ARTICLES

25 Jul 2024

Nguyen Phu Trong’s Foreign Policy Legacy: Shaping Vietnam’s Great Power Balance

Phan Xuan Dung

Nguyen Phu Trong’s strategic nous in shaping Hanoi’s relations with the great powers is his foremost foreign policy legacy.

China-Vietnam Relations U.S.-Vietnam Relations Vietnam Vietnamese Politics

22 Jul 2024

Can Vietnam Thrive under Trump 2.0?

Nguyen Khac Giang

With the potential for a second Trump administration, Vietnam will need to prepare for different scenarios.

U.S.-Vietnam Relations Vietnam Vietnamese Politics

19 Jul 2024

Anti-Corruption Politics and Shifts in Central-Local Relations in Vietnam

Nguyen Khac Giang

Since 2021, half of the members of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam who were removed for corruption were provincial leaders, resulting in a decrease in provincial representation in the Committee from 40 per cent to 28 per cent. Moving forward, Vietnam must strike a balance between its anti-corruption efforts and the need to preserve provincial autonomy, to sustain economic growth at the local level.

Anti-Corruption Corruption Vietnam Vietnamese Economy Vietnamese Politics

19 Jul 2024

Nguyen Phu Trong’s Incomplete Legacy in Vietnam

Le Hong Hiep|Nguyen Khac Giang

The steadfast leadership of Vietnam’s General Secretary has ironically created a potential leadership vacuum, as succession planning has not been one of his strong suits, unlike anti-corruption and other stellar achievements.

Vietnam Vietnamese Politics

11 Jul 2024

How Much of Vietnam’s Policy Reform is due to FTAs?

Jayant Menon

Vietnam has progressed in embracing market-based reforms, but its reform agenda remains unfinished. Recent free trade agreements have maintained reform momentum, but Vietnam’s earlier accession to ASEAN and the WTO continues to influence the economy.

International Relations International Trade Vietnam Vietnamese Economy Vietnamese Politics

18 Jun 2024

New Faces of Vietnamese Politics: Better Red than Expert?

Nguyen Khac Giang

While attention has focused on recent changes at the highest echelon of Vietnam’s collective leadership, it is also important to track the new faces in the Politburo and Secretariat.

Communist Party of Vietnam Vietnam Vietnamese Politics

Photo composite of the four potential candidates

21 May 2024

Race for Vietnam’s Top Job: New Candidates, Old Challenges

Le Hong Hiep

Vietnam has made two high-profile political replacements. But the question remains as to which candidate would be the country’s next general secretary.

Vietnam Vietnamese Politics

21 May 2024

Vietnam Must Not Let Political Rumours Online Undermine Its Anti-Corruption Campaign

Nguyen Thanh Giang

Although it is not easy to pinpoint the leaker of each rumour, the disseminators of such leaks are famous, well-connected social media influencers.

Anti-Corruption Corruption Southeast Asia Vietnam Vietnamese Politics

15 May 2024

Politics of Memory in Vietnam: A War Fought Twice

Nguyen Khac Giang

Hanoi’s silence over a Pulitzer Prize-winning book by a Vietnamese-American author speaks volumes about the country’s treatment of its wartime history.

Censorship Vietnam Vietnamese Politics