Confident as a prophet of great deception, on the morning of May 23, right after opening the National Assembly election performance, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong boasted to himself: “I believe, with the important meaning of this election, our country…
According to the results of the 2020 population living standard survey just announced by the General Statistics Office, alcohol consumption increased in 2020, from 0.9 liters/person/month in 2018 to 1.3 liters/person/month last year. Notably, alcohol consumption among the better-off households…
Australia wishes to elevate its relationship with Vietnam to the level of a comprehensive strategic partnership, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said in a phone call with his Vietnamese counterpart Pham Minh Chinh on May 25. The head of the Australian…
The USCGC John Midgett Coast Guard vessel has completed the procedures for flagging Vietnam as well as the final test run and will be handed over to Vietnam by the US at the end of this month. Former Vietnamese Ambassador…
Elections for the National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels in Vietnam on May 23 took place “seriously” and showed “positive signals,” a sociologist told the BBC from Hanoi. Commenting to BBC News Vietnamese from the Institute for Social…
The National Assembly and the government in Vietnam are still “indebted” to the people and have much to do now, two civil society and human rights activists told the BBC on Sunday. In Vietnam, the elections for the National Assembly…
The World Bank recently released a report, which said that foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into Vietnam decreased in April, but “generally remained stable” in the first 4 months this year. In a report called “Vietnam Macroeconomic Update”, the World…
With the number of independent candidates decreasing compared to previous elections and the dominance of the Communist Party in Vietnam’s National Assembly, international media said that the upcoming May 23 election was “useless” because only create more monopoly of the…
Article 19, May 20, 2021 The recent arrests of independent candidates running in the upcoming National Assembly election, apparently in reprisal for their social media activity, underscores the intolerance that the Vietnamese government has for critical voices, said ARTICLE 19.…
Threats from China Until recent years, China’s rise in many fields has made the South China Sea (Vietnamese call it the East Sea) area a dangerous “gunpowder barrel” in the world. China’s important goal is to monopolize the sea, thereby…
