‘localism’ have created side effects which might undermine proper governance.
The Domestic Calculations of To Lam’s Foreign Policy
Nguyen Khac Giang
Domestic factors seem to impel Vietnam’s top politician as he jetsets around the world, ahead of an all-important Party congress.
To Lam is Institutionalising Politics Again
Nguyen Khac Giang
Few had expected To Lam, Vietnam’s top leader, to rebuild the same institutions that he had dismantled.
Elite Competition and Narrative Inconsistency in Vietnam’s Propaganda Apparatus
Dien Nguyen An Luong|Nguyen Khac Giang
This Long Read argues that Vietnam’s propaganda apparatus is increasingly shaped by internal tensions between two informal but influential elite coalitions. On one side are conservative actors embedded in the military and ideology apparatus, who prioritise ideological orthodoxy and regime security. On the other are reformist pragmatists, often drawn from diplomatic and economic institutions, who place greater emphasis on performance legitimacy, international engagement, and administrative modernisation.