Parsing the Future of Vietnam Under New Leadership

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William Choong, Fulcrum’s Managing Editor and ISEAS Senior Fellow, discusses the recent leadership changes in Vietnam with Dr Nguyen Khac Giang, a visiting fellow at ISEAS’ Vietnam Studies Programme (VSP), and Dr Le Hong Hiep, the coordinator of the VSP.

William Choong, Fulcrum’s Managing Editor and ISEAS Senior Fellow, discusses the recent leadership changes in Vietnam with Dr Nguyen Khac Giang, a visiting fellow at ISEAS’ Vietnam Studies Programme (VSP), and Dr Le Hong Hiep, the coordinator of the VSP.

Dialogues at Fulcrum is a podcast published by the ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. For quick reference, the themes below were discussed:

1:39 – Drivers of Vietnam’s leadership changes

3:55 – Vietnam’s political future under General Secretary To Lam

10:28 – The durability of Vietnam’s anti-corruption drive

14:42 – Perceptions of To Lam’s public security background

18:50 – Changes in Vietnam’s economic direction

24:50 – The future of Vietnam’s “bamboo diplomacy”

28:20 – Vietnam’s future relations with Russia

30:25 – The future of the Vietnam-US relationship

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.


Le Hong Hiep is a Senior Fellow and Coordinator of the Vietnam Studies Programme at ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute.